Strange things happen when I climb up here to the lookout tower, contemplate the sky and the landscape, and then go online.
The other day, for instance, someone called Toby Petzold left this mysterious, cryptic comment on a post of mine (which actually had to do with George W. Bush's unseemly behavior in the wake of Hurricane Katrina):
"Look-out tower? Why don't you quit being clever and just say you smoke a little grass?"
As I said, impenetrably cryptic, yet oddly compelling. I'm forced to wonder what point, however tangential, he was trying to make about natural disasters, or inappropriatye levity, or whatever Mr. Petzold's point was.
So, I went to his blog to get his e-mail, but found that it wasn't listed. Unable to find any other way to communicate with him, I posted a comment at the bottom of one of his posts, saying, "Please excuse me for contacting you in this fashion, but I couldn't find your e-mail address. Could you please explain the comment you posted at my blog?" I added my e-mail to make it easier for him.
Unfortunately, Mr. Petzold has some sort of problem with his system. Not long after I posted this, it vanished. Not only that, but it vanished before he had the chance to see it (I know that, because he never replied to it). So I posted another comment, and the same thing happene,d this time within minutes.
It must be an intermittent problem, because I see there are other comments on his blog. Probably Mr. Petzold himself has no idea that he has this problem.
So, I'd like to ask for your help. Please visit Tony Petzold's blog and post a comment asking him to please return to http://john_m_burt.blogspot.com and explain to John what his comment means, or to write to john_m_burt@hotmail.com with his explanation. Explain that you're posting because he seems to be having some sort of problem with his comments function.
I'm sure he'll be grateful for the tip.
//The Magic 8-Ball says, "Don't count on it."\\
6 comments:
Come now, Seth, you don't even know the man. He could be a drug activist trying to get John to come out. If he knew John better he'd know his concern wasn't necessary, but he presumably only read back a few entries and leaped to conclusions. Like you just did.
That's what's wrong with this country - we judge others by ourselves, on very little evidence, but as for judging ourselves, we never do that.
You have better things to make yourself crazy about than what he was on about, though, John.
For the record, of course I know what Mr. Petzold was getting at with his nonsensical comment. I'm not really interested in making him answer my qustion, only in rubbing his nose in the fact that he can't answer it -- me and Cindy Sheehan, eh?
Didn't mean to weird you out with my comment, sir. And I assure you I don't delete people's comments at my own blog.
But don't you think you're being a little paranoid about the meaning of my remark?
My e-mail address is Neognostikos@hotmail.com.
I am not a member of the law enforcement community, nor do I work for any intelligence agency of the United States Government.
Mr. Petzold, please don't be paranoid yourself. Nobody seriously thinks you're any sort of undercover investigator or agent provocateur.
And nobody is actually in any doubt as to the meaning of your oh-so-subtle comment.
So, why did both of my attempts to post a comment on your blog vanish down the Memory Hole (or as it's known in Ohio, the Black Well)?
I don't know why your comments didn't take at my blog, except that it might be because my blog is hosted by a very sorry service.
Anyway, smoke 'em if you got 'em.
A comment was spammed here by HearTheRevolution.com, who really should behave themselves better. Shame on them.
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