I believe it is peace for our time... and now I recommend you to go home and sleep quietly in your beds. ~ Arthur Neville Chamberlain. 1938.For those of you that watched or participated in the infamous buckeye sticker war of 2009... I am pleased to announce that after a couple of weeks of secret negotiation -- peace has been restored to the Michigan Blog Universe.
I did this without consulting with my friend and blogging partner T9, but I know she will understand my sincere desire to make love, not war.
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aw Andy....
You never, EVER leave your wingman
;-)
Come on... You know I always will have your back.
What am I missing here?
Not an earth-shaking question, but my word verification is "flair."
I couldn't waste "flair" with Andy waxing poetic and all.
Tsk, tsk.
Appeasement is feeding your friends to the crocidile, hoping he will eat you last.
Oh, and you never leave your wingman.
Andy... Have you lost that loving feeling?
whetty--
a bunch of boys used to call me names and I don't trust that they can play nicely now. Call it a cold war perhaps.
Andy has checked them out (gone to China?) and thinks that they mean well and are sorry for acting boyish.
and, despite my distrust I do think the whole Zima/Unicorn thing is funny.
it would be completely inconsistent for me to expect that Andy would protect my girlish honor when I generally have such a non-girlish way about me---meaning that I don't defer, I don't avoid saying what I really mean, and I don't back away from a fight. Which is a trait that confuses many since to look at me---I'm definitely alllll girl.
in real life, I know Andy would walk thru fire (twice) for me.
in blogwars, the wingman quote was just too good to shy away from.
I do have an image to uphold afterall!!!!! :-)
but--my captain has declared an armistice and therefore I will stand down. But NORAD stands at the ready---lest anyone think that nation has gone soft......
Andy,
So the Determinator and WLA have had a peace conference, given each other man hugs and finished by singing Kumbaya.
"Bless your cotton pickin' maize and blue heart" -- Bob Ufer
So was your peace offering to the WLA a "Sweaty Corvette Seat" mandle?
And after reading the post I think I understand what you did there. If I am right then kudos to you my good sir and keep the hits coming. That is all.
Here is the deal:
A silly blog war started over a mis-placed buckeye sticker. Both sides said and did things that should not have been said and done.
Rather than let the bad feelings fester - I went over there and tried to understand what their position was all about.
Here is what I learned:
1) The WLA is not a single mind. They are a bunch of people acting on their own impulses.
2) Their message is a good one: Don't act like the success or failure of your football program is anything more than 20 year old kids playing a game.It is not THAT important.
3) Their methods are silly and brutal. Most of what they do is designed to make the others laugh. They are generally afraid of girls.
4) They spend as much energy making fun and calling each other names as they do insulting others. Nothing is sacred. You can not take it seriously.
5) I do this blog thing for fun. If it stops being fun, I will stop it.
T9 is my friend. I wanted to make the angst go away. I am confident it has
Aww dang. I wanted to be T9s Sancho Panza!
Can I still see the battle axe?
wv= rampo
whets...
Your manager called, he wanted to make sure that you were going to wear more than the minimum amount of flair tonight.
We frequently act like assholes. We acted like assholes. Worse, we acted like assholes in a way that offended people. We're sorry.
So now, we can have a Spawn v. WLA flag football game, right?
Mik,
But my fans like the minimum. I's gots to dance wit dem dat brung me.
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