Comments on: Mixed Feelings

By: Winston

Winston — Wed, 03 Aug 2024 00:30:33 +0000

Count me in the “old fart” category as Ken Camp called it. I found a quite interesting comment from Ronni in the “Live Online” feature that sums up much of what has been said here and how most of us probably feel:

“What I most appreciate is that I’m “smarter” than I’ve ever been. There are a lot of mistakes I don’t have to make anymore…”

And this one is my favorite:

“…I learned that nothing very interesting happens at the party after about 11PM, so I can leave and get a good night’s sleep without missing anything :-)”

By: gillian

gillian — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 22:05:14 +0000

What I’ve liked about blogging, and reading blogs, is that we all seem to ignore the writer’s age in our vision and opinion about the writer him/herself. At least, while before I would’ve dismissed the ramblings of a 20-year-old as ignorant and uninformed, and those of a 60-year-old as behind-the-times, instead I read the words and find that we all have a commonality, regardless of that number on our birth certificates. Maybe this is a stupid thing to discover, but I’m glad to have found it anyways.

I agree with Frank, that horrible wordlike object that starts with “elder” and ends with “blog”, let’s kill it. Down with stereotyping bloggers.

By: madame l.

madame l. — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 21:21:57 +0000

i gotta focus on getting older. i’m turning tricks…

By: Dean Landsman

Dean Landsman — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 20:55:51 +0000

One more thing: an elderblog is somehow related to an office held by an ordained member, serving on the technical mission of the Digital Church of Connectivity. After each post the elderblogger looks all deep & solemn and says, “Praise the link!”

Younger supercool youthful church members dig it, and say, “Word up” when they read such posts. But to them, word up means “press here to publish.”

By: Dean Landsman

Dean Landsman — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 20:51:40 +0000

Er, what exactly qualifies as “older?” I might point out that blogging, in the very earliest stages, was done by people who are mostly, right about now, in their mid to late 50’s. Right after the very early stages came an onslaught of blogs by emerging young dotcommies.

And now everyone young and old is at it.

Curmudgeon doesn’t work, IMHO, since it begins with cur, a word that should always be preceded by the word “loathesome,” as in a friend’s old dog . . .who could do little other than eat, shit, pee, and snarl.

Hmmm, come to think of it, that accurately describes some people, whether they be old or young. Or somewhere inbetween.

By: Ken Camp

Ken Camp — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 20:27:42 +0000

Just an observation, Frank. I’ve used that word curmudgeon for many years myself, but you and I are not curmudgeons. The technically correct term would be old fart. And you do know that we achieve that status when our offspring reach their teens. Fart being an acronym for Father’s Against Radical Teenagers.

The important sideline perhaps being that age and treachery will always overcome youth and skill.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 17:06:10 +0000

I confess to a naive delight at being linked, although I like to kid myself that such delight is more characteristic of a youthful innocence than anything else! I’ll have to have another look at the article when that feeling of a kid having opened a surprise present has worn off.

By: Tamar

Tamar — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 15:32:19 +0000

Yes. I also think the author of the article did not seem that passionate about the topic. All the more reason for Ronni’s tireless and welcomed writing on the topic. I also cringed at the term “elderblog.” But I love what you say, Frank: “writers will write.”

I like to see Andy and Ronni “making it” out there! Hurrah!

By: Ronni Bennett

Ronni Bennett — Tue, 02 Aug 2024 14:03:07 +0000

I have similar mixed feelings, Frank, but I’ll hold that back for later…