THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

"Damn it, READ THE COMMENTS!"

DAMN IT READ WHO WROTE THE COMMENTS BOB! I am the one who said Dave needed his own blog, not whatshisname — but since I'm not an old fart who's been in the trenches for centuries and since I didn't know all the original founders of the Klan up close and personal, and since I didn't ride with the White Russians against Stalin's horde, and since I don't know Joe Sobran personally or even like his nauseating commentaries on our great god and savior Bill Shakespeare — I'm not worth mentioning, now am I?

Comment by Mark

ME:

I NEEDED that!

When people write anonymously, one slides into the habit of only taking personally to those who have outstanding chracteristics. I can't SEE you from here, but that is no reason for me to fall into lax habits.

Mark has jogged me on this. I can't insist that commenters take over Bob's role if I let you lapse into a fog of Daves and Marks and a jumble of names.

The time has come, commenters, for you to make some personal remarks about YOURSELVES. Obviously I don't mean anything that would IDENTIFY you.

What are points you made you consider should stick to my mind? I tend to remember points, not names. BUT I need you to add to those reminder points some PERSONAL characteristics about you, the kind of thing I don't remember. Iwill put those on my notes pad here.

Pain often adds that he is the one who knows Lake. How old are you? How did you get here? How long have you been here? What is your favorite color (besides white)? I need some hooks to hang your identity on.

Talk about YOURSELF here some more so I can put a face to your ideas.

You can also write me privately at [email protected]

But it is BETTER if you put the personal stuff here. If I have a problem with this, so do others, and Mark has reminded me that I DO have a problem with this.