Bummer
But they all come back.
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July 30th, 2008 at 11:06 am
I don’t think Kim has ever announced he was going to stop blogging. There was that temporary madness that lasted a day while we scrambled in hopes of not having his blog cancel the job offer he was given (no luck), but other than that (with no time to explain what was going on), Kim hasn’t ever announced that he was leaving the blogging chair before. He had tried to cut back before, but never a “Farewell.”
I don’t think folks realize just how stubborn a man he can be, despite all the years of consistent principles they’ve read from him. When he says “Bye” he means it. He played in a rock band for 10 years and then put down his bass guitar, never to perform again.
Now me, on the other hand? I’m a nut case, but I am truly hanging it up this time, too.
July 30th, 2008 at 11:11 am
I seem to recall he gave it up once when there was no madness going. I’ve been wrong before.
Regardless, I wish you two the best in whatever you do!
July 30th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Yawn
July 30th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
He might come back, but first he has to get his panties untwisted after Tam gave him a wedgie… in public! LOL
Here puss, puss, puss.
July 30th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
**He might come back, but first he has to get his panties untwisted after Tam gave him a wedgie… in public! LOL**
Despite your school-yard Jerry Springer rendition of her behavior, you misconstrue what happened.
Tam implied that Kim is nothing other than an “enthusiastic hobbyist” who has little else in the way of expertise than owning a few guns and reading a few books. In actuality, Kim is a military veteran who served during battle and insurgency, and has seen the effects of shootings first-hand. While this doesn’t give him the Wand of Perpetual Righteousness, Tam’s carpet assessment of Kim’s worth as a gun blogger was not only crass and rude, it was factually wrong. Compounded, Tam opened comments and allowed others to make crass, rude, and factually wrong comments about Kim, as well.
Those who know Tam would say my reaction reveals a shallow sense of humor. I’ll let her speak for herself, when she said:
“After all, if I know more about the topic than you do and have more hands-on experience than you do, why should I listen?” The odd part is, Tam’s disdainful, self-aggrandizing attitude in that post seemed to imply that Kim was talking about military weapons, but the entire thrust of his discussion was about the Army’s procurement process. The weapon (the M16) was an unimportant footnote, which Tam brought to the forefront as a straw man in order to make fun of someone like a jealous, insolent child. As in,
“Perhaps he’d like to hear my opinions on supermarket loyalty cards. After all, I own and use several of them quite proficiently, and I’ve read about them, so surely my opinions are every bit as valid…” For those who don’t know, Kim’s career has centered around the supermarket industry.
The fact is, Tam made ad hominem attacks in the midst of factual errors, and the target of her “snark” (read: attack) deserves an apology. Until that apology happens, I won’t read her blog any more. That probably won’t hurt Tam’s feelings, but hurting her feelings isn’t my intention.