You can't help but love this guy...HAIL!

Couple of quick thoughts:

Thanks to the initial poster for the thread. Just wondering though ... I think there might be a rule about posting links to stuff like this. I know we have one at that other place. :)

As to the "it's too long" refrain. I appreciate the feedback, but disagree with the premise. I'm not targeting these columns to the message board short-attention-span-theatre crowd. I'm writing semi-weekly essays for people less concerned with how long it might take them to read a piece than what if anything they might take from it. I have no problem being critiqued for the substance, I've just never understood the motivation behind someone taking the time to make his/her only comment that the piece exceeds some arbitrary length they've alotted to reading it.

With that ... here's to slapping Jacksonville upside the head on Sunday.

wow, just take the constructive critisism, man... I could say the same thing you did in about half the time. There's not an arbitrary length, just that there's a bit of filler in there that actually takes away from your point. I think most everyone said they liked what you were saying, but not everyone has time to read a copy of Chesapeake in between tasks at work!

wow, just take the constructive critisism, man... I could say the same thing you did in about half the time. There's not an arbitrary length, just that there's a bit of filler in there that actually takes away from your point. I think most everyone said they liked what you were saying, but not everyone has time to read a copy of Chesapeake in between tasks at work!

Be nice! This man knows his stuff. I look forward to his posts!!!

Uh oh, someone sounded the extremeskins alarm. I knew it would only be a matter of time before someone showed up. Too bad you guys only come around to interact when something 'negative' is posted about you.

Uh oh, someone sounded the extremeskins alarm. I knew it would only be a matter of time before someone showed up. Too bad you guys only come around to interact when something 'negative' is posted about you.

Can't we all play nice in the sandbox? ...

Can't we all play nice in the sandbox? ...

I'm just stating the facts.

Hard to imagine why we'd feel unwelcome here, matty. But, I'll take your invitation at face value start posting here more. :)

As to why I showed up today, someone contacted me this morning and let me know there was a thread to the column here w/o attribution. Came over to verify. You mentioned "the facts." Just so I'm clear then, is there or is there not a rule here covering this issue? If I'm going to be around more, I'd like to be sure to play within the rules after all.

Hard to imagine why we'd feel unwelcome here, matty. But, I'll take your invitation at face value start posting here more. :)

As to why I showed up today, someone contacted me this morning and let me know there was a thread to the column here w/o attribution. Came over to verify. You mentioned "the facts." Just so I'm clear then, is there or is there not a rule here covering this issue? If I'm going to be around more, I'd like to be sure to play within the rules after all.

Sheesh! I listed that the post was from an Extremem Fan.. no one was taking credit for your words. NEXT TIME I'll post a link....

... picky, picky....

Thanks Hess, for posting 'other place's' stuff!!

Sheesh! I listed that the post was from an Extremem Fan.. no one was taking credit for your words. NEXT TIME I'll post a link....

... picky, picky....
I thought you wrote that. All it said was Extreme Fan Writes: so I kind of took it to be like a resume, where you write in the third person in the objectives part. Perhaps I'm the only one though.

Thanks Hess, for posting 'other place's' stuff!!

If I knew there was all of this bad blood I would have thought twice before I posted it!! Golly!!!