tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post299182998380577434..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: A Small UpsideJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-51593030765416242952012-12-17T23:49:02.133-05:002012-12-17T23:49:02.133-05:00I owe everyone replies. Stay tuned. Need to catch ...I owe everyone replies. Stay tuned. Need to catch my breath!Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-13372010880590475362012-12-17T23:28:02.095-05:002012-12-17T23:28:02.095-05:00hi jim...i have read numerous posts since detectin...hi jim...i have read numerous posts since detecting interesting language variances within the character witness quotes you have provided here and elsewhere. i also have a propensity for insular coding so i figured you might want to talk to me and have your POV logged in my research. either way, i am confident in my findings and i believe we may have many commonalities regarding our fields of expertise.<br /><br />thanks,<br />christian whiteworldwidewasp@gmail.com<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09957438150024595647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-15974482091404803522012-12-17T16:30:56.057-05:002012-12-17T16:30:56.057-05:00Just so you know, your original entry about Nancy ...Just so you know, your original entry about Nancy Lanza was posted in the Metafilter discussion about this incident. You can find the specific comment here if you're curious http://www.metafilter.com/122914/Many-dead-in-Connecticut-primary-school-shooting#4736985 I'm glad I clicked the link to read not only your full story but also how you have responded to reporters, with empathy as opposed to contempt, which would be completely understandable. Hopefully, those of us who come here will give you hope that some of us go to the trouble to try and find out the original story and in the process found a wonderful blog.Bad Bunnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041523746463253258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-87673000562184160692012-12-17T15:55:13.661-05:002012-12-17T15:55:13.661-05:00Of course I came here because of the Times article...Of course I came here because of the Times article -- as ashamed as I am of reading any news about this terrible event. I found your blog via a search -- easy one though.<br /><br />Thank you for what you have written. It is the first calm thing I have read since Friday -- and as Katy said, honest. And thank you for not deleting your blog/blog posts. Many people would have with this kind of pressure/attention.Cedarwaxwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644657373513518914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-20111665846335535052012-12-17T08:58:20.437-05:002012-12-17T08:58:20.437-05:00Unfortunately, we are stuck with the media - and t...Unfortunately, we are stuck with the media - and they will continue to report too many one-sided, often un-qualified news articles for, probably, the rest of our days.. I just hope and pray for common sense to prevail.<br /><br />Let the media report what they want to - but let us (the readers) hold on to common sense, values and integrity to be able to discern all the sides of the story. When the media starts to realise that what they're doing, isn't selling, then we're on to a winning recipe. My dad always told me that there are 3 sides to every story: What one person thinks happened, what the other person thinks happened, and what really happened. <br /><br />I'm South African - so I speak from experience about media reports resulting in completely out-of-context news from our amazing country. <br /><br />Thank you for your honest words. They do come across as genuine, peaceful and most of all - honest. The world loves sensation, and sensationalism is, unfortunately, the currency for most of the modern-day media.<br /><br />I found your blog - through all this mass of news, and I thought it was GREAT!<br /><br />All the best,<br />KatyFresh Brew Marketinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339336495983895860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-53031687291704954372012-12-16T15:33:51.525-05:002012-12-16T15:33:51.525-05:00Thanks, Display Name (the final sentence is myster...Thanks, Display Name (the final sentence is mysterious, but that's not a bad thing).<br /><br />I don't say anything worthwhile on facebook that I don't say here. Quite the contrary...it's mostly just a vehicle for announcing new Slog entries (which you can do just as effectively via RSS, etc.)Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-69271223765088798712012-12-16T14:57:25.918-05:002012-12-16T14:57:25.918-05:00Sorry about the mess. I'm a long time reader a...Sorry about the mess. I'm a long time reader and always look forward to your posts. Was thinking of asking to friend you on facebook just so I can read more of your insights but I think I will wait awhile. I'm the older female magic the gathering player. Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02279172254256030210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-18928536531716378092012-12-16T12:15:26.080-05:002012-12-16T12:15:26.080-05:00Andy (I'm guessing you're my old trombone ...Andy (I'm guessing you're my old trombone teacher), thanks for that. I LOVED the lie detector game, and I was always proud to grow up to be that fat-lower-lipped hipped-out trombonist ("flashy dresser", too, if I recall correctly?).<br /><br />I tried emailing you a year or two ago, but you didn't seem to get it. I'll try again.Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-45384695358403167722012-12-16T10:42:02.348-05:002012-12-16T10:42:02.348-05:00When I was a child, there was a popular game calle...When I was a child, there was a popular game called "Lie Detector," in which you tried to determine who among a cast of characters committed the crime. One of the characters was The Trombone Player, easily identified by his "thick lower lip." When I actually became that trombone player, I always wondered if people could tell...<br /><br />But when the crime is truly fantastical, everyone's searching for clues. And Everyone is a larger number than most people realize. You stepped into the vortex created by millions of minds searching for clues. Powerful stuff.<br /><br />When you feel like it, drop me a line. I'm still at the Home For Aging Trombonists. You've probably still got the address. --andyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047680458618577179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-1380247358975528042012-12-16T03:57:37.207-05:002012-12-16T03:57:37.207-05:00Thank you for this, for all of it. I posted a lin...Thank you for this, for all of it. I posted a link to your blog in the comments of the NY Times article.<br />To tell you the truth, the "quotes" in the article rang so false, I simply had to dig further, and easily found your blog, which I am very grateful you wrote. Your description of what you know and what you perceived about this tragedy are about a trillion times more truthful and mysterious (and therefore... truthful) than anything the Media has concocted.<br />I was listening to a surviving teacher being interviewed by a local DJ here in LA, and she couldn't place the name Nancy Lanza as being an employee of the school, though the DJ was gently insisting that she must have been. <br />When warning bells go off that the reporters might be wrong, I'm learning to listen. <br />Anyway, thank you. Ms. Lanza would be grateful that you tried to memorialize her with grace. It is not your fault that reporters are stomping all over it, any more than it is her fault her son went mad.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15760572491702637539noreply@blogger.com