Comments for Boleman and Friends: The Blag http://onboleman.com A collection of ideas, colors and other phenomena. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:06:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on Man lives after chair leg penetrates eye socket and throat by Eugenia Blackwell http://onboleman.com/2007/09/26/man-lives-after-chair-leg-penetrates-eye-socket-and-throat/#comment-508 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:47:43 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/09/26/man-lives-after-chair-leg-penetrates-eye-socket-and-throat/#comment-508 vn6a1hj3ls0apqy6 vn6a1hj3ls0apqy6

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]]> Comment on Robert Brasier 9/29/1987-2/26/2007 by Trent S. http://onboleman.com/2007/03/01/robert-brasier-9291987-2262007/#comment-148 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:25:50 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/03/01/robert-brasier-9291987-2262007/#comment-148 GTX affiliated. We're missin you Rob. Too soon man. GTX affiliated.

We’re missin you Rob. Too soon man.

]]> Comment on Severe depression treated with deep brain stimulation by Mo http://onboleman.com/2007/09/25/severe-depression-treated-with-deep-brain-stimulation/#comment-109 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:23:23 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/09/25/severe-depression-treated-with-deep-brain-stimulation/#comment-109 You've reproduced this item from my blog, in its entirety, without giving me proper credit as the author. Please either delete most of the text and link back to my original post, or remove the whole thing. What you are doing is plagiarism. You’ve reproduced this item from my blog, in its entirety, without giving me proper credit as the author.

Please either delete most of the text and link back to my original post, or remove the whole thing.

What you are doing is plagiarism.

]]> Comment on Shyness is not a psychiatric condition by Mo http://onboleman.com/2007/09/25/shyness-is-not-a-psychiatric-condition/#comment-108 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:20:17 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/09/25/shyness-is-not-a-psychiatric-condition/#comment-108 Please don't reproduce items from my blog. Please don’t reproduce items from my blog.

]]> Comment on Plans for BU Democrats in 07/08 by Kiera http://onboleman.com/2007/07/26/plans-for-bu-democrats-in-0708/#comment-64 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:47:52 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/07/26/plans-for-bu-democrats-in-0708/#comment-64 Thanks for your comment! I'm not sure I'm going to take your phone, in which case I'll return it to you. I planned on taking two, but that seems a little silly at this point. I got a webcam so we can talk on Skype if you want! Thanks for your comment! I’m not sure I’m going to take your phone, in which case I’ll return it to you. I planned on taking two, but that seems a little silly at this point. I got a webcam so we can talk on Skype if you want!

]]> Comment on So far so good. by Kiera http://onboleman.com/2007/07/13/so-far-so-good/#comment-54 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:27:32 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/07/13/so-far-so-good/#comment-54 Oscar, I feel similarly. It is depressing to be home. My best friend in middle school took up drugs, mooching off guys and lesbianism, in that order. Other friends just don't do anything, or they have dead-end jobs. Where did their ambition go? Why am I the only one around here who as any SELF RESPECT? Your brain doctor was right about what she said about dating. That's true of friends, too. It's always easier to make friends or romantic partners of people who don't do much, don't care much, don't want to succeed. They are less choosy, less exacting. They don't care so much what they do or who they are around. What I try to tell myself is that the real, lasting friendships are those that are pursued with less ease, and proven through time. I'm not sure how many friends like that I even have, but it makes me feel a little better to think the way I do. About your friends who you believe in but see floundering: I know it doesn't feel like it because it can be painful, but recognizing the value in them is a GOOD thing. Obviously it's something they can't do on their own. The only thing you can actively do about that is try to help them see what you see: their intelligence, their merit, their worth. That's truly what friends are for, to use a cliche. And the other thing you can do is sort of related: don't forget those things about yourself. I know you tend to be humble; that's good. But don't forget that you have good qualities and that makes you a QUALITY person. Don't lose your self-respect just because people around you are doing it in mass. Sorry I went off on that so much, but like I said, I can sympathize. And remember that you always have me to complain to. :) Oscar,
I feel similarly. It is depressing to be home. My best friend in middle school took up drugs, mooching off guys and lesbianism, in that order. Other friends just don’t do anything, or they have dead-end jobs. Where did their ambition go? Why am I the only one around here who as any SELF RESPECT? Your brain doctor was right about what she said about dating. That’s true of friends, too. It’s always easier to make friends or romantic partners of people who don’t do much, don’t care much, don’t want to succeed. They are less choosy, less exacting. They don’t care so much what they do or who they are around. What I try to tell myself is that the real, lasting friendships are those that are pursued with less ease, and proven through time. I’m not sure how many friends like that I even have, but it makes me feel a little better to think the way I do. About your friends who you believe in but see floundering: I know it doesn’t feel like it because it can be painful, but recognizing the value in them is a GOOD thing. Obviously it’s something they can’t do on their own. The only thing you can actively do about that is try to help them see what you see: their intelligence, their merit, their worth. That’s truly what friends are for, to use a cliche. And the other thing you can do is sort of related: don’t forget those things about yourself. I know you tend to be humble; that’s good. But don’t forget that you have good qualities and that makes you a QUALITY person. Don’t lose your self-respect just because people around you are doing it in mass.
Sorry I went off on that so much, but like I said, I can sympathize. And remember that you always have me to complain to. :)

]]> Comment on Missionary Trips by Johnny Brooks http://onboleman.com/2007/06/05/missionary-trips/#comment-53 Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:19:56 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/06/05/missionary-trips/#comment-53 As there are no utopias that I know of there will be needy people in every community. It seems foolish to criticize someone for going to another community to help just because there are needy folks in their own community. Of course you are assuming that missionaries only do their ministry in whatever field they are working in, but that is not the case. No matter where you are you are who you are and if it is in your nature to help those who need help you will do it. It is time we broaden our definitions. As there are no utopias that I know of there will be needy people in every community. It seems foolish to criticize someone for going to another community to help just because there are needy folks in their own community. Of course you are assuming that missionaries only do their ministry in whatever field they are working in, but that is not the case. No matter where you are you are who you are and if it is in your nature to help those who need help you will do it.

It is time we broaden our definitions.

]]> Comment on Missionary Trips by Justin Mueller http://onboleman.com/2007/06/05/missionary-trips/#comment-52 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:29:21 +0000 http://onboleman.com/2007/06/05/missionary-trips/#comment-52 I agree with you in regards to the hypocrisy and nonsensical nature of "missions". There are certainly people that need help in this country. Waco is a perfect example of this. However, children starving in the Third World are hardly just starving because they live in an environment that cannot support them. It is a matter of resource distribution, not simply too many kids. That can factor in, but much less so than you might think. A fraction of this country's military budget could end world hunger tomorrow, and create a sustainable global economic system that could meet everyone's needs until this planet is consumed by an expanding sun, and we wouldn't even have to suffers a drop in our standards of living (which you correctly identify as pitiful for many). People are poor in the Third World, chiefly, because it is good business for the Industrial world to have a huge supply of cheap labor to exploit for a pittance. This stuff didn't "just happen", and is in no way inevitable. And places such as Africa are just skipped over entirely, with whities having already raped to resources it needed and split. I agree with you in regards to the hypocrisy and nonsensical nature of “missions”. There are certainly people that need help in this country. Waco is a perfect example of this.

However, children starving in the Third World are hardly just starving because they live in an environment that cannot support them. It is a matter of resource distribution, not simply too many kids. That can factor in, but much less so than you might think. A fraction of this country’s military budget could end world hunger tomorrow, and create a sustainable global economic system that could meet everyone’s needs until this planet is consumed by an expanding sun, and we wouldn’t even have to suffers a drop in our standards of living (which you correctly identify as pitiful for many). People are poor in the Third World, chiefly, because it is good business for the Industrial world to have a huge supply of cheap labor to exploit for a pittance. This stuff didn’t “just happen”, and is in no way inevitable. And places such as Africa are just skipped over entirely, with whities having already raped to resources it needed and split.

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