tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post2650635754366534390..comments2012-01-21T16:57:14.558-05:00Tao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-1318204773602928412009-06-29T02:02:46.462-04:002009-06-29T02:02:46.462-04:00not looking goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-6682278453993579032009-06-25T01:33:51.827-04:002009-06-25T01:33:51.827-04:00gonna buy yr books as soon as my paycheck clears. currently my bank account is at $2.39. i was skeptical, but you kind of won me over, tao.Brittany Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08789156109926069495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-67998086857367045542009-06-20T19:46:28.571-04:002009-06-20T19:46:28.571-04:00I live in a small island in Chiloé, Chile, and fish for survive, and blog.Karen Eliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09728216036047466729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-17473431470906546942009-06-20T17:13:24.921-04:002009-06-20T17:13:24.921-04:00tao,<br /><br />it is raining in edinburgh. i have heard people say that it will remain this way; forever more. they say the word &#39;dreich&#39; often. i hope that this makes sense to you. you need to move to a small island in northern europe. those who cannot fish blog.<br /><br />big lovekerri ní dochartaighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711256923096526209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-36264735293242146832009-06-20T11:20:11.473-04:002009-06-20T11:20:11.473-04:00I&#39;m not.<br />Maybe Matt is.Karen Eliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09728216036047466729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-74012771846909061182009-06-20T08:05:48.079-04:002009-06-20T08:05:48.079-04:00tao tao tao tao tao tao tao tao<br /><br />are either of us real people?final thadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04405225614422487249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-42768749301538705072009-06-20T02:49:40.070-04:002009-06-20T02:49:40.070-04:00two shanes<br /><br />sweetTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-88778671363437812022009-06-19T23:19:44.393-04:002009-06-19T23:19:44.393-04:00another<br />i searched &#39;shane jones&#39; and read a bookslut interview with him. i like that he favorably mentioned in watermelon sugar and i want to read his book now.Shanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-39912260617412048732009-06-19T22:28:14.545-04:002009-06-19T22:28:14.545-04:00are you shane jones or another shaneTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-45285822242931356052009-06-19T21:02:30.883-04:002009-06-19T21:02:30.883-04:00Karen Eliot is a multiple identity, a nom de plume, or multiple-use name that anyone is welcome to use for activist and artistic endeavours.ryan manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12388299572002030189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-48563479817372885962009-06-19T20:09:14.657-04:002009-06-19T20:09:14.657-04:00Mr. Tao : I share part of your mental absorptions about stats. My hits and visits go down dramatically on friday night, and saturdays, making me to suspect that other people actually have a life. I mean parties, knowing strangers, doing crazy things on the street as shown on E! channel.<br /><br />That make me angry and envious.<br /><br />If you are really desperate, you can turn your blog into a maximalist one on july one, with a lot of colour, flash animations, animated GIFs, rolling planet earths, livespaces-esque fairies, adds, pictures about everything, links to a thousand other sites not realted to you in any way, and playlist players.<br /><br />It wil be shocking and the word will spread and everyone will come here to check it out.<br /><br />Then, on middle july or august you can put the white background and lower case initials again.Karen Eliothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09728216036047466729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-20031188312578275042009-06-19T19:47:16.975-04:002009-06-19T19:47:16.975-04:00i liked your post on the curtis sittenfeld story from a long time ago. or the story you linked to in that post was good enough so that memory favors the post.<br /><br />this post is definitely good, though.Shanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-83376271628502134282009-06-19T17:04:10.798-04:002009-06-19T17:04:10.798-04:00@tomhanks glad you read it and liked it<br /><br />just tried to reread it and felt confused by the second line<br /><br />felt unable to comprehend what i was conveying<br /><br />going to edit it a little right nowTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-4353763875021420662009-06-19T08:02:51.056-04:002009-06-19T08:02:51.056-04:00i just read the wes anderson post, i like it a lot, probably you should add it to the list. <br /><br />i haven&#39;t been very active on the internet but i have no reason for that, maybe because i work 40 hours a week and am taking a summer class, maybe, but i don&#39;t think that&#39;s it, i still use the internet daily, i just don&#39;t type things on it, no reason<br /><br />your hits in june are still significantly better than januarytomhankshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18021845951573083484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-10534973738629533542009-06-18T22:31:55.991-04:002009-06-18T22:31:55.991-04:00is it <a href="http://heheheheheheheeheheheehehe.com/2007/09/how-do-i-communicate-with-human-beings.html" rel="nofollow">this</a><br /><br />should i add it to this postTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-33977909886118093442009-06-18T22:30:31.891-04:002009-06-18T22:30:31.891-04:00i liked a post you did sometime in fall of 2007, i think, about somebody who said wes anderson was only for white bourgeois pigs, and you made fun of them. you should do more posts like that. but that would prbly also be a risky move if you want more hits. or a a good move if you want more hits. i dont know.andrew worthingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08035345198006667194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-69499093316212216742009-06-18T22:27:48.056-04:002009-06-18T22:27:48.056-04:00@[ hi<br />@ryan sweet<br />@juan nice<br />@michael hi<br />@ryan hehe<br />@(yeah) interesting<br />@andy hm<br />@em hm<br />@anonymous hm<br />@dottie sweet<br />@anonymous heheTao Linhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04807160197099916059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-65013203125774929782009-06-18T21:55:28.576-04:002009-06-18T21:55:28.576-04:00dont you realize theres an email going around by some bloggers etc saying to boycott u &amp; ur siteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-39986612069905139932009-06-18T20:16:34.606-04:002009-06-18T20:16:34.606-04:00i really did love the post about you in germany. i wrote to you about it and asked that it never disappear.<br /><br />mostly i&#39;m leaving a comment to tell you thanks for bringing the word &quot;shitstorm&quot; to the front of my attention. it has become my current favorite and it seems to describe almost every situation at my job. i think it probably 20x a day and have even begun to say it aloud. <br /><br />an example: yesterday, someone told me we were expecting a kidney biopsy on a woman who is 19 weeks pregnant. kidneys stop working and 19 weeks pregnant? total shitstorm. <br /><br />what a great word.dottie kee boneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14085121213587427460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-13656481050169639162009-06-18T17:56:24.813-04:002009-06-18T17:56:24.813-04:00why do you care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-89879159436006893842009-06-18T16:49:41.076-04:002009-06-18T16:49:41.076-04:00spackle hose dungeon moose, stop counting hits like they matteremhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174966985827180541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-119268075760343002009-06-18T15:36:22.622-04:002009-06-18T15:36:22.622-04:00i think manning pronounces the offset sound in the utterance of &quot;crying&quot; in a weird manner. i pronounce it as an alveolar nasal, but hey IPAed it as a velar nasal. are you british or something manning? &quot;weirdo.&quot;andy.riverbedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14109676355533703698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-81634412741138958742009-06-18T13:11:22.777-04:002009-06-18T13:11:22.777-04:00some thoughts on the &#39;monotone/passive personality&#39;:<br />pros:<br />-shows a lack of care for impressing others with an outgoing personality. and thus shows that you care about other, possibily &#39;more important things&#39;.<br />-saves energy, hydration, etc.<br />-it can seem approachable at first.<br />-good for portraiture<br />cons:<br />-seems self-absorbed.<br />-people who have very outgoing personalities sometimes feel offended by it, because they value their own personality very much.(Yeah)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-38793564593852440852009-06-18T10:24:19.157-04:002009-06-18T10:24:19.157-04:00The term crying (pronounced [ˈkraɪɪŋ] from Middle English crien or Old French crier) commonly refers to the act of shedding tears as a response to an emotional state in humans.ryan manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12388299572002030189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13096981.post-20426856804225087572009-06-18T03:56:43.378-04:002009-06-18T03:56:43.378-04:00in arkansas the weather is this: 92-98 degrees all day long<br /><br />it makes me feel angry and depressed and like i&#39;m checking blogs when others aren&#39;t because it&#39;s not so disgusting everywhere else<br /><br />but i have a new job / didn&#39;t have a job for the last 5 weeks or so<br /><br />so i&#39;m not checking blogs because of that<br /><br />because i&#39;m there a lot or whatever<br /><br />we don&#39;t open for a few more days<br /><br />serving coffee and things, food<br /><br />okmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664192006225744812noreply@blogger.com