tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post4493065422469057503..comments2024-01-27T16:58:23.292-08:00Comments on Daniel Keys Moran: SensitivityDaniel Keys Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-7412599414076547952007-11-06T20:41:00.000-08:002007-11-06T20:41:00.000-08:00Exsqueeze me? The new preferred term is logically ...Exsqueeze me? The new preferred term is logically abbreviated IDD, and they think that's a good idea?<BR/>The mean kids will obviously call the IDD kid an idiot. <BR/><BR/>What's more, this isn't terribly useful. Plenty of people who aren't even mildly retarded have various intellectual and developmental deficiencies. But God forbid that language should carry any information whatsoever.Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-5570964808797946562007-11-06T19:00:00.000-08:002007-11-06T19:00:00.000-08:00Small world, eh? Yeah, I remember Jon. Bright youn...Small world, eh? Yeah, I remember Jon. Bright young man. We worked together at launch.com, 8 or 9 years ago. He wasn't long out of college at the time, I recall.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-64594144837927216162007-11-06T18:33:00.000-08:002007-11-06T18:33:00.000-08:00Odd thing happened, Dan'l. My nephew and his wife ...Odd thing happened, Dan'l. My nephew and his wife came up from San Francisco to visit last week. Smart kid, MIT grad, programmer, writes games, some of which are movie tie-ins.<BR/><BR/>So as some point I started talking about great space opera and your name came up. He didn't know of you as a writer, but he said, "Dan Moran? I used to work with a Dan Moran!"<BR/><BR/>I wonder if it was you. Nephew's name is Jon Heiner ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-8499059654833092552007-11-06T13:37:00.000-08:002007-11-06T13:37:00.000-08:00Bunnyman -- no worries. Take as much space as you ...Bunnyman -- no worries. Take as much space as you need. It doesn't cost me anything. :-)<BR/><BR/>I got nothing against the Colts. Even the Pats I only hate because they're standing too close to the Celtics, I'd be fine with them if they'd go elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>Only football team I really hate is the Raiders. (And always did -- their stay in L.A. was torture. They stank the joint up the moment they arrived, and it took years for the stench to clear up once they left.)Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-14303056948166970322007-11-06T13:35:00.000-08:002007-11-06T13:35:00.000-08:00Yes, sir. I'm sorry, sir.Yes, sir. I'm sorry, sir.Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-91517319916478917862007-11-06T11:00:00.000-08:002007-11-06T11:00:00.000-08:00I remember a professor I had, before I dropped out...I remember a professor I had, before I dropped out of college to seek my fame and fortune. Huge class, two hundred people in an auditorium. He'd stand up there, prattling on. Now and then, he'd look up and smile -- that was how we knew he'd told a joke, so we'd laugh dutifully. I always thought he was as inept a teacher as I'd ever had. He would talk from bell-to-bell and we took reams of notes. Come the final exam, every question was straight from the text, not a single one came from his notes. Turned out there was an unstated policy in freshman classes -- if you weren't flunking half of them out, you weren't with the program. More than half, that was bad, but less than that, also bad.<BR/><BR/>Later, I found out the guy had authored several texts that were the standards in the field (sociology), had won awards, and was considered one of the bright lights for most of his career. <BR/><BR/>I always wondered what that was about. <BR/><BR/>Pay attention here, Mr. Moran, or the knuckle ruler comes out!Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-71940385002754657562007-11-06T08:18:00.000-08:002007-11-06T08:18:00.000-08:00Just kidding about authoritarian old guy ... I alw...Just kidding about authoritarian old guy ... I always assumed it was spam. But schoolmarm Perry is a funny image ...Daniel Keys Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992599044462413412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-41112519253409000962007-11-05T18:41:00.000-08:002007-11-05T18:41:00.000-08:00On other stuff --I moderate comments on my blog, b...On other stuff --<BR/><BR/>I moderate comments on my blog, but it's because there are a few/some/many (I don't know for sure which word applies, but however many there are, they're vocal pricks when they track me down) people on the 'net who dislike me intensely over some of my past publicly expressed opinions, and when they find my blog they say really shitty things, and I can deal with shitty things about me, but these are the kind of people who will start to say shitty things about my commenters, too (who are mostly my wife, and some very few very good friends) and I won't tolerate that. <BR/><BR/>Kick me textually, okay, freedom of speech and all that. Kick those few I actually care about, simply because they like me somewhat too... nope. Can't be havin that.<BR/><BR/>And my hatred of the New England Patriots has gone to 11 since early childhood, but this season they are recalibrating my speakers upwards of 13, maybe 14. My beloved Bucs and Bills are both showing signs of actually having decent seasons, and it really isn't going to matter, because either the Colts or New England will win the Super Bowl, and that's just how that is. Jesus how I loathe both those franchises.<BR/><BR/>Sorry to take up so much space in your threads. I apparently missed about half your post in my first hurried run through... dinner time, screaming kids, all that.Doc Nebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052810933464744998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-43680686915220876742007-11-05T18:00:00.000-08:002007-11-05T18:00:00.000-08:00Yep. If you aren't offending somebody with your wr...Yep. If you aren't offending somebody with your writing you certainly aren't doing your job -- and being bland to the point of not offending anybody is, well, offensive ...<BR/><BR/>I like the word "crippled." Know a guy who did a video, "Combat Cane for Cripples," great stuff. <BR/><BR/>Somebody told me that the new term was "differently abled."<BR/><BR/>Doesn't speak to a guy on crutches or in a wheelchair, and is, at best, imprecise ...<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I don't change any posted comments, I just toss out the spam.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1778489216730794604.post-52053996862634380262007-11-05T15:49:00.000-08:002007-11-05T15:49:00.000-08:00I've had various people advise me, on occasion, th...I've had various people advise me, on occasion, that my use of the word 'retarded' to describe things like, oh, conservative political views, or this entire season to date of HEROES, is objectionable and wrong and I must apologize immediately and undertake to never never never use the word again in such context or DIE.<BR/><BR/>I usually advise such people that they're behaving like retards and then invite them kindly to see just how rich and creamy a lather they can work up with their lips against my ass. <BR/><BR/>It often seems to me that if your chosen language isn't offending SOME idiot out there somewhere, you probably need a redraft, because you're just not making your point as well as you could be.<BR/><BR/>But then I think of writers like Colin Wilson, and, well, maybe I'm just being childish. <BR/><BR/>Whatever. As long as I'm enjoying myself, and nobody else is suffering any actual bloodloss, I just figure everything is cool.Doc Nebulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052810933464744998noreply@blogger.com