All Things in Moderation

is the microphone on?

Oh, that was easy. This time it just worked.

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   lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 4:45 pm said:

   But who are you and you just started a new post, lol. Go to the right and look in the archives for the post Who are you? and find out how to identify yourself.

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   Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 4:50 pm said:

   shrink2

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   lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 4:52 pm said:

   Hi Jerzy. There are posts at the right under archives open for comments. You can also create your own post for comments by clicking on the new post tab in the upper right corner.

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   Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 4:56 pm said:

   That isn't my real name Lulu.

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   lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 4:57 pm said:

   Nice avatar, looks familiar. Glad you made it shrink. We're still getting set up but hopefully by tonight we'll have a lot of action. We had a couple of good threads last night. There are still about 6 or 7 waiting to get in.And everyone's an author.

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   lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 4:58 pm said:

   Lulu isn't my real name either………….

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   bsimon, on September 14, 2011 at 5:00 pm said:

   Hola shrinkage!

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   lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 5:07 pm said:

   I'll try to post something outrageous tonight to get the conversation going and figure out where everyone stands.

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   kevinwillis.net, on September 14, 2011 at 5:08 pm said:

   Greetings, Shrink. It's a busy day and I'm getting quite the headache, but I'm going to try to keep checking in.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 5:09 pm said:

    long time!too longyou and Mark are like my mentors, before you showed me The Way, I was like Chris Fox, I just threw insults for fun, just to see if I could goad some ding-dong into blowing a gasket

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    okiegirl, on September 14, 2011 at 5:10 pm said:

    shrink, I'm thrilled by your new screen name. It was "The Painted Bird" I liked so much years ago.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 5:14 pm said:

    Hi Kevin, guess what I just wrote a long not to you and others and it…disappeared. I got a message about a conflict and it said press the back button, but of course, when I got back, this box was empty.PTSD induction,,,must fight it

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 5:16 pm said:

    okie, you knew! From that to Being There, quite a writer.

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    kevinwillis.net, on September 14, 2011 at 5:16 pm said:

    Sorry, Jerzy. Blogger may not have been the best choice–they are clearly in a process of updating the software. Didn't know that when we started here, but I'm hoping we can weather through. If not, we'll end up doing it all again somewhere else!

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    kevinwillis.net, on September 14, 2011 at 5:17 pm said:

    Being There? That was Peter Sellers.

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    okiegirl, on September 14, 2011 at 5:18 pm said:

    Jerzy, I first read Painted Bird when I was in college. It had a profound effect on me and I have never forgotten it. But right now I am having difficulty recalling Being There although I would have read it too. Must be a result of all the real drugs (not the fakey designer things) back in those days.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 5:19 pm said:

    very funny KI remember the day as a kid when my older brother told me about actors and how they only say what someone pays them to say. What a disaster.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 5:20 pm said:

    It had a profound effect on me and I have never forgotten it.I know.

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    kevinwillis.net, on September 14, 2011 at 5:28 pm said:

    Having only seen a few beach_music posts, but having heard his manic energy described, he's either a new incarnation of Save the Rainforest, or a cousin.

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    Mark in Austin, on September 14, 2011 at 5:36 pm said:

    At a googlegroup brian, 12BB, and I still inhabit, shrink and Kev were former posters. I was one of the gatekeepers. STR, also known as 37th, StreetCorner, etc. tried to sneak past the gate. No. Watch for it.

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    12BarBlues, on September 14, 2011 at 5:44 pm said:

    I didn't know that 37th tried to sneak into our google group. How did he try? Did he disguise his identity or promise to be good? Or threaten a First Amendment lawsuit (that'd be more like it). Bwahaha!! That guy is too much.

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    12BarBlues, on September 14, 2011 at 5:48 pm said:

    A couple of questions/suggestions.1. Is there a way to have a small group of posts always visible–like Administrative posts. How to post a thread and how to change one's identity and other commonly asked questions.2. Is there a way to show the number of comments in each thread? Or some way to know whether more comments have been posted since the last time you looked at it. Right now, you have to click on each post, then scroll down to the very bottom to see if something new has occurred.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 5:49 pm said:

    are you and 12BB the invitation committee? who are the 6 & 7 in waiting?There are many people who, whenever they post make so much sense and then you never see them again, especially if it is busy. We should work on developing people who need to talk more. I've always felt like if they had a space, they'd really teach me a thing or two. Cef was like that. He was always quitting so I just got his email and asked him directly what he thinks. Now he is bolder. I have no suggestion beyond that, but if someone appears that way, are nominations ok? I don't know anyone, so I won't care if it happens or not. But you know what I mean, every once in awhile you see a Wow! who wrote that?, post on the PL and then they get heckled or ignored and that was that. We need a talent incubator a mentoring program, no I am just kidding of course, except for the kernel of the idea. Can we nominate?

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    12BarBlues, on September 14, 2011 at 5:58 pm said:

    I am not a member of the approval committee as I had to be approved to get in. But I did throw in my 2cents on beach-music since I was asked. Other than that, I played no part in who is invited and who was not. I like your idea of a nomination list. I have very high regard for Cef, for example, as I learn something from him all the time.

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    Mark in Austin, on September 14, 2011 at 6:18 pm said:

    12BB, it was before your time at FA. Early 2008, he emailed me under a pseudonym he had not yet used at WaPo. But he had used it elsewhere, and a google search revealed him to be "37th&O" by reason of his unusual spacing and repetitive rants. I just told him "no".He may pick up lms' email address and try it again. Scott's untimely leak has been fixed, I think.There are outstanding invitations to QB and Bernie and someone in Utah [who?], and to JudgeCrater, FairlingtonBlade, and Mnteng.Mike Teng is in China and has written to me that the government filter is limiting his access. FYI, he reports that China is rapidly building new infrastructure and studiously letting the old infrastructure rot. I think bb is also somewhat out of pocket.

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    lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 6:23 pm said:

    Actually this blog pretty much belongs to all of us. Kevin and I and a couple of others have been suggesting invitations and running them by each other but anyone can do that. As long as you think they'd be a good contributor let Kevin know because he's the one issuing the emails. As far as posting, we're all authors now. Anyone can generate a new post, please do, that's what will keep this place going, and the comments that follow. We'll receive our rewards by the comments I suppose.12Bar those are all tech questions Kevin will need to answer I think. I'm still learning to maneuver around the site myself. If you figure something out let us know, or anyone else for that matter.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 6:33 pm said:

    I think gray means there is something unread there.

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    Taroya, on September 14, 2011 at 6:38 pm said:

    Okey dokey, a new thing to figure out. Can these be sorted by conversation? I will be testing a lot..

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    Mr. Troll McWingnut, on September 14, 2011 at 6:45 pm said:

    Sorry to hit and run but I'd like to nominate Tao, and if Scott hasn't done it already, Quarterback.Hope all is well and it's great to see more and more names.

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    Taroya, on September 14, 2011 at 6:45 pm said:

    I haven't been on PL a whole lot today (leaving this assignment, must transfer knowledge) [shrink! stop now!] :)So you are not feeling it for beach_music? I like him. If he is a turncoat, he is better than most at hiding it.And yes, still testing. And I can subscribe by email? hmmmmm

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    kevinwillis.net, on September 14, 2011 at 6:52 pm said:

    Tao was in the first round of nominations. I just don't have an email for him. Get me one, and his invitation is as good as sent.

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    kevinwillis.net, on September 14, 2011 at 6:53 pm said:

    Mike Teng–is the filter not liking blogspot.com/blogger? Because we can move to a custom-URL. I just have to buy one. I'm not sure if there is an extra charge from blogger (I know there is from WordPress).Anyone can suggest someone. I've just been sending out the emails (it's under settings), but any admin can do it. Nice to run others by current memebers, but I'm good with anybody without a history of violence or intentional blog disruption. Utah is michigoose.Where do you want the number of comments displayed? I'm not sure that can be changed, but it's displayed at the top of the comments when you are commenting on a post, and at the the bottom of the post when you're reading the full list of posts.Admin posts can be done as pages, and the pages will be linked, always, in the sidebar. I don't think it has a way to pin posts, ala WordPress, but maybe it's in there somewhere. But I'd prefer to build true administrative information as pages. I'll create a sample for a start, anyone will be able to edit it . . .I put one up. It's called "Sample Administrative Page". It's in the top bar . . . anyone can edit.

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    Mark in Austin, on September 14, 2011 at 6:55 pm said:

    Strongly second tao, and hope Kev has his email address. It is dangerous to troll for emails repeatedly at the WaPo, if you get my drift, TMW.

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    Mark in Austin, on September 14, 2011 at 6:59 pm said:

    Kev, Mike will be back in FL shortly. I had sent him a pharmaceutical research article so that he could freely enlighten me [remember that I really use these contacts to ask questions about stuff of which I am currently ignorant but curious] and the article link was censored. So it is a pretty tough firewall over there.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 7:02 pm said:

    wait a day or two, wait until it is quiet and a wanted person posts. Set up a gmail address in only takes a minute for the sole purpose. I can talk to cef and bernie if you like. I think Johnbannedagain is really good too. And sold2u is smart even though I disagree with him a lot, always civil.

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 7:04 pm said:

    I'll recruit Tao, he's been out for awhile.

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    lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 7:04 pm said:

    New Post from Jerzyhttp://conservaliberals.blogspot.com/2011/09/from-socialist-party-of-one.html

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    Mark in Austin, on September 14, 2011 at 7:06 pm said:

    The way I did it at "The Fix" was to engage in a dialogue with the prospect [a long one with cef, as I recall] and then wrote "let's continue by email" and left my dummy drop.Shrink, I did that with you, too, right? On HCR.

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    Taroya, on September 14, 2011 at 7:08 pm said:

    Did everybody leave?Hello?

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    Taroya, on September 14, 2011 at 7:08 pm said:

    Okay, how do you refresh this to see new posts??I refreshed, nothing. I post, and there are a bunch.

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    lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 7:11 pm said:

    qb just showed up in the list of contributors. Taroya, I haven't had any trouble refreshing, weird.

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    Mr. Troll McWingnut, on September 14, 2011 at 7:12 pm said:

    Agreed Mark.

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    Mark in Austin, on September 14, 2011 at 7:20 pm said:

    new post on invitees forthcoming

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    Jerzy Kosinski, on September 14, 2011 at 7:22 pm said:

    ok, but not right now…

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    lmsinca, on September 14, 2011 at 7:23 pm said:

    Agreed shrink

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    Taroya, on September 14, 2011 at 8:07 pm said:

    yeah, refresh is working. I think I just did it between posts, is all. I actually don't like change much. Which is likely why my world keeps getting tossed upside-down…

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