Apropos of Nothing

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Feb 232010
 

No real coherent post today, just some thoughts on various topics…

A reader commented the other day “Not really a swingshift topic, but it would be interesting to get both of your takes on Tiger after that (pathetic) news conference. You’d think he killed someone by the tone of it.”

Okay, here it is:

I. Don’t. Care.

I’m a big Tiger Woods fan, have been since I saw him come from behind to win a US Amateur (or maybe it was Jr Amateur) open.  I watch golf if he is in contention to win or I don’t watch at all.

When I heard he was having a news conference, I purposely avoided the TV at that time, when I was home and certainly could have watched if I wanted.  I haven’t seen any of the clips or read the transcript, all I know is he apologized profusely.  It was a 13 1/2 minute statement? I’m glad I didn’t lose that 13 1/2 minutes of my life listening to him.

That’s how I feel.

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A little over a week ago, I wrote that I was considering self-hosting Hubman’s Hangout.  Well, I’ve taken the first step and Hubman’sHangout.com is mine now!  You can click on the link if you’d like, but there’s nothing there yet.  Veronica is taking the kids to NY this weekend for her step-dad’s retirement party (I have work obligations and can’t go), so I’m hoping to migrate all of the content then.

For my blogger friends who self-host their blogs, consider yourself warned, I may be bugging you for help!

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I had a nice little rant written about some things I don’t like on Twitter, but I deleted it.  Rather than appear to lecture others on how to use a form of social media, I’ll just keep those thoughts to myself and quietly un-follow anyone whose feed no longer interests me.

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Sunday afternoon I made the kids bundle up and we took the dog for a walk around the block.  For some stupid reason, I decided to propose a game of “guess how many times she pees and poops on the walk”.

Anyone care to guess what the dominant conversation piece was for the next 10 minutes?

Yeah, I won’t be trying that idea again!

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I was a little sad to read last week that the TMI Tuesday meme might be coming to an end soon.  For many of us, TMI Tuesday, along with Half-nekkid Thursday, has been a reliable, sometimes risque, source of blog content while we were trying to find our individual blog “voices”.  While I haven’t played all that often lately, I’ll still miss it, if it really is going away.

That being said, I believe that Professor Fate has offered the keys to TMI Tuesday to anyone who is interested in taking the reigns and continuing the tradition (mixed metaphors anyone?).  His contact info is on the TMI Tuesday page.

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When Veronica bought the DSLR for me for Christmas, she got it at a store that offers a free 4 week/2 hrs per week course in digital photography.  Tomorrow night is the first class, and I’m excited to start learning how to take full advantage of my fancy-schmancy camera.  By the end of my Project365 I hope to be shooting in manual mode more often than not.

Happy Tuesday!!!

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  • http://anothersuburbanmom.blogspot.com Another Suburban Mom

    I am also glad I did not waste time on the Tiger debacle. And I hope you find your class to be very helpful

  • Genevieve

    Enjoy the class. I’m sure you’ll learn alot. I only did a couple TMI’s so far but it was kind of fun. Hopefully someone will continue with it.

  • Drew

    LOL! Well not caring isn’t really a “take” but that’s ok. Thanks for answering, but certainly no need to if there’s no interest! I do find it interesting thought that you “purposely” avoided it though. Shows there was, indeed, some type of care. Personally, I find it to be a fascinating psycho-sexual case study. Observing unusual human behavior is never a waste of time to me. ;)

    • http://hubmanshangout.wordpress.com/ hubman38

      No, there wasn’t some type of care. Awareness of an “event” doesn’t mean you care about it. And what’s so unusual about a guy banging every chick he can? ;-)

      • Drew

        Call it what you will, but there was a specific reason you “purposely” avoided the TV at that time (your words). If you were devoid of care, you would be apathetic, which is to say indifferent of the press conference. One who is indifferent doesn’t avoid a thing on purpose. So yeah, actually, you did care (or considered, or paid attention to, or had forethought, showed an interest, etc, etc.) But only you can define what that means for you. Slip of the keyboard perhaps? It wasn’t just awareness unless you want to change what you originally said. As for the unusual behavior part, I wouldn’t think it so if it was just him being a manwhore. Clearly there’s much more going on, i.e. a personality disorder. But you wouldn’t know that because you didn’t watch it.

  • http://rtws.blogspot.com Emmy

    Social media usages….I think there should be lessons on what spam is.
    But I’ll save that for my own rant! ;-)
    Enjoy the class!
    ~Emmy

    • http://hubmanshangout.wordpress.com/ hubman38

      I’m looking forward to your rant!

      I brain-cramped, my class starts next week…

  • Cami

    Just found your blog yesterday, but I have to say I’m totally with you on the Tiger Woods thing.

    Enjoy the photography class- my photographer friend says to take advantage of them and be sure to ask 1000 questions if you don’t understand anything :)

  • http://hubmanshangout.wordpress.com/ hubman38

    Drew- what are you, some armchair psychologist?

    Consider this- tomorrow night at 8pm Survivor is on TV. Obviously, I’m aware that it’s on. I’m also going to avoid the show, even though I’ve never seen a single episode. I dislike reality TV and purposefully avoid it. Does that mean I “care” on some level? No.

    The world is full of idiots expounding with their opinions on all sorts of topics for which they have no fuckin’ clue.

    When I say “I don’t care”, I mean “I DON’T CARE!!!”

    Got it?

    • http://aprilsrandomshowers.blogspot.com April

      Before I got to this reply to Drew, I wanted to pull my hair out and respond to him because I didn’t think you replied. I was thinking, “Man does this guy have many friends? Because if he picked apart every single thing I said and made it into something completely opposite of what I meant, I would avoid him at all costs.” (No offense, Drew)

      • Drew

        “Because if he picked apart every single thing I said and made it into something completely opposite of what I meant.”

        This is a blog last I checked. There are words written and responded to by other words. That’s the idea, right? The irrationality of your statement is laughable. If you have a problem with what I said, at the very least describe it accurately. To say “every single thing” and “completely opposite” is just silly and immature. But it is cute that you were ready to pull your hair out. Now just try thinking clearly. As for the friend comment, that is classic projection. Insecure about your friendships?

      • http://aprilsrandomshowers.blogspot.com April

        Wow, Drew. You have completely figured me out! I am silly, immature and insecure about my friendships.

        What’s laughable is that you clearly missed the point when Hubman said he didn’t care. You then played semantics with his words to show how, in your mind, he did in fact care. I found your comments to Hubman to be passive aggressive and honestly, annoying. To say that my comment was irrational because I said I wanted to pull my hair out, well then you must clearly take words for their literal meaning and not know what a hyperbole is. Google can help you find that definition.

        I still stand by my initial statement including the words “every single thing” and “completely opposite” whether you think they’re silly or immature, they’re 100% accurate of what you did to Hubman’s statement and mine as well. But I’m sorry, did I not use enough 10¢ words for you to take my comment seriously?

        I think you’re the one who needs to come down off his perch. You come across as pompous and arrogant which just adds to the question I posed in my last comment.

      • Drew

        Re: passive aggressive

        To quote the great Inigo Montoya: “I do not think that word means what you think it means.” …but nice try ;)

        I understand that speaking ones’ truth can be frightening to others. And if that makes me annoying to you then so be it. I actually have tried to be pretty darn respectful in my comments on this blog if you bother to read any of them. It’s actually hubby husband who comes across as arrogant. But because its his blog, you like that about him without even being aware of it.

        I like your spunk April. But as your own mantra says, you come across as someone who has “a whole lotta shit to say about a whole lotta nothing.” So forgive me if I don’t take you seriously. Kinda like the “no offense drew” line, which clearly showed you meant to offend. ;)

      • http://aprilsrandomshowers.blogspot.com April

        I fully know and understand the definition of passive aggressive and it DOES apply to your response. There’s no need for me to point out, line by line, to prove to you because you’re going to think what you think regardless. I may not have a PhD in psychology as you so kindly bragged about, but I did take psychology as part of my studies in college. Please do not treat me like an idiot.

        What makes you annoying to me isn’t your claim of speaking the truth, it’s that you’re just annoying. I’m sorry if that TRUTH hurts your feelings. Somehow I have a feeling that this isn’t the first time you’ve heard that in your life.

        I will admit that I was wrong about one thing. When I said that you come across as pompous and arrogant, I meant you ARE pompous and arrogant. Again, probably not the first time you’ve heard that either.

        “It’s actually hubby husband who comes across as arrogant.” ”
        Having met Hubman in person, I can say with certainty that he is not arrogant.

        “But because its his blog, you like that about him without even being aware of it.”
        This is the most presumptuous comment I’ve read from you all day.

        I never asked you to take me seriously nor do I care if you do. It would figure that you would take the words to my “mantra” literally. *Sigh* This is pointless, Drew. I will not continue to go back and forth with you. People like you are not worth the few minutes I’d spend typing my reply. I guess you could say I’ve grown apathetic.

        I would also quote Inigo Montoya, however, I don’t want to get charged with a death threat. ;)

      • Drew

        Once again, a whole lotta shit to say about a whole lotta nothing.

    • Drew

      Oh yeah, I get it. If I have “no fucking clue” then why did you change your picture posting practices based on my recommendation? I always get a kick out of bloggers like you who welcome “all comments” yet when someone disagrees, you call them names. Classy.

      I did receive a master’s degree in clinical psychology at Pepperdine University. I do not practice now. But really, what I said has much less to do with psychology than it does linguistics. I’m sorry you can’t see the difference. And once again, if you dislike something, you do care. Not caring is called apathy. You purposely avoided Tiger’s press conference and went out of your way to say so. I was simply pointing this out and found it interesting. Too bad you are unable to come down from your perch to recognize this.

      I’m having fun on a blog; reading, writing, making observations. If I put made you feel uncomfortable, then perhaps you will look at yourself next time rather than lashing out like a child.

      • http://hubmanshangout.wordpress.com/ hubman38

        Over-react much, Drew?

        My “no fucking clue” comment was not directed towards you, rather towards every idiot with an internet connection who feels qualified to give an opinion about the Tiger Woods affair, and my desire NOT to be one of those idiots.

        Would you be happy if I conceded that my word choice was incorrect and rather than saying I did not care that I’m apathetic? Fine, I’m apathetic about Tiger Woods and his personal life. Are you happy now?

      • Drew

        You and your minions can try to trivialize what I said, but that doesn’t make it any less true. You weren’t apathetic. You purposely avoided it. You didn’t like, hated it, or thought it was lame. Rather than saying, “I don’t care,” you should have said why you don’t like it. If my original question was of no interest to you, then why bother answering it? Especially in such a curt, dismissive way? (I. Don’t. Care.) Wow man, you’re soooo coooool. You put yourself out there everyday to the rest of the world. Sometimes you reveal more about yourself than perhaps you’d like to. Maybe others have reservations about pointing that out, but I don’t. Look, its simple. Take a bit of criticism with a little bit of humility or risk having someone like me point out your bullshit.

  • RW

    Wow, I think the words “pompous” and “douchebag” are rather fitting labels for Drew.

    • Drew

      How about cheapshot judgmental coward as labels for you?

  • http://jormengrund-yetanotherdayinparadise.blogspot.com/ Jormengrund

    Wow.

    Just.. Wow.

    You know, Hubman and I have tended to disagree on quite a few things, but I can honestly say that I completely and totally stand with him on this one.

    Drew, pull your head out of your ass.

    When you could care less about what’s going on with someone’s problems THAT ARE BEING AIRED CONSTANTLY ON TELEVISION AND NEWS you tend to try to avoid any and all contact, because even the occasional crap you hear is enough to make your stomach churn.

    He’s not really energetic about seeking out every last detail. he’s also not going to go to extremem lengths to avoid it. However, if he’s got some kind of control over the issue, he’s going to keep from having to deal with the media circus.

    Doing so just distances him from the frenzy, and the spin that each and every reporter is going to put on this story. I see no harm in that whatsoever.

    What I actually _do_ find ironic is some nameless faceless fellow who will flaunt his learning, and try to belittle folks on something as trivial as a blog page.

    Do some readers a favor, and let that pimple on your shoulders pop, mmkay?

  • Drew

    I’m sorry, is hubman not nameless and faceless? And you too for that matter? What’s your name? Post a face picture along with your name and address on it hypocrite. And flaunt? Belittle? Huh? If you bother to read where this all started you’ll see that isn’t the case at all. Like I said, I was/am having some fun commenting on a post. I was mildly critical of hubman’s curt answer (RE READ MY ORIGINAL COMMENT). Once the argument begins, I have no problem supporting my position, especially with people who don’t have a clue or couldn’t be subjective it they tried.

    • Drew

      Of course I meant objective, not subjective. ;) Here’s the deal. I have no intention of upsetting the people of this blog or the owner himself. But I have no problem taking on any one of you. You want to battle, feel free to do so by emailing me at lacplfun44 at gmail dot com. As for commenting here, if I’m not welcome, simply say so hubman. My ego is well enough in check to stay quiet if this is too much for you or your community to handle. But seriously, the demonization of someone with an opposing opinion or observation is really beyond childish.

      • http://hubmanshangout.wordpress.com/ hubman38

        Anyone who displays common courtesy towards others is welcome to comment here, whether it’s a dissenting opinion or not. Someone who chooses to snipe with anyone and everyone and quickly resorts to name-calling is not welcome. It seems to me that you’re looking to pick a fight.

        I wonder what your problem really is. You suggest that I’m apathetic rather than not caring, so I concede that point, leading you to state that I’m not apathetic. There really is no satisfying you. But it is really that I curtly dismissed your suggestion for a Swing Shift topic and somehow offended you in the process?

        Why is it so difficult for you to accept that I don’t care about Tiger Woods?

      • http://aprilsrandomshowers.blogspot.com April

        Drew, I do not want to battle with you, call you names, argue, or have a negative exchange. I would just like to explain to you why the few of us who have replied to you, did so in the manner we did. I would like to ask you in advance to please try to understand and not get defensive.

        You asked Hubman for his thoughts on the Tiger situation. His reply of “I.Don’t.Care” wasn’t meant to be curt. It wasn’t a negative response to you, personally. He went on to say that he truly likes Tiger and enjoys watching him play golf. Basically, he doesn’t care to be concerned with the drama surrounding Tiger. This is why he chose to purposely not watch t.v. during the news conference. That’s it. You read far into his statement in your initial response. You were pretty much telling him that yes, Hubman, you do care because you used the word “purposely”. You also basically said why bother to answer if you don’t have a “take”? which you really don’t have a “take” because not caring isn’t a “take.”

        The bottom line is that he certainly could’ve ignored your question because he doesn’t really care about the Tiger situation. That’s not how Hubman is. He chose to answer you by saying that he really didn’t care about the situation. (If anything it seemed to me that by his response, he was slightly annoyed with the situation) It’s that simple. But then you continued to tell him that he actually DOES care and that maybe it was a slip of the keyboard and there’s a reason why he purposely didn’t watch it, etc. It was an overwhelming comment to a simple “I.Don’t.Care.”

        I am truly not trying to be mean to you. I’m only trying to explain why myself and the others made the comments we made. I hope you’re able to see that.

      • Drew

        Ok, cool. Now I know you’re just fucking with me hubman. Either that or you’re nowhere near as educated as you claim to be. Almost to a point, you’ve twisted what I said, put words in my mouth or confused me with someone else. So I will parse your response for anyone out there who might be even slightly fair minded.

        “Someone who…quickly resorts to name-calling is not welcome.” Uh, that would be April, RW, and Jormengrund who chimed in by personally attacking me and calling me names. Simply read the comments. Sorry guys, you’re not welcome here anymore. ;) Did I defend myself? You bet.

        “You’re looking to pick a fight.” Fight? Hardly. A discussion that turned spirited. Sure. That’s all it is from my perspective. FYI, someone who wants to pick a fight doesn’t offer to stay quiet at the blogger’s request. If I wanted a fight, it would be abundantly clear.

        “You suggest that I’m apathetic.” No. I didn’t. Sorry. To the contrary, I’ve said all along that you weren’t apathetic. Nice try.

        “There really is no satisfying you.” Sure there is. Stop twisting my words and answer the question directly or just keep acting like you’re above it all. Either that or just ignore what I say. But I won’t put up with you misconstruing my words.

        “Dismissed your suggestion for a Swing Shift.” What? I’m the one who said it was NOT a swing shift topic. Nice try again. (also, for the record, hubman has in fact used one of my topics as a swing shift but I digress…)

        “And somehow offended you in the process?” Well yes. You implied I was one of those “idiots” with an opinion about TW, which was offensive and showed your arrogance. Other than that you haven’t really been offensive at all. Dismissive and curt, yes. But I’m not offended by those things. I just call them out.

        “Why is it so difficult for you to accept that I don’t care about Tiger Woods?”

        Yet another twist. This question implies I said you cared about TW, which I didn’t. I have no reason whatsoever to believe you care about him at all. Never said it. Sorry. What I did say is, I DO believe you cared about not watching the news conference because you purposely avoided it. But you refuse to be direct and answer this and this alone. You (and others on here) would rather insinuate I said more than this simple thing.

        The funny thing is, I’d bet my left nut that if you did, indeed, have something to say about TW from the start, every single minion on here would be chiming in with their opinion while cheering you on. That’s what is so laughable about this.

        April, I see you have more to say, but sorry, I didn’t read it. I prefer to remember you for your last comment… “I will not continue to go back and forth with you. People like you are not worth the few minutes I’d spend typing my reply. I guess you could say I’ve grown apathetic.” Guess not.

  • Just Me…

    Oy vey! Talk about your ‘much ado about nothing’ scenario! Tiger can bang whomever will… I, too, don’t care..

  • http://hubmanshangout.wordpress.com/ hubman38

    Drew, allow me to quote you:
    “If you were devoid of care, you would be apathetic, which is to say indifferent of the press conference.”

    So yes, you did suggest that I was apathetic.

    I think April’s response just above your last one summarized how I feel quite nicely and nothing more needs to be said on the topic.

    Have a nice night.

   

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