Toadfish Monastery

Ummm...in Current Events, Gov. Mitt Romney of Michigan declared a Fox News Day for his state.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/top10/261

In this very partisan and prejudiced site, please refer to article # 10.

Debatable, my dear Aphos, debatable.

I think I have it, but then what do I know??

Oh, LOOK!!

Last Post!

ZOINK!!

El Ultimo Post, ah yessss....it is mine!!

I've had a wonderful few days.

Getting to have my own life again, not having to check in from any connected computer at any hour of the day, from hospitals and doctor's offices and friend's houses and every other place with a web connection. Reading a book, and not having to go delete a bunch of spammers-in-the making.

Life truly is good. And what's better is that I don't have to go back to it. I can take the time to recuperate from any future surgical procedures as I need to, not as I can depending on the state of the forums. I can spend a few days away and not come back to an e-mail box and PM box full of problems. And anybody mortally offended by somebody else can deal with Gene, or Kim, or Paul (Sylvie) or whoever else they have to deal with. NOT.MY.PROBLEM!!

Yay, and life goes on. The next big battle over ID isn't on the near (or even far) horizon. The political forces that were pushing it are on another battle right now, the one for survival. They can't focus on winning the Hearts and Minds of the Future Generations when they're losing the battle for survival on the political scene in the Real World.

Note of the 'bloodless coup' has been made on a couple of Creationist websites, small ones. People i've know for years that are on the 'other side' (by Bobby's own design, not their beliefs) have kept me up to date. And I didn't have to say a thing. Bobby put his foot in that one, nicely. If I wasn't afraid of seeming paranoid, i'd take a good guess at one of his 'sources'...since i've had an offer to "come to the good side" and let them tweak him with it.

And yet, it's NOT the good side, as long as they cooperate with the ID liars...

Loved the Cappi/Bobbycondemnation of the locution IDiots. The one that I fought tooth and toenail...and got overwhelmed on. Got totally slammed on. I didn't want it. I tried to stop it. And I got called a Nazi for it. Oh, waaah. Let's all remember how--kindly Miss Capellini was the bloodthirsty leader of the Christianhaters at first, until she HAD to back down.

As long as there is freedom of speech and of thought ,there will be an ID movement. And there will be Christians who don't have a thing to do with it. Bobby's error, in the book he strung together, was naming names. Going all psycho on Evangelicals, Born Agains, just showed his inability to understand the 'mind' of the enemy. Only the pseudo-religious psychos are among the Hate Mailers. If he ever understands that, it'll be too late.

But, once again, not my problem. Those who continue to be active there must realize that Bobby's acting out an entire growth period in his life (separation from home/family and moving to Arizona) without any guidance (his GF's Mom sent a pic of her daughters and basically said "Choose one?") or the recognizable input of anybody who isn't trying to suck up to sell him something, or to use him to sell something... That's a tough place for a well centered and well socialized person. I don't know that Bobby was, and I do know that he's reacting like a paranoid person, not a normally communicative one.

Let him have his growing pains. He chose this path instead of a mutually respectful one, so he's got to deal with it.

I don't. I'm free.

dee dee

Last Post??

I think I have one somewhere...

OH!! HERE!!

Lookit da Last Post!! It's sooo cute.

I'm not going to be coy about this. Cardinal Quequeeg seems to have been the big (long time ago) instigator. And a sit and watch for MONTHS approach?? Oh, yes, paranoia is the mark af a prophet, OK, especially one worried about his marketing rights...

Tolerant of all views?? Hey, if that means total tolerance of the racism that the goptalkingpoints and the Republican Leadership Committeee has instigated, decaling it to be NOT racism, then... have at it Sylvie and Cardinal Q!! I'd imagine that i'm the ONLY other person at the boards that ever actually READ those things (friends send me both, because they're limited distribution with their newsletters) and I could time the start of a new GOP point in FSM discussion like clockwork.

Being a little more politically savvy that Cardinal Q expected, I had the rebuttal to that crap. And being more than able to trace problems to roots, I figured out some sources of irritant posters as well. Talk about your sock puppets...

Notice that Bobby has NOT made any public remarks on my attempts to contact him?? He's afraid to lie about it again. That I get e-mails telling me about his lying has enabled me to remind him to stop lying. Of course, he STILL doesn't reply to e-mails.

Operating on that level of paranoia and deceit is SOOO...mature?? Whatever.

Hey, by not eliminating spammers, he's getting his member count back up! (The Goodshow.ru folks are back!! And the petawilson ones!! Sad that I can recognize them from a screenshot. Beagle probably could, too.)

Eventually this will die down. Eventually, there will be someone else tired of doing all the dirty work and heavy lifting. And the Boy's Club will look for another female to clean up after them. I hope they have fun finding somebody. I've just about gotten the influx of screenshots stopped. I've just about convinced folks i'm not going to sue Bobby for slander, libel, or even just plain ignorance while operating in a public venue. (Poor lawyer guys, wanting to set a standard in internet law...)

Hope Cap has fun with the PM inbox explosion. I deleted crap regularly, keeping minor crap that needed follwup or had addresses. She can certainly ask for help with it all, but--I never got it when I asked. Maybe she'll ask nicer than I did. Whatever.

I'm glad there's a way to keep in contact with all the peole I love from the board, and hope we can move beyond this crap ASAP.  I wanted out long ago. Dan wanted me out even longer ago. I wanted an open dialogue with Bobby, so I could explain the problems inherent in the resignation and replacement of a 'first admin'. Anybody that's done this for several years knows that the most vital thing is to present a united front. Coups don't do a thing but give the self-righteous drama freaks their jollies. Neither do loud flounces, but that was my only remaining option...and my short term plan.

I didn't have to do it. Bobby did the flip side of the 'stupidest way out' for me.

Let him know, somebody, that I disagree with the method, but the upside for me is that I'm free of the responsibilities I wanted shed of at the time the book came out!! It's his baby now, and when it's the Athiest Board Lite, he'll have his Hate (Religion) Mail site all bundled up nicely. Hope he's proud to show his Mom...

Let 'em roll on...and gather all the weirdness and disruptions they can handle. And just think, all the schismatics and really nasty athiest haters are free to post!! Go for it, venganza...the Spanish word for Vengance. (And the Tex-Mex word for egotistical false bravado kinda macho-posturing revenge.) How fitting.

Basta, enough!!

How about Chatty@Toadfishmonastery.com?

Quequeeg is a former Mod who went on vacation with his family, then vanished.

Evidently to go tell Bobby how very partisan I am politically.

He's a physician, and VERY self-assured. Formerr GP, then pain management, in a town on an island off Georgia.

Find an obscure spoof site on the 'net and sent it to him...

DD

Once Bobby posted the notice, everything posted in the forum legally is his. That was his 'legal' threat to me. As if I could even do a backup...

You'll need to address this with him or his representatives. i'm not sure of the date of that notice. I had a note in my PM storage about it, but I have no access to that, if it even exists.

DD

Hi MIDL.

Do continue the work on the scriptures...Solipsy and FT worked so many hours on all of that, and i'd hate fer it to go the way of the Dodo.

As to the forums, I wish the forums well. I hope there's not a degeneration into the kind of stuff the hatemail has. We were, supposedly, supposed to be 'better than that' 9Bobby's statement, not mine) and to avoid the extremes against people of faith. (Any faith. My tendency was to give Christian bashing much less attention that Islami, Jewish or other faith bashing, but...you never know what's the important thing about a faith until someone tells you. Rots of religions, little discussion, because it turns rancorous so fast.)

Contrary to what Bobby's been saying, I quit for HIS good, and for the good of the forums. I've been doing on-line forums/BBS since he was in middle school, and i've seen more of these that he'll ever know. The manner in which he did what he did (not responding to 90% of my questions, rarely responding AT ALL since the beginning, then saying nothing to me, putting up his little declaration and telling his untruths) was totally destructive to my being able to do a THING to help the transition.

Had he told me what his concerns were and what he wanted to do, I could have stepped down with the truth--my health is more important to me that the forums, and it's not getting any better. (I've been trying to engage him in dialogue for...7 months? Since the book came out. I've wanted out, but smoothly, and I needed his THOUGHTFUL input, not a kneejerk reaction.) And, having seen the screenshot of the 'new management'...Cardinal Quequeeg!! In all his glory...well, imagine that.

I'm not going to pretend that it was a total shock, I know something was up. I'd hoped that Bobby would finally communicate. Ha...not a chance. One of the members (practicing psychiatrist) claims that he's passive aggressive to the max, and i'd say that's a fair assessment. I don't need that, and neither does anyone else. Between Gene's (Cardinal Quequeeg) own little quirks and Bobby's passive aggressiveness, i'd say that Capellini's in for a tough time. I hope she puts herself in front of the needs of the forum, especially her education. She's got a lot to contribute to the world, and doesn't need the drag on her time that the forum can be.

Gene's also fairly P/A, and a little too assured that he's right. About everything. He's a doctor, you know...

So, Bobby's finally 'normalized' the front page of the forum and stopped threatening me with 'legal action' for something that he's hallucinating, as far as i'm concerned. He needs to move on, as I have, and I need to thank everybody who has supported me. If I were upset, it would be a great comfort, but all I am is relieved. At this stage of my life, and with these medical problems, it's one less pain in my butt, and I need all the no-butt-pains I can get.

I love you guys, I appreciate the support, and I want y'all to lay off Bobby. He's a 26 year old slacker, and as the guy who wanted an interview said "He could be doing this to cause controversy, since there is none in his meme anymore." And I just said "whatever." Bobby's forum, Bobby's erroneous statements, Bobby's foolishness in blaming me for the forums being down (forums are cyclical) yet being all pissy about my publicizing the forums by posting elsewhere with my name and identity. (I've never used a fake ID on the web, and I won't now. What is his problem?)

And if you bought anything from Ring of Fire, Cafe Press or one of the book order sites, Bobby claims to have a list of e-mail addresses from which merchandise was ordered. This is against the privacy provisions by which internet sellers are supposed to work. Be aware of  that. It's your privacy that he's claiming to have invaded with the help of these people.

My mailbox is open, i'm not changing e-addresses for anybody. And as far as what Bobby has to say...let him. He's not my problem any more. Thank whatever God or Gods/deities that one prefers, Bobby's someone else's headache.

Finito. There's a future out there. I'm moving onward and trending toward relaxed for the first time in a long time.

DD

I was sent a screenshot of the forum.

Cardinal Quequeeg.

Back, and in rare form.

The Lone Republican!! And the gone-for-how-long rat?

Link every spoof site you can, folks, this is the guy that had to have Landover Baptist AND The Onion explained.

Also, an Athiest.

Well, well,well...looks like Cappelini was only the endproduct of some politics. Gen's a slick one, for someone with no imagination.

The deal on the 'legal action' is that he or someone else mentioned 'legal issues' on the forum. THAT got translated into the 'legal issues' that Duke is being so 'we mustn't talk about'.

He's trying to start crap with me over NOTHING that I have done or could do.

He's also commited slander. And a former member (only watching and doing screenshots now) who is a lawyer is interested in my suing Bobby. I don't want to sue Bobby. I WANTED to resign to Bobby months ago. Bobby doesn't respond to e-mails.

Bobby is a passive agressive slacker.  And he's constantly trying to cover his butt over one lie with another. That's just sad.

Hi Guys!

Did you know that Bobby's going ta have to take LEGAL ACTION against me for starting a "competing store" which I am not, nor have I ever PLANNED to do??

And then there's the "competing site" that I don't own, and that he's KNOWN about.

i just LOVE passive agressive people.

Somebody tell dukes to get on back in there. He and Cardinal Queequeg (who was reported as back on line tonight) should get along fine.

I never said a thing behind his back that I wouldn't have said to him if he'd ever answered an e-mail.

So, those who are going back...tread softly.

And Duke, you need to be very careful. (You, the guy in Hawaii, Duke.)

You're not making friends well again.

Auntie Dee Dee here, AKA Sibling Chatty.