Comments for G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC http://gearino.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 24 May 2013 04:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 Comment on A head start on that tight space by G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC » Blog Archive » A downsizing thwarted http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/07/24/getting-a-head-start-on-a-tight-space/#comment-61611 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:19:26 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/07/24/getting-a-head-start-on-a-tight-space/#comment-61611 [...] Last July, I declared the intent to downsize my life and, more specifically, downsize my home. And I’m sure you recall that declaration. One cannot undertake a daily essay on a web site named for oneself with having an ego so large that one believes readers hang on, and remember, every word therein. [...] […] Last July, I declared the intent to downsize my life and, more specifically, downsize my home. And I’m sure you recall that declaration. One cannot undertake a daily essay on a web site named for oneself with having an ego so large that one believes readers hang on, and remember, every word therein. […]

]]> Comment on America? Not so bad, maybe by G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC » Blog Archive » Obama (finally) says the right thing http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/02/25/america-not-so-bad-maybe/#comment-60970 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:24:23 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/02/25/america-not-so-bad-maybe/#comment-60970 [...] Here’s part of a message I sent to my friend, who had taken issue with this column I’d posted in which I declared that Obama and his wife, Michelle — who’d said that she felt proud of her country for the “first time” only recently — were causing people like me to wonder how much they actually liked the United States: I don’t define patriotism as automatically thinking your country is always right. To me, it’s recognizing that for all its (mostly correctable) flaws, your country still stands as mankind’s greatest experiment in freedom and self-rule. The Obamas, whether they mean to or not, have people wondering if they believe that. Their attachment to the U.S. comes across as conditional … as if the country still has something to prove to them. [...] […] Here’s part of a message I sent to my friend, who had taken issue with this column I’d posted in which I declared that Obama and his wife, Michelle — who’d said that she felt proud of her country for the “first time” only recently — were causing people like me to wonder how much they actually liked the United States: I don’t define patriotism as automatically thinking your country is always right. To me, it’s recognizing that for all its (mostly correctable) flaws, your country still stands as mankind’s greatest experiment in freedom and self-rule. The Obamas, whether they mean to or not, have people wondering if they believe that. Their attachment to the U.S. comes across as conditional … as if the country still has something to prove to them. […]

]]> Comment on Writing off Mondays by G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC » Blog Archive » A prophecy fulfilled (almost) http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/10/30/writing-off-mondays/#comment-60681 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:43:03 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/10/30/writing-off-mondays/#comment-60681 [...] You may recall that a couple of week ago I predicted that an American newspaper somewhere would soon abandon its Monday edition, being the first to break the taboo that daily publication is sacrosanct. Over the weekend, the News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tenn., announced that its Monday paper will be reduced to a “quick-read edition” consisting of two sections: A news section and a sports section, along with whatever classified advertising the paper has bamboozled from people who haven’t heard about Craigslist. [...] […] You may recall that a couple of week ago I predicted that an American newspaper somewhere would soon abandon its Monday edition, being the first to break the taboo that daily publication is sacrosanct. Over the weekend, the News Sentinel in Knoxville, Tenn., announced that its Monday paper will be reduced to a “quick-read edition” consisting of two sections: A news section and a sports section, along with whatever classified advertising the paper has bamboozled from people who haven’t heard about Craigslist. […]

]]> Comment on Life too exciting? Here’s the cure by G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC » Blog Archive » A good thing used badly http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/03/19/a-boring-discourse-you-really-should-skip/#comment-60606 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:29:57 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/03/19/a-boring-discourse-you-really-should-skip/#comment-60606 [...] This seems like a good time to remember that securities backed by pools of home loans are not, in and of themselves, bad things. In fact, they can be very good things. The creation of such investments two decades ago was one of the single greatest factors in the economic boom that began in the late 1980s and continued almost without interruption until now. (Go here for a short primer on this topic I wrote six months ago, and may readers forgive me for even dwelling on such a snooze-inducing subject — twice). [...] […] This seems like a good time to remember that securities backed by pools of home loans are not, in and of themselves, bad things. In fact, they can be very good things. The creation of such investments two decades ago was one of the single greatest factors in the economic boom that began in the late 1980s and continued almost without interruption until now. (Go here for a short primer on this topic I wrote six months ago, and may readers forgive me for even dwelling on such a snooze-inducing subject — twice). […]

]]> Comment on A pointed question for the boss by G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC » Blog Archive » Howard, the floor is yours http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-60560 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:38:14 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2008/04/15/a-pointed-question-for-the-boss/#comment-60560 [...] No kidding. Here is Howard’s rationale (which is similar to the explanation he provided here two days ago): I told Joe I’d paid $210 a night. In a follow-up email, I also mentioned that I had checked prices before coming to Raleigh, and the downtown Sheraton where I usually stay quoted us $179. Since I spent most of the day at McClatchy Interactive, which has offices closer to the Umstead, I’d have spent more than the difference on cab fare traveling back and forth from downtown. [...] […] No kidding. Here is Howard’s rationale (which is similar to the explanation he provided here two days ago): I told Joe I’d paid $210 a night. In a follow-up email, I also mentioned that I had checked prices before coming to Raleigh, and the downtown Sheraton where I usually stay quoted us $179. Since I spent most of the day at McClatchy Interactive, which has offices closer to the Umstead, I’d have spent more than the difference on cab fare traveling back and forth from downtown. […]

]]> Comment on War stories by G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC » Blog Archive » A day of departures http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/09/25/war-stories/#comment-60525 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:15:14 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2007/09/25/war-stories/#comment-60525 [...] Still, it’s been strange to hear myself saying that I’m glad he’s going to Iraq. As I mentioned in a previous post, I became fully aware of what he faced on his first deployment only after he came home. The state of blissful ignorance I lived in while he was there was a one-time event. I can’t return to it. I know too much now. But as I ponder what the alternative could be for this deployment, I sense I’ve been given a small gift. [...] […] Still, it’s been strange to hear myself saying that I’m glad he’s going to Iraq. As I mentioned in a previous post, I became fully aware of what he faced on his first deployment only after he came home. The state of blissful ignorance I lived in while he was there was a one-time event. I can’t return to it. I know too much now. But as I ponder what the alternative could be for this deployment, I sense I’ve been given a small gift. […]

]]> Comment on After 551 posts, 2,130 comments … by Raoul Duke http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-59294 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:56:45 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-59294 Damn shame. Guess I'll have to resort to buying you lunch at Big Ed's to gain some twisted wisdom. How old school. Damn shame. Guess I’ll have to resort to buying you lunch at Big Ed’s to gain some twisted wisdom. How old school.

]]> Comment on After 551 posts, 2,130 comments … by Jim http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-56836 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:39:02 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-56836 Candy Ass Candy Ass

]]> Comment on After 551 posts, 2,130 comments … by bc http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-56800 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:24:10 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-56800 Many thanks for your blog. (Oops, almost used an exclamation point.) I've enjoyed making it a part of my morning after following your column in the N&O. Great combination of insight, optimism, humor and fact-checking. I'll miss the blog, but wish you well with the paid jobs. Many thanks for your blog. (Oops, almost used an exclamation point.) I’ve enjoyed making it a part of my morning after following your column in the N&O. Great combination of insight, optimism, humor and fact-checking. I’ll miss the blog, but wish you well with the paid jobs.

]]> Comment on After 551 posts, 2,130 comments … by mikey http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-56337 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:29:26 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2010/09/14/after-551-posts-2130-comments/#comment-56337 Indeed Dan'l you are the man! I have enjoyed your postings and your regular bloggers here at WAW. A great bunch of guys and gals and a classy cross section of informed opinion...for the most part anyway. Now get busy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdytOGnUFoI Mikey Indeed Dan’l you are the man! I have enjoyed your postings and your regular bloggers here at WAW. A great bunch of guys and gals and a classy cross section of informed opinion…for the most part anyway. Now get busy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdytOGnUFoI

Mikey

]]>