Comments for OmbudsBen

Comment on Happy Winter Solstice by Kurt

Kurt — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:56:14 +0000

Neil Snortum was one of my professors too, back in the mid-1980s at SF State. I took three of his classes: Chaucer, Intro to English Language and a summer school class that I can’t remember the name of. (He’ll roll over in his grave for my bad English.)

He was the greatest: informative, understanding, kind, entertaining (he loved George Carlin), empathetic and cool. I miss him.

Sorry if this missive is irrelevant to your website; I was searching for information on Neil and your site popped up.

Comment on Male Pattern Blindness by azahar

azahar — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:40:10 +0000

I hope he is …

Comment on Male Pattern Blindness by LazyBuddhist

LazyBuddhist — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:47:42 +0000

poke

Hey, you still alive?

Comment on Tagged, and ‘taggering to the post by OmbudsBen

OmbudsBen — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:40:21 +0000

Stevo, wow, touching horses causes your hand to break out? But not touching cats or dogs or any other mammals?

That’s very curious. Some day someone is going to explain the genetic mutations inherent in all of this, and it will be fun to find out.

Comment on Male Pattern Blindness by OmbudsBen

OmbudsBen — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:35:34 +0000

Stevo, re the support group, if it involves beer and televised sports, I can be persuaded.

Robin, see, I think women pretty much “speak the language.” They’re just attune to these things in others. I read something recently about how our cats and dogs perceive us. They do not recognize us so much by our faces (as we do) but are attune to our size, shape, and characteristic movements. (Old and slow, hunched or erect, methodical gestures or herky-jerky, etc.) They also do not even see color, so will never notice what someone has done to her hair.

What I’m saying is, some of us men are more like cats and dogs than we are like women.

yB: this is the best approach. Mrs. Ombud now employs it, too. Because I’m perhaps thinking about Justin Morneau’s slugging percentage, whether the California Supreme Court’s gay marriage decision is going to hurt Obama in November, if the tomatoes will handle our heat wave, or what I’m having for lunch today. If she wants me to consider what she’s wearing, she has to pretty much snap her fingers in my face.

Comment on Male Pattern Blindness by ybonesy

ybonesy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:51:41 +0000

Count me in as being the partner of someone inflicted. I’ve gotten used to it, and now if I want him to notice, I just point it out to him.

Comment on Male Pattern Blindness by Robin

Robin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:59:08 +0000

My women friends did notice. If their husbands noticed, nobody spoke up. But then, it’s not something other husbands usually comment on.

Comment on Tagged, and ‘taggering to the post by Stevo

Stevo — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:42:53 +0000

#2 - I have a similar reaction to horses. That probably explains my extreme dislike of them. That, and their inherent snootiness.

Comment on Male Pattern Blindness by Stevo

Stevo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:23:08 +0000

I suffer from this affliction. Perhaps we could start a support group?

Comment on Tagged, and ‘taggering to the post by OmbudsBen

OmbudsBen — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:28:41 +0000

LB, re 3: Her mashed potato / gravy moat actually provides a surprising amount of fodder for humor. There are no parents around to tell us not to play with our food ,either. And even if there were …

Re 4: do not forget to knock on wood. Re 10: the pelicans are back along the shore. Squadrons of them glide by; occasionally I get the treat of watching them plunge down for theri breakfast

NM, what is it with the Frisco thing? It’s just a word. Yet it feels as if people are addressing you by your nickname before you are comfortable with them doing so, I guess.