Mandroid2.0 wrote:

mrdfnle wrote:Ladies and gentleman,

mathew has left the conversation.

Matthew IMed me the other night and asked me to assure you all that he is indeed a tangible entity and not merely a feigned online character created to fulfill the roll of forum antagonist/punching bag ('cause, ya know, an online conversation is indisputable proof of truth and reality n' stuff).

I just thought that I would share that with everyone.

steve wrote:I get a specific mental image every time Matthew starts a thread:

A guy moves into a lighthouse, since it is tall (everyone wants a tall house), and inexpensive (he is cheap), and by the ocean (everyone wants a view of the ocean). After a few months living alone in the lighthouse, he gets lonely and starts making invitations to dinner among his friends so he can have some company. Unfortunately, he lives in a lighthouse, and it is difficult for anyone to visit him, so they don't. A few more months of self-imposed isolation and he goes slightly mad. He does things like set the dinner table and pace back-and-forth all night waiting for guests to "drop in," though they never do. Eventually, driven to anguish, he finds himself on the parapet screaming at the sea, "Come on, I have a lighthouse! Can't you tell how cool it is to have a lighthouse? You think you're so cool, but you're all just full of yourselves! All you guys can go to Hell!"

And still he sets the table, and still no one visits him.

matthew wrote:
Great. I'm a Shellac tune now.

A guy moves into a lighthouse, since it is tall (everyone wants a tall house), and inexpensive (he is cheap), and by the ocean (everyone wants a view of the ocean). .....

matthew wrote:Great. I'm a Shellac tune now.

tommydski wrote:if the aforementioned paragraph had been about me i'd have written a book just so i could have it on the dust-jacket. otherwise i'll just have to manipulate one of bradley's posts until it reads something remotely complimentary. it may end up reading "tommydski....(is)....not crap."

wradley r bisonburger wrote:I do not know him personally, but I am certain that tommydski of the United Kingdom is a kind and thoughtful young man. His writings exude warmth, humor and intelligence, and reveal a search for purpose in the world that I wish more young adults shared with him.

Bradley R. Weissenberger wrote:Done here.