New Poetry Comp.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 4:59 am

With all due respect to those that have spent many hours in deepest of thought re: Poetry Comp., refreshments would be good. Writing can be thirsty work, you know. Hungry work, as well (if you stick with it long enough). Just a thought.

Also, we need more emoticons (not for the poetry) just for life. We could actually do with less but with less, how the hell am I supposed to express myself?

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:09 pm

linda_lakeside wrote:With all due respect to those that have spent many hours in deepest of thought re: Poetry Comp., refreshments would be good. Writing can be thirsty work, you know. Hungry work, as well (if you stick with it long enough). Just a thought. Also, we need more emoticons (not for the poetry) just for life. We could actually do with less but with less, how the hell am I supposed to express myself?

emoticons are evil and I have never used them.

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 1:11 pm

linda_lakeside wrote:A new poetry contest? Forgive my late installment of delight - I've been indisposed and won't be disposed (?) OK - of - until late next week. Hooray! I just hope that I will be as brave then, as I am now. Thanks C2. That is a fine idea.

the last one was excellent fun and created a lovely atmosphere here which has remained until this very second. It also went a significant way towards creating World Peace.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:02 pm

emoticons are evil and I have never used them.

I used to feel exactly that way. Then I saw the bright

. I've never felt less like using any kind of emoticons than I have these past, couple weeks, however. Nothing seems to really express how I feel.

I have contacted Hillary, and she will be returning at some point, hopefully soon. She's been very, legitimately busy.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:31 pm

Yes, I seem to have read something about the peaceful, lovliness of the last Comp. I take this to mean there will be no refreshments. I agree that emoticons are evil but handy gadgets for the person on the go who needs to get their point across....fast

The wink one is the nicest.

I'm glad Hillary and a few others I haven't met will be here, Lizzy. That will make it much easier for me to cop out at the last second. I could break a nail or something.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 7:42 pm

Hi Linda ~

Unless you've read her right along, you can 'meet' Hillary by finding any thread started by Medusafern and then going to her Profile. Then, click on "Read all postings by" and then, starting at the bottom of the page, or on the last page, at the bottom, work your way up to the most recent. Her real name is Hillary Hays. She's well worth meeting. Her poetry is well worth reading.

The ol' nail-broke excuse won't work with me. I have none, and still type.

~ Lizzy

Anne-Marie · Post by **Anne-Marie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:00 am

I would love to enter a contest, but something about this seems unclear.

linda_lakeside · Post by **linda_lakeside** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 3:54 am

Hi Anne-Marie,

Stick around - it will become even more unclear.

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:06 am

Linda. Not a joke at your expense, however, Anne-Marie

. Time will make at least that much clear

.

Young dr. Freud · Post by **Young dr. Freud** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:29 pm

Time will make everything clear. Especially about Anne-Marie.

YdF

Anne-Marie · Post by **Anne-Marie** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:35 pm

Hahaha, how is one to respond to that?

lizzytysh · Post by **lizzytysh** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:39 pm

That you "already have a psych, thank you very much."

Critic2 · Post by **Critic2** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 5:42 pm

Anne-Marie wrote:Hahaha, how is one to respond to that?

these days we don't normally respond to the baby trolls at all.

Young dr. Freud · Post by **Young dr. Freud** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:02 pm

My dear Lizzytysh,

How quaint you are. But entirely too trusting. Anne-Marie is just another garden variety provacatuer. An invention of a diseased mind. (I wouldn't be at all surpised to find out that she's related to Olafs' Daughter.) Soon she will be responding coquettishly to Critic2's posts. How very sad.

YdF

tom.d.stiller · Post by **tom.d.stiller** » Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:25 pm

My dear Freudless Young Dr.,

maybe you're right, maybe you're wrong. Let's call you saying some new member is a fake while she / he is genuine your alpha error. Your beta error then would be that you don't accuse the new member although he / she really is fake.

Now let's evaluate which error is worse.

The beta error will deprive your ego of some sugar. No further damage will be done. The alpha error will drive genuine members away from this forum.

But there's one more evaluation to be made. Your alpha error won't be detected. If the member is genuine or not, you will drive her / him away.

The conclusion is: if you keep accusing new members of being fake you will only feed fake sugar to your ego. Your strategy is absolutely truth-proof. Your propositions cannot be falsified, which makes them unscientific.
Besides they can do real damage to the whole forum.

I'd rather have you resume some serious study, and try to prefer the beta error.

Don't blow your ego up too much:
It might explode on the softest touch.

Tom

PS: Welcome to the forum, Anne-Marie.