A Blast from the Past/You Can't Please Everyone

Lately my e-mail has been flooded with comments from people leaving comments about many of my past articles at The Cheers. I LOVE the comments. I love them here, at the MBC bulletin board, and at The Cheers. I like knowing people are reading and what they thought of my work, even if I end up getting hate mail.

Of course, the many comments I've received of late were not actual comments at all. Since I've been one of the most read authors at The Cheers, some of my most read pieces have been subjected to internet SPAMMERS plugging some great new online casino and all that. When you like reading the comments from readers, finding out you're being SPAMMED kinda takes the wind out of the sails.

Well today I did in fact receive a real comment from an actual reader...sort of. Since this is PROBABLY hate mail, I freely share it with you, as is tradition around here.

This comment was left on one of my infamous KENTUCKY STORIES. For those not familiar, I've had many an unusual encounter in the Bluegrass State and I've shared the more humorous ones with my fans (both of them). This story in particular dealt with some of the STUPID people I met in Kentucky. I made no hint that Kentucky itself was a stupid state, mind you. I just thought I'd share some of the things that some of the stupid people said & did while I was there. It was funny and sadly, it was all true.

Anyway, here's the comment left by some angry guy (a Kentuckian, no doubt) named Jon.


"The idiot that wrote this/ Jon 2005-06-30 17:00:21
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/kentucky"

See, he figured that I really didn't know anything about Kentucky and he felt that in order to shut up this uptight Yankee he'd do me the favor of directing me to a site that gave me lots of valuable information about the state. People are so cute when they first learn how to use the internet, aren't they? Anyway, I left a response for him and gave a light-hearted jab at the guy for not actually reading the piece at all, except for the parts he wanted to read.

If you'd like to read my other Kentucky stories, allow me to direct you to these links.

A Clown in Kentucky
The Price is WRONG!
And, of course, the article inspiring this post...
Need an Education? Kentucky Wants to Help!

Please excuse the severe LACK of quotation marks & apostrophes within the articles. They WERE there when I wrote the pieces. Apparently they've got some sort of software glitch that eliminates such things. I like that "Jon" didn't comment on the fact that there were no apostrophes, since he's so smart and all. ;)