I am...
Submitted by Famous Amos on Fri, 07/14/2006 - 14:18.
Famous Amos. And, I have a problem.
Desirous to create an account as I was, I clicked "Agree to Terms of Service" to initiate my Fresno Famous account without reading said terms. Now that I've had a chance to go back a read them, I have several objections.
1. Paragraph 1 states that "the web is an evolving medium." If by "evolving" you mean to say that the web is an evolving web, but has always been a web, then I have no objection. But, if you mean to say that the web evolved out of a different specie, I must disagree. While it is common knowledge that species evolve within their own specie, there is no evidence of cross-specie evolution.
2. In the secong paragraph, entitled "Service," somebody typed in that "members may post event listings, business listings, blog posts, audio, video, text, comments, stories, images, messages, and other media..." I don't really have an objection here, but did anybody notice how I know when to put commas within quotations? (hint: first sentence, just after the word "service.") (I did it again, this time with a period.)
3. Under the heading "Registration and Posting," there is a long list of what appear to be rules. It's way too long to read, but I get the feeling somebody is trying to boss me around. Look, we're all here for one common purpose, so why boss?
4. Under the heading "Ownership Of Content," some text reads "We do not claim ownership of individual postings, comments, text, photos or other content or materials posted by our Users. You own the content that you post." While that sounds nice and dandy, is it true? I want to be absolutely certain that nobody will be claiming ownership of my posts, or I will be holding back.
5. Finally, under the heading of "Disclaimer of Warranties," all the proceeding text appears in capital letters. Is it still a secret to some that posting on the internet in caps is considered rude?
If these issues can be cleared up, i'd appreaciate it.
p.s. i do not AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS FRESNO FAMOUS, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND LICENSORS AGAINST ANY LIABILITY OF ANY NATURE ARISING OUT OF ANY CONTENT POSTED ON THE FRESNOFAMOUS.COM SITE BY YOU OR BY OTHERS USING YOUR ACCOUNT. $$$
No,
it's not tacky. But just know that while you own your comments we reserve the right to exploit them monetarily in any way we can.
question
is it tacky to comment on comments in my own blog? it might be perceived as trying to run up the number of comments i have (not that i'm against doing such). but, i can't be posting a new blog for every comment i want to respond to.
anyway, someone thought i was serious...
someone knows i'm a cookie...
and everyone is my friend. i like this place, because it likes me. (could it be i've just stumbled across the new slogan for Fresno???)
i'll have to work on learning about my city if i'm to have anything germane to say. i do live here, but i don't know much. hopefully, that bit of humility further endears myself to you all.
Are those cookies legal?
Famous Amos: Wow!
I did not realize they taught copyright law in cookie baking school.
I guess you learn something new every day!
(dark hairy shape, crawls out, stretches,scratches, and focuses)
Wiffle
I like you.
You remind me of a really good friend of mine, (Jeremy) (excellent pastor, decided to forego the pulpit for a couple of decades and teach poor kids in the bronx math and applied sciences,)
-He and his wife just had a beautiful baby boy...
Anyway, one night, the whole bunch of us were watching StarWars movies, and the dark lord did something, and it resonated with ol' Jeremy, and out of nowhere, at 3:00am he just belts out '...YEAH!!!, DARTH VADER IS THE B@LLS!!!'
-Jeremy's a pretty clean cut kid, preacher's kid, and hasn't been known to use any colorful language, even with a leg ripped off..
-we just blinked, looked around, and gave him a bowl of fritos, and his own thing of bean dip...
(He'd been studying a lot.)
I look at that last post, read those last words, your devotion to this site, keeping it on the straight and narrow, and I think...
-ya know, a person could get killed wrestling a locomotive to a stop to save a carriage full of bunnies...
-but I'll be damned if this guy might just be able to do it, in short order, and survive...
You're alright.
Don't worry, we're on the same team.
It's like Duct Tape.
There's a dark side.
There's a light side.
--and it holds the world together...
Happy Saturday, chief.
(and sharpen up that red pencil.)
;)
Meet Me In The Figs After School, RV
I was trying to extend an olive branch Romeovoid...(sigh) nevermind then. And I wasn't after Amos for his punctuation but because he was after somebody else's punctuation...or something like that.
Nobody twisted my arm when I agreed with Famous' conditions (that's what I should have said). Okay, now I'm hating myself for posting to much crap here, sorry folks...FRESNO FAMOUS KICKS ALL ASS.
rezpect, mon
For a Debut, that ain't too shabby...
The Fulton Mall hobbyhorse contributions are pretty pithy as well, (considering what a pithing match I tends to be...)
--whole site's IQ just went up a couple of notches...
cheers, mate
PS
(be forwarned, wiffle after your punct. and content is like getting pecked to death by a duck...)
Mmmkaa...that was...wow
Guess that's ONE way to make your first post. I think somebody just took over Romeovoid's spot as most controversial Fresno Famous blogger.
By the way, in American Style grammar, it is quite acceptable to put a comma after a quoted word, if it is: ironic, made with reservation, used in unusual way, or if you're trying to avoid confusion.
So by that rule, you should put your WHOLE POST within "quotes".
I can't tell if this is sarcasm,....If not, lighten up.
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