by | July 9, 2015 · 6:23 pm

Kids and Books

Einstein fairy tales
A child who reads

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  1. karmakelli's avatar karmakelli
    July 9, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    OT: Chrissy, I first bumped into you on Hillbuzz back in the day, where your ability to mesh visual aids with irrefutable evidence and links immediately struck a chord. As many people know, KDJ disappears for stretches at a time, and a site that was making significant waves in the blogosphere was left for dead on several occasions.

    A few times a year I check back in over there to see if he’s been arrested yet, or got hisself de AIDS, or whatever, and was surprised to see he started blogging again about a week ago, apparently (as always) with no acknowledgement of his most recent six-month absence.

    That is one hinky site, and the guy’s a mystery. He’s a really good writer, but he couldn’t have missed it much worse than his infatuation with Hillary and his fierce conclusions that 2012 was a lock for Romney. In fact, these errant prognostications seem to be what drove him into one of his many sabbaticals.

    I’ve always wondered what was going on behind the scenes over there: gold and blue and red action teams, contributors (like you) essentially taking over the site then vanishing altogether in revolving-door fashion, shoot-from-the-hips incondite political commentary, a Megan Fox radio show and lots and lots of posts about Obama and Man Country. Wow, what a ride!

    One of these days I would love you to share the acceptable dirt on that mercurial site and what it must have been like to contribute, I’ve always been curious.

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    • chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
      July 9, 2015 at 8:45 pm

      I am very grateful to Kevin for giving me the opportunity to build an audience and hone my blogging and graphics skills; I am even more grateful to the good folks who built this wonderful garden and invited me to express ALL* of my beliefs in this safer-than-HB environment.

      *I was not welcome to defend the unborn or sneer at the Klintoons on KDJ’s watch. I knew this going in, so I can’t fault him for it. But I definitely chafed.

      I left after KDJ hit his 3d strike I couldn’t accept.

      One, I asked him privately to please use a modifier like “extremist” when he was slamming Muslims. My kids fought side-by-side with brave, honorable Muslims in the ME, people who risked everything to give their kids a chance at a better life. I explained in more personal detail why this was SO important to me. He said no.

      Two, I asked him to apologize to and respect the request of a Mormon follower about “Mormon underwear” jokes. The garment in question is a sacred thing to them. He doubled down … made more jokes and insulted the reader who had asked him and me to respect her beliefs.

      Three, he got snarly toward another reader and again refused to apologize or even just be more polite in his language.

      I heard from the women in two and three. They had valid complaints and were sincerely hurt by Kevin’s behavior. I tried to stick up for them, but he blew me off too. With all the work I was doing for him, I thought I deserved some courtesy at the very least. He didn’t agree, so I stopped going there at all and deleted any email he sent me unread.

      My personal theory about his bizarre behavior is that he has Multiple Personality Disorder. I know a lot about MPD and saw some signs of it in our dealings. I obviously can’t diagnose anyone at a distance, but I believe it is the kindest and most complete explanation for the things he has done.

      And I want to PS that mention of MPD with a cautionary note to anyone who might feel inclined to make multiple jokes.

      I have Multiple Personality Disorder. I have rarely ever told anyone, because people always think they know what MPD is because they saw Sybil or any of the umpteen “multiple as serial killer” shows.

      Trust me … whatever you think you know about MPD … you’re probably wrong. For example, it’s not a psychosis. It’s also not something anyone is born with. And it can be undone, though that takes a huge amount of effort.

      I was diagnosed about 20 years ago and have worked really hard to integrate my alter personalities. I’m almost there. Sooooooooo close, I can almost taste it!

      It’s one of only two things left on my Bucket List. Before I meet Jesus, I want to have read all of the Bible at least once and I want all of me to be ONE.

      Integrating a multiple person is a lot like defragging a computer or knocking out a wall between two rooms. There is no loss of memory or of personality. There is only gain. What A and B each experienced, the new integrated AB will know.

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  2. karmakelli's avatar karmakelli
    July 10, 2015 at 9:08 am

    Wow, thanks for sharing more than I dared hope for. Good luck with your MPD, that’s an area in which I have no experience or knowledge whatsoever.

    Regarding KDJ’s attitude, I gotta say from my intermittent associations with the gay community (I’m not gay) that there can be an undercurrent of latent hostility toward women, just as there is a more overt hostility toward trannies inside the lesbian community. LGBTs are pretty proprietary, and if you add that to Kev’s my-way-or-the-highway rules it becomes easier to understand why he was never able to bring his boutique site into the next level.

    I love Ace, it’s my homepage, but I know never to criticize Ace, he can get banhammer prickly pretty fast. It’s his site, house rules, no problem, but I don’t feel the sense of freedom over there that you offer commenters here, especially insofar as race relations in Obama’s America. So kudos and huzzahs and a big bag ‘o chips, I guess. 🙂

    And thanks again for the peek behind the scenes.

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    • chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
      July 10, 2015 at 2:24 pm

      I believe 100% that the group who founded this little garden were inspired by the Holy Spirit when they made it a joint effort. There’s no “my way or the highway” cuz there’s no “my blog.”

      We have a private club house at Facebook where we talk about behind the scenes issues, not that it’s often necessary. Mostly, we just share blog ideas and family news and photos. But when something comes up that needs some kind of decision, whoever wants a vote, gets one.

      Bob takes care of comment moderation and I’ve never had any problems with what she lets through. I enjoy positive feedback and definitely WANT to be corrected where I’ve made an error. As for the negative comments … I apologize and fix it if I was wrong, but where I feel I was right, I explain myself once, then don’t engage any further. It prevents flame threads which would be bad for the foliage. 🙂

      IMHO, if I say something you disagree with, you have a right to your say and anyone else who comes along after can read what we each contributed and make up their own minds.

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      • GruntOfMonteCristo's avatar GruntOfMonteCristo
        July 10, 2015 at 3:23 pm

        I still think Bob is a meany-head, and ruins the blog for everyone. She’s always rude to me, and she shoots down my ideas for tequila-tastings in the garden just because she doesn’t like the sombreros. It’s a good thing you ladies never made me a real admin, ’cause I’d ban her bitter butt right out the door! 😉 (Ok, none of that’s true. I just like to tease Bob. She’s a sweetheart underneath all that snark, and keeps things running smoothly around here.)

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        • chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated
          July 10, 2015 at 4:26 pm

          If you got a Facebook account, you could join the club house, cuz even though you don’t have admin privileges, you have advanced in our good graces to the point where we LET YOU POST. And, then, … Bob would be able to pick on you there too! 🙂 Ha ha!

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