Comments on: Birthday Blog: Near The Wall of Lion Shadows http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/ Danny Schechter's daily media dissections Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:21:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: barbara rives http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6884 Sun, 01 Jul 2007 06:33:59 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6884 hi danny, and a very happy belated birthday! i've just read your birthday blog and wish you all the best returns of the day and many more to follow. i enjoyed spending time with you on nantucket a couple of weeks ago and learning more about your work. so again, happy birthday, i enjoyed your essay and look forward to reading more, barbara ps my mother and i saw michael moore's 'sicko' tonight, what do you think of it? hi danny,
and a very happy belated birthday!
i’ve just read your birthday blog
and wish you all the best returns of
the day and many more to follow.
i enjoyed spending time with you on
nantucket a couple of weeks ago and
learning more about your work. so again, happy birthday, i enjoyed your
essay and look forward to reading more,
barbara
ps my mother and i saw michael moore’s
’sicko’ tonight, what do you think of it?

]]> by: Larry Houghteling http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6779 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:55:10 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6779 Dear Danny, I often think when I read your blog that you have maintained a youthful (almost inappropriately youthful) brashness that I, almost exactly ywo years younger (I turn 63 next Tuesday) am partly amazed at and partly perplexed by. Tintin the blogger, wheezing a little but still bloggin the good fight. To my wonder, you have combined that spirit with a mature doubt and clarity about the apparent fading of hope in the article you printed up above. Your essay is a work of beauty and spirit. You have summed up some of the unsummable paradoxes of growing old while still feeling clearly the thrills and radiant enthusiasms of the fantastic youth we shared. Bravo! Your admirer, Larry Houghteling Dear Danny,

I often think when I read your blog that you have maintained a youthful (almost inappropriately youthful) brashness that I, almost exactly ywo years younger (I turn 63 next Tuesday) am partly amazed at and partly perplexed by. Tintin the blogger, wheezing a little but still bloggin the good fight.

To my wonder, you have combined that spirit with a mature doubt and clarity about the apparent fading of hope in the article you printed up above. Your essay is a work of beauty and spirit. You have summed up some of the unsummable paradoxes of growing old while still feeling clearly the thrills and radiant enthusiasms of the fantastic youth we shared. Bravo!

Your admirer, Larry Houghteling

]]> by: Card Service Sales http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6763 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:44:59 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6763 Happy Birthday mate, It appears that parking is getting out of hand just as fast as the cost of living. Happy Birthday mate,
It appears that parking is getting out of hand just as fast as the cost of living.

]]> by: mae s http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6757 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:01:52 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6757 sometimes I read your blog--this was special.... in the evenings I take a walk and pass two 90 year-olds one of whom has treats for the dogs that walk by. She is vital and full of energy-eager to help others--maybe a smaller canvas is a good idea. Happy Birthday from an old friend mae s sometimes I read your blog–this was special….
in the evenings I take a walk and pass two 90 year-olds one of whom has treats for the dogs that walk by. She is vital and full of energy-eager to help others–maybe a smaller canvas is a good idea.
Happy Birthday
from an old friend
mae s

]]> by: Hera, Mary, Aliza and Linda http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6731 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:36:59 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6731 what 'partner'? you're a bully. what ‘partner’? you’re a bully.

]]> by: Robin Frattone http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6658 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:49:12 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6658 did you receive more or less bday emails and posts than last year? what about the year before? do u feel loved yet? i hear you write just for people's reactions and the 'truth' doesn't enter the equation. who deletes posts you cannot deal with? u or the staffer? did you receive more or less bday emails and posts than last year? what about the year before? do u feel loved yet? i hear you write just for people’s reactions and the ‘truth’ doesn’t enter the equation. who deletes posts you cannot deal with? u or the staffer?

]]> by: Victoria Mudd http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6635 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:22:44 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6635 Wishing you a happy birthday with all my heart! We go back to the days of Big Mountain resistance - which is, of course, still a battle being fought. I thank you for your courageous and brilliant reporting - and can't imagine a universe without the Dissector! We MUST keep you up and running! I appreciate so much the honesty and depth of your recent reflections, which closely mirror my own. May you be blessed with health and wisdom and happiness, for all you do and all you are! Your friend, Tory Wishing you a happy birthday with all my heart!
We go back to the days of Big Mountain resistance - which is, of course, still a battle being fought. I thank you for your courageous and brilliant reporting - and can’t imagine a universe without the Dissector! We MUST keep you up and running! I appreciate so much the honesty and depth of your recent reflections, which closely mirror my own. May you be blessed with health and wisdom and happiness, for all you do and all you are! Your friend, Tory

]]> by: Lydia G http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6569 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:54:27 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6569 Some of us in midtown Manhattan cannot afford a car and the gas and upkeep or a lot to park in. Some of us in midtown Manhattan cannot afford a car and the gas and upkeep or a lot to park in.

]]> by: BillDee http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6555 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:56:54 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6555 Happy Birthday, Danny from Barcelona. I don't even know how you drive in NYC! Let alone park. And that's from somebody who's used to bad driving in different parts of the world. Part of growing older is realizing that everyone else seems so much younger. Our generation deserves no pity now as weren't we the ones to order everybody not to trust anyone over thirty? Or maybe it was just those who were thirty when we were in our teens and twenties. I can't help thinking that maybe we should have been a bit more hard-nosed about how we approached "things". There were those of us who were, of course, but they aren't celebrating any birthdays any more. Happy Birthday, Danny from Barcelona.

I don’t even know how you drive in NYC! Let alone park. And that’s from somebody who’s used to bad driving in different parts of the world.

Part of growing older is realizing that everyone else seems so much younger. Our generation deserves no pity now as weren’t we the ones to order everybody not to trust anyone over thirty? Or maybe it was just those who were thirty when we were in our teens and twenties.

I can’t help thinking that maybe we should have been a bit more hard-nosed about how we approached “things”. There were those of us who were, of course, but they aren’t celebrating any birthdays any more.

]]> by: Gordon Stephan http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6538 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:06:44 +0000 http://www.newsdissector.com/blog/2007/06/27/birthday-blog-near-the-wall-of-lion-shadows/#comment-6538 Danny, I'm not sure entering the Anti-spam word proves that I am a person, but, your musings prove we are fellow travelers. As have you, I have trod a path not in or completely out of the expected and I also reap the emotional consequences of defining my own reality. We all do, but, perhaps some more than others actually have various attendant highs and lows. Your work is a daily inspiration, goad, comforter and friend. I struggle against the urge to envy your travels and manifold daily experiences, but, I also realize the folly of imagining anyone else's life with any more than a very tenuous measure. While I may sometimes wish I had material riches to bestow upon your venture, I usually do not. And while I do enjoy your travels and musings, I don't really believe that I would trade places. In our writings, there are many "I"s as we are self-absorbed, but we are who we are and that is a good thing. I certainly hope to keep meeting you in this ephemeral space, your work is good and needed and appreciated...and so are you. Happy Birthday and Godspeed, Gordon Stephan (a mere pup as I'll only be 61 in August) Sherwood, Ar Danny,
I’m not sure entering the Anti-spam word proves that I am a person, but, your musings prove we are fellow travelers. As have you, I have trod a path not in or completely out of the expected and I also reap the emotional consequences of defining my own reality. We all do, but, perhaps some more than others actually have various attendant highs and lows. Your work is a daily inspiration, goad, comforter and friend. I struggle against the urge to envy your travels and manifold daily experiences, but, I also realize the folly of imagining anyone else’s life with any more than a very tenuous measure. While I may sometimes wish I had material riches to bestow upon your venture, I usually do not. And while I do enjoy your travels and musings, I don’t really believe that I would trade places. In our writings, there are many “I”s as we are self-absorbed, but we are who we are and that is a good thing.
I certainly hope to keep meeting you in this ephemeral space, your work is good and needed and appreciated…and so are you.
Happy Birthday and Godspeed,
Gordon Stephan (a mere pup as I’ll only be 61 in August)
Sherwood, Ar

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