tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post8677386405139551870..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Modelling RolesAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-39336487640312473002014-03-08T19:26:01.265-07:002014-03-08T19:26:01.265-07:00"My particular nature is not to be found in m..."My particular nature is not to be found in my manufacture, nor in the failed storage facility of my early years. My particular nature is in the glue and gunk that has been slapped into the cracks and ground down over the years. Those edges are nothing like as sharp as they used to be. Another decade or two and they might actually be smooth and comfortable to touch. I can't say. I'm still working on it."<br /><br />...this sentiment and the paragraphs that follow are very beautifully written, Alexis. I'm moved by the honesty within. Thank you. <br />Tarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00825540694889896465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-81368583546972506502013-10-10T18:58:32.049-06:002013-10-10T18:58:32.049-06:00I wrote a long involved comment but all I'm le...I wrote a long involved comment but all I'm left with is my inability to comprehend how people who refuse to learn from sources which cause the discomfort or offence ever expect to learn anything.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278455754046118073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-77408605914193109052013-10-10T15:19:36.155-06:002013-10-10T15:19:36.155-06:00LOL ... cbakerson, you don't have to explain m...LOL ... cbakerson, you don't have to explain my metaphor to ME.<br /><br />All smiles here.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-20353110910505112572013-10-10T14:51:49.396-06:002013-10-10T14:51:49.396-06:00"If the U.S. doesn't want other people to..."If the U.S. doesn't want other people to wage war against them, then they should STOP waging war. They should wage peace, they should stop instigating violence in other countries, they should stop selling arms, they should stop manipulating other governments to support American industry and so on."<br /><br />Agreed on all counts. I just don't understand how many of my fellow Americans won't even budge a tiny bit on the consideration that our government has done things to make anti-American sentiment possible. There is so much fear and head-in-the-sand behavior here, it's mind-boggling. <br /><br />As for being "broken," my friend, I would argue that what we might consider "broken" about ourselves is not broken at all. I would say that one's life-path has created just who one is supposed to be in the now. Would you have your depth if insight, writing ability, and other talents if you hadn't experienced your life as it happened? I try to think that way when I find myself dwelling on the emotional abuse of my own youth. Consider that you were never broken in the first place. Rather, like your cherished cup, you have nicks but are otherwise able to "hold liquid," i.e. you are able to provide something of value to the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-3596382874797304832013-10-10T14:23:53.815-06:002013-10-10T14:23:53.815-06:00That is much appreciated.
That is much appreciated.<br />Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-33408891187734175032013-10-10T13:12:27.742-06:002013-10-10T13:12:27.742-06:00Though I took exception to the blog post linked ab...Though I took exception to the blog post linked above, I certainly wouldn't have you change anything about your writing unless there was a corresponding change in your thinking. The blog is insightful, thoughtful and sometimes raw and not without some bile. I'll take it. I'll cracked Alexis over tepid role-model Alexis, even and especially when we disagree, whether he be admonishing players, taking other bloggers to task or laying waste to preconceptions. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05613735670303308789noreply@blogger.com