Methuselah Just *Wishes* He Was That Old

From the_monkey_king: The Oldest Living Things in the World

At least one of those things, and I'll let you discover which, is eight times older than the human race.

I feel humble today.

-The Gneech

Writer's Block: Agree to disagree

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The only people I've ever deliberately "stopped being friends with" were those who wouldn't leave me alone on some political topic. Not because we disagreed on the topic, but because they wouldn't shut up about it. I've got better things to do with my time than be harangued at.

For what it's worth, I've taken to avoiding people who won't shut up about issues where I agree, too.

Most of the topics that would be important enough to me to break a friendship over are pretty basic, like "Is rape okay?" "Is murder an acceptable way of dealing with an issue?" or "Is genocide good for the economy?" But stuff like whether the demidupes or pooblioobs are in office? No way.

-The Gneech

Gneech News!

Here's today's headlines related to The Gneech.

Cats Sign Historic Peace Accord After Three-Week
Cease-Fire
Household cats Buddha and Dasher spent several hours asleep on the same bed
with the_gneech and lythandra last night without requiring the enticement
of treats and no noticeable signs of aggression. This is considered by many
observers to be the most impressive display of goodwill yet between two cats
who as recently as a month ago could not be in the same room without a fight
breaking out.

the_gneech reports that this amazing change in attitude, particularly
on the part of previously-bellicose Buddha, has been becoming more and more
noticeable since his and lythandra's return from Dragon*Con. "I guess that
five days with only each other for company, even if it was through a closed
bedroom door, enabled them to iron out their differences. Or maybe Buddha was
just so happy that we came back that he decided that even a life with Dasher
in the house was tolerable."

When asked for comment, Dasher said, "MEEEOOOWWWW!" and bonked his forehead
against the microphone. Buddha merely blinked, sniffed the microphone, then
got up and went under the_gneech's desk.

the_gneech a Bigger Twit Than Ever
the_gneech announced today that his twitter account has reached 51 followers,
including such notable personalities as Wolfgang Bauer of Kobold Quarterly
and Frank Conniff, known to Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans as "TV's Frank."
He also revealed that he is following 76 accounts himself, including several
friends, a feed from Wired Magazine, and a handful of web-savvy celebrities.

Says the_gneech: "It's a nifty little medium. Where else can I eavesdrop in
realtime on a three-way conversation between Adam Savage, Kevin Murphy, and Neil
Gaiman? It's no LiveJournal, of course ... there is no extended prose or refining
a thought. It's more like a giant chat room than anything else, except that you
can choose who you're going to listen to, and ignore the rest. Of course, that
sometimes makes for strange, one-sided conversations out of context, but even
those can be entertaining in a 'Mad Libs' sort of way. Plus I'm having fun coming
up with short little bon mots to toss out from time to time. It makes the whole
day like a cocktail party. Except without the cocktail."

As well as being a twit, the_gneech has also been referred to as a cheap twerp.
When asked to comment on this, he merely blinked, sniffed the microphone, and joined
Buddha the Cat under his desk.

-The Gneech