Comments on: Let’s Get On With Life http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/06/27/lets-get-on-with-life/ Fulltime RV Travel In Our Winnebago Motorhome Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:03:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Nick Russell http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/06/27/lets-get-on-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4123 Nick Russell Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:36:04 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=2242#comment-4123 I don't think we'll have time to include places to eat, but thanks for the tip. We just may have to drive over and check it out. I don’t think we’ll have time to include places to eat, but thanks for the tip. We just may have to drive over and check it out.

]]> By: Mary & Jim Gallivan http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/06/27/lets-get-on-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4122 Mary & Jim Gallivan Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:33:01 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=2242#comment-4122 Are you including eating places in your 100 miles seminar? Have you done the bologna capital of the world, Waldo, OH which is in Marion County south of Marion? We visited the G & R Tavern at 103 N. Marion St. last year after we attended the Gypsy rally in Celina. The place is famous for the fried bologna sandwiches. I could not pass up the opportunity to munch something with so much potential for harm. I loved it, and haven't seen them on a menu since. Hugs, Segway Mary Are you including eating places in your 100 miles seminar? Have you done the bologna capital of the world, Waldo, OH which is in Marion County south of Marion? We visited the G & R Tavern at 103 N. Marion St. last year after we attended the Gypsy rally in Celina. The place is famous for the fried bologna sandwiches. I could not pass up the opportunity to munch something with so much potential for harm. I loved it, and haven’t seen them on a menu since.

Hugs,
Segway Mary

]]> By: Steven Dempsey http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/06/27/lets-get-on-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4079 Steven Dempsey Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:41:23 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=2242#comment-4079 RE: Michael Jackson There’s no doubt in my mind that fame is a curse because it gives every Tom, Dick and Harry leeway to pass judgment, the majority of which is ill-informed. I think reducing an artist into what he has become in notoriety is offensive. How can anyone assume to know the three dimensions of a public figure? Most of that person’s life and certainly who they are as private citizens is kept hidden from the masses, yet people fill in those gaps and create a full blown personality which they feel they can immediately tear down. Would we have approved of Picasso’s life had we been in the proximity that today’s technology allows? Would we approve of Led Zeppelin’s shenanigans while at the peak of their career? Are we to wipe the Who’s relevance away as an icon of rock because the lead guitarist is a pedophile? These are just a handful of examples off the top of my head but my point is made. An artist’s legacy is his art, plain and simple. For better or worse, history reduces the way that person led their lives to mere curiosity but the product of their vision and talent survives. Michael Jackson was and is relevant. He moved mountains in his life and they were good mountains. He also brought joy to millions of people through his music and dance. I can’t even begin to quantify the influence he has had on other artists over the years. While his eccentricities were questionable, none of the really serious ones were ever proven and, if I remember correctly, our justice system states that the accused will remain innocent until proven guilty, does it not? I think we should celebrate the proven artistry of this man in his death and leave the demonization where it belongs…at the checkout stand. RE: Michael Jackson

There’s no doubt in my mind that fame is a curse because it gives every Tom, Dick and Harry leeway to pass judgment, the majority of which is ill-informed.

I think reducing an artist into what he has become in notoriety is offensive. How can anyone assume to know the three dimensions of a public figure? Most of that person’s life and certainly who they are as private citizens is kept hidden from the masses, yet people fill in those gaps and create a full blown personality which they feel they can immediately tear down.

Would we have approved of Picasso’s life had we been in the proximity that today’s technology allows? Would we approve of Led Zeppelin’s shenanigans while at the peak of their career? Are we to wipe the Who’s relevance away as an icon of rock because the lead guitarist is a pedophile? These are just a handful of examples off the top of my head but my point is made.

An artist’s legacy is his art, plain and simple. For better or worse, history reduces the way that person led their lives to mere curiosity but the product of their vision and talent survives. Michael Jackson was and is relevant. He moved mountains in his life and they were good mountains. He also brought joy to millions of people through his music and dance. I can’t even begin to quantify the influence he has had on other artists over the years.

While his eccentricities were questionable, none of the really serious ones were ever proven and, if I remember correctly, our justice system states that the accused will remain innocent until proven guilty, does it not?

I think we should celebrate the proven artistry of this man in his death and leave the demonization where it belongs…at the checkout stand.

]]> By: Barry Crocker http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/06/27/lets-get-on-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4069 Barry Crocker Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:45:51 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=2242#comment-4069 Right on Nick! Yesterday in the House of Rep the members voted on and passed the American Energy and Security Act bill that could potentially cost millions of jobs and the American people untold dollars in more taxes. No one was covering the vote except Fox News. I will concede that Jacko was an outstanding talent but do we need every network covering his death for every minute of the day? I beleive there are more important things going on in the world that coverage of a rock star's death. OK, I'm off my soapbox. Please pass me a cold one! Barry Crocker Now in Trinity Center, CA Right on Nick! Yesterday in the House of Rep the members voted on and passed the American Energy and Security Act bill that could potentially cost millions of jobs and the American people untold dollars in more taxes. No one was covering the vote except Fox News. I will concede that Jacko was an outstanding talent but do we need every network covering his death for every minute of the day? I beleive there are more important things going on in the world that coverage of a rock star’s death.
OK, I’m off my soapbox. Please pass me a cold one!

Barry Crocker
Now in Trinity Center, CA

]]> By: Connie Braidh http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/2009/06/27/lets-get-on-with-life/comment-page-1/#comment-4063 Connie Braidh Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:56:50 +0000 http://gypsyjournal.net/blog/?p=2242#comment-4063 This Michael Jackson story is just an example of what's wrong with the media & news of this country. I contend you can skip the news for a year, come back, change the names & it's the same stories: murder, mayhem, rape, airplane crash, death of a celebrity, negativism. If you believe the media, this country is a disaster. But as most RVers know this is a wonderful country. When you get out, see the small cities, talk to real people, our country is doing just fine. We don't watch much TV. We listen to the music channels, check the weather channel & occasionally check the news & stock market. We have too much else to do than listen to the Michael Jackson type drivel. But it is kind of scary that so many people watch this stuff & apparently enjoy it. Just how many people are such couch potatoes that they live their lives through others in TV & movie land (life voyeurism)? This is a sad commentary on their lives!! Existence without what I believe is real enjoyment of life. Bummer for them!! This Michael Jackson story is just an example of what’s wrong with the media & news of this country. I contend you can skip the news for a year, come back, change the names & it’s the same stories: murder, mayhem, rape, airplane crash, death of a celebrity, negativism. If you believe the media, this country is a disaster. But as most RVers know this is a wonderful country. When you get out, see the small cities, talk to real people, our country is doing just fine. We don’t watch much TV. We listen to the music channels, check the weather channel & occasionally check the news & stock market. We have too much else to do than listen to the Michael Jackson type drivel. But it is kind of scary that so many people watch this stuff & apparently enjoy it. Just how many people are such couch potatoes that they live their lives through others in TV & movie land (life voyeurism)? This is a sad commentary on their lives!! Existence without what I believe is real enjoyment of life. Bummer for them!!

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