Hey there! Long time.

[82_28]

ANNNNND there's the biggest dick I've ever been friends with. Post here, cocksucker. Welcome to, RI again. See you on the flipside since everything you ever do is conditional. But I do agree that Jeff should check Medium out with whatever he has cooking in his noggin.

Wut up Tim!

[Hunter]

Welcome back Jeff and thank you Willow, I dont see Jeff Wells on FB, what am I doing wrong?

[justdrew]

[backtoiam]

justdrew, every once in a while you have an ability, with the much dry wit, to solidify, cook, and distill the spirit into a palpable entity that speaks the essence of the manifestation. you owe me a laptop because for some reason that picture made me spurt a little coffee on my keyboard. shame on you. thats some funny shit.

[battleshipkropotkin]

Welcome back, Jeff!

I don't post here a whole lot, but I still browse regularly for insights and intellectual stimulation.
When the Hurricane Katrina 10th anniversary show was playing a few days ago, I remembered that as the fortuitous time that I discovered your blog and then the great RI community. Thanks everyone for the memories! This is one of the best places on teh internetz.

[justdrew]

justdrew, every once in a while you have an ability, with the much dry wit, to solidify, cook, and distill the spirit into a palpable entity that speaks the essence of the manifestation. you owe me a laptop because for some reason that picture made me spurt a little coffee on my keyboard. shame on you. thats some funny shit.

awww, but don't thank me, thank Akira Kurosawa.

(it's from hidden fortress) but that's the prototype for the party on endor at the end of RotJ)

[zangtang]

yeah, whatever - get back to distilling palpables.........

[justdrew]

yeah, whatever - get back to distilling palpables.........

(and I find in remarkable coincidence... this quote:
Jeffrey High has found influences of Schiller's plays on the screenplays for several Hollywood films, and in particular suggests a close correspondence between Don Carlos and the screenplay for Star Wars (1977).)

distillation complete?

[Grizzly]

Well, that was weird, Jeff jumps in to say he's back, but nary a peep, from the ol' boy in near two weeks. Pip, pip governor....
Dang, that sounded harsh, certainly wasn't meant to be...
hope he's working on a chiller!

[zangtang]

fuckn part-timers - what can you say?

[smiths]

not a peep ...

sometimes its difficult to know where to begin, and there is a lot to say

have you managed to gain sometime in your life Jeff that you seemed to have lost previously?

with regard to RI, i think that perhaps it was more a halcyon moment on the net, rather than a halcyon moment on RI specifically,

the thrill of communicating with people everywhere - conversations with a disembodied community of adventurers, asking, investigating, wide-eyed

the smackdown that followed was debilitating

i have recently gained some sense of personal empowerment by becoming a high school teacher, subversion at an educational and institutional level, yes

[Laodicean]

Dead in the water
It's not a paid vacation
The sons and daughters of city officials
Attend demonstrations
It's hardly a sink or swim
When all is well if the ticket sells

Out with a whimper
It's not a blaze of glory
You look down from your temple
As people endeavor to make it a story
And chisel a marble word
But all is lost if it's never heard

But I've got someone to make reports
That tell me how my money's spent
To book my stays and draw my blinds
So I can't tell what's really there
And all I need's a great big congratulations

I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems
I'd rather dissolve than have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast

The difference is clear
You throw it in your cauldron
Rust and veneer, dusk and dawn
Steinways and Baldwins
You start with a simple stock of all the waste
And salt to taste

But damn my luck and damn these friends
That keep on combing back their smiles
I save my grace with half-assed guilt
And lay down the quilt upon the lawn
Spread my arms and soak up congratulations

[Laodicean]

[BrandonD]

not a peep ...

sometimes its difficult to know where to begin, and there is a lot to say

have you managed to gain sometime in your life Jeff that you seemed to have lost previously?

with regard to RI, i think that perhaps it was more a halcyon moment on the net, rather than a halcyon moment on RI specifically,

the thrill of communicating with people everywhere - conversations with a disembodied community of adventurers, asking, investigating, wide-eyed

the smackdown that followed was debilitating

i have recently gained some sense of personal empowerment by becoming a high school teacher, subversion at an educational and institutional level, yes

Kudos to you, it takes a special kind of temperament to survive the teaching experience. I was (very briefly) a middle school teacher in the inner city and the kids actually sent me home crying!

[elfismiles]

Yeah, halcyon days of the internet exemplified by the hay-day of RI ... I'll drink to that; my morning coffee on the second fall-like morning down here in Austin, Tejas ... raising a glass or mug or wutevs to an inspirational communicator.

Hope to be seeing y'all more real soon.

- SMiles