7.28.02 ? This month is going to be the best month this website has ever had, visitor-wise. To thank all of
you out there that have visited this site regularily, we have decided to begin a new feature ? Your Responses.
This feature is the publication of e-mails and other responses we have received in response to the site and the
articles we have written for this site, and our answers to your comments and questions. Some of the
following are actually real responses:
Whoa there, Barry, calm down a bit. I included the disclaimer that I might be a bit biased. Besides, all I
really did is report the statistical breakdown, you are free to interpret them however you want. Can I have
your autograph?
Very good question, Chuck, I mean Shawn. Happy Gilmore is another outstanding movie starring Adam
Sandler. I tell you what, you bring me a case of beer and a copy of Happy Gilmore some weekend and I?ll
watch it 15 times over the weekend and write a column about it on Sunday.
Uh, yeah. At least I got the Ichiro for ROY part right.
And moving right along?
Well, this is the most often asked question that I get, so I?ll answer it here, once and for all. The Gogs is the
name of the band in which I play guitar. The origin of our name is mysterious and unknown to anyone. If
you look the word Gog up on the internet you will find many different meanings, from a satanic cult leader to
a clay-mation show from Britain. None of these, however, have anything to do with our band. As far as
anyone knows, the name The Gogs has no particular meaning in the context of our band. Anyway, the
official answer is: there is no official meaning. Thanks for asking.
Well, my response to this conversation is that, well, I guess I am one of those guys. But it isn?t really just
what I think. It?s also what Clark thinks, what Sinbad thinks, what Zarathrustra2100 thinks, and what you
think. And I don?t necessarily think that you care what I think, but more that I think that you are entertained
by what I think. I?ve never fooled myself into thinking that I could change anyone?s mind with the crap that
I write, only that I enjoy writing it, and I hope that you enjoy reading it.
Thanks for checking in. As long as you keep sending me your opinions of the site, I will continue post them
to this page.
I think you were a little hard on Barry Bonds. Were you there during the off-season
when he was lifting weights and working his ass off to get into the shape that he?s in?
No, I don?t think so. You have no idea what the fuck you are talking about and you are
lucky that I don?t come out there and beat your ass.
-Barry, from San Francisco
You have written a lot about the movie Billy Madison, which was very entertaining.
When are you going to do a character analysis of the movie Happy Gilmore?
-Shawn, from Denver
I just wanted to point out how wrong you were in your predictions about the 2001
baseball season. You said that McGwire would hit 60+ homeruns again. Boy were you
wrong. Did you notice how close your friend Drew was to being right, though? He
predicted that McGwire would hit 22 homeruns in an injury shortened season and then
retire. That guy is some kind of psychic genius or something, right?
-Andrew, from Nashville
You?re a moron. Clark is pretty funny though.
-Dad, from St. Louis
Maybe I missed something, but what is a Gog?
-Tyson, from Springfield
Here is an actual conversation between my boss and me upon him learning that I had my own
web site:
Boss ? You aren?t one of those guys that keeps a journal on line because he thinks that
everyone actually cares about what you have to say, are you?
Me ? Uh?