Comments on: The Guy Who Held the Horses http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/ Confessions of a hipster in disguise Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:48:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: ladykingslyk http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-734 ladykingslyk Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:34:13 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-734 I think we all have it in us to snap in a way that is unlike our normal, rational selves, but its not whether that aspect is in us...it's how we choose to act on it. whether we snap and become a self centered wanna be criminal or a mass murder.. or just go screaming stark naked down the busy street... personally if I were to snap( which i probably have been known to do in the past...)Id rather have fun with it without causing injury... it's my choice... but you are too right, a goofball gunslinger is way better than a psychotic murderer. I think we all have it in us to snap in a way that is unlike our normal, rational selves, but its not whether that aspect is in us…it’s how we choose to act on it. whether we snap and become a self centered wanna be criminal or a mass murder.. or just go screaming stark naked down the busy street… personally if I were to snap( which i probably have been known to do in the past…)Id rather have fun with it without causing injury… it’s my choice… but you are too right, a goofball gunslinger is way better than a psychotic murderer.

]]> By: Mike Jennings http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-733 Mike Jennings Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:55:32 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-733 Julee -- I actually read that article in the magazine when it came out. I think you can count on a History Channel special. My wife watches a couple series on there that cover mass murderers. I can't imagine what it's like having a guy like that in your family. As it is I'm often wondering how far I am down the same road that leads there. (The answer is usually "not far" but it's still spooky that a road ahead could lead me there.) I would then start to wonder if there's something in my blood, my DNA, my cultural upbringing that might add up to snapping one day. So yeah, I'm with you. I'd rather have this goofy character in my past. Julee –

I actually read that article in the magazine when it came out. I think you can count on a History Channel special. My wife watches a couple series on there that cover mass murderers.

I can’t imagine what it’s like having a guy like that in your family. As it is I’m often wondering how far I am down the same road that leads there. (The answer is usually “not far” but it’s still spooky that a road ahead could lead me there.) I would then start to wonder if there’s something in my blood, my DNA, my cultural upbringing that might add up to snapping one day.

So yeah, I’m with you. I’d rather have this goofy character in my past.

]]> By: Mike Jennings http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-732 Mike Jennings Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:43:48 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-732 Thanks for the kind words. I don't think it was about comparing my life to his. In fact, that never occurred to me. It was more about having pride in one's bloodline. To have someone in our ancestry who made any kind of name for himself. Now that you mention it, though, I do admire his go get 'em attitude, and willingness to try risky career changes. I've watched two opportunities pass me by (though to be fair both were dependent on others even more unwilling to take the plunge). One would have made me rich, the other would have placed my firmly in a world I wish I were a part of even now. But the stakes are so high, living in this region, where you have to keep running just to stay in place, that you have to have a level of commitment I just don't have to take that entrepreneurial chance. Thanks for the kind words.

I don’t think it was about comparing my life to his. In fact, that never occurred to me. It was more about having pride in one’s bloodline. To have someone in our ancestry who made any kind of name for himself.

Now that you mention it, though, I do admire his go get ‘em attitude, and willingness to try risky career changes. I’ve watched two opportunities pass me by (though to be fair both were dependent on others even more unwilling to take the plunge). One would have made me rich, the other would have placed my firmly in a world I wish I were a part of even now. But the stakes are so high, living in this region, where you have to keep running just to stay in place, that you have to have a level of commitment I just don’t have to take that entrepreneurial chance.

]]> By: ladykingslyk http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-731 ladykingslyk Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:39:15 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-731 I think we all have relatives, distant or not that we hold(or in this case- held) in high regard. Even if he turned out to be a classic gun toting wild west hero, It still wont compare to the life that you have led and the many people who have been positively affected by your presence. To compare his life to yours is ...well, it's just plain wrong... You have led a far more fulfilling life and it is you that will be remembered more positively and with greater respect than any old west, wanna-be criminals. So here's to you...Mike...Cheers and long life! I think we all have relatives, distant or not that we hold(or in this case- held) in high regard. Even if he turned out to be a classic gun toting wild west hero, It still wont compare to the life that you have led and the many people who have been positively affected by your presence. To compare his life to yours is …well, it’s just plain wrong… You have led a far more fulfilling life and it is you that will be remembered more positively and with greater respect than any old west, wanna-be criminals. So here’s to you…Mike…Cheers and long life!

]]> By: jul http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-730 jul Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:21:10 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-730 *ahem* i think i'd rather have a horse holding buffoon than the guy we have in our history... i don't know if he'll ever be on any kind of history channel or if he'll have a wiki page, but there is a big (and as my dad tells it a pretty fair) article from Wired Magazine online 2.06:Rage here if you're curious. Kind of gnarly - this guy was my second cousin. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.06/rage.html?topic=&topic_set= *ahem* i think i’d rather have a horse holding buffoon than the guy we have in our history… i don’t know if he’ll ever be on any kind of history channel or if he’ll have a wiki page, but there is a big (and as my dad tells it a pretty fair) article from Wired Magazine online 2.06:Rage here if you’re curious. Kind of gnarly - this guy was my second cousin.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.06/rage.html?topic=&topic_set=

]]> By: Bridget B. http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-729 Bridget B. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:37:34 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-729 I can safely say that I have many equally embarrassing and buffoon-like ancestors. They simply do not have wikipedia pages. I can safely say that I have many equally embarrassing and buffoon-like ancestors. They simply do not have wikipedia pages.

]]> By: Mike Jennings http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-728 Mike Jennings Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:47:02 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-728 Er… well, no. The driver requires some skill. Er… well, no. The driver requires some skill.

]]> By: Alice http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-727 Alice Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:33:14 +0000 http://deliciousdevice.com/2009/01/27/the-guy-who-held-the-horses/#comment-727 Hm, the guy who held the horses, huh? I guess the modern equivalent would be the get-away van driver, huh? Hm, the guy who held the horses, huh? I guess the modern equivalent would be the get-away van driver, huh?

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