Link love

Go read this.

And go play this week's 6 degrees of Casey Serin even though its a bit of an oxymoron this week. Either that, or you will have an aneurysm only because few people can hold two absolutely opposed ideas in their brain without going mad.

I'm absolutely fried at the moment after working 8 straight weekends, my back hurts and my legs hurt, and there is pizza calling my name. More on the asshattery over at EN and IAFF later.

Much later.

Oh, and I think Aspeth and I still intend to do the joint post. I have been busy, she has been busy convalescing.

The Art of Blogging

Props to Aspeth for reminding me of the thing I missed in the last post

"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in
superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental,
seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is
taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If
sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where
he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."
Sun Tzu, The Art of War [emphasis added]

Apparently, Sun Tzu was way ahead of the game when it came to the idea of serinating.

But look! A digression without even beginning the post!

Perhaps this is more linked to the title (or at least two glasses of wine allow me to make such a link):

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a
hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory
gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor
yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Know thy enemy. Know thyself.

Which is why, rule number 1, as Aspeth pointed out in the previous post's comments is do not link to the enemy. You all know who I'm talking about.

I would argue, however, that the t. officiale looserius is a caveat to that rule, because he is, largely, the subject matter. And really, his forces seem separated at the moment.

Rule number 2: annoy the enemy but refer to rule number 1.

Such as on the latest Cnet article about t. officiale looserius which notes he is trolling the caninus haterius and his pack. While the t. officiale looserius is following rule number 2, and attempting to follow rule number 1, he is unable to combat rankings, by and large. Particularly if his enemies follow rule number 1.

The pack waits, while the t. officiale looserius expends significant energies combatting the waiting pack, before he has even arrived on the battlefield.

Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be
fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle
will arrive exhausted.

Sun Tzu, The Art of War

(good god, can someone explain blogger's formatting to me???? this is messed up and its not just the wine)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1. The Good

There are some people out there who are actually really nice and try to help others out. From time to time however, they get serinated.

What is serinating, you ask?

serinate (v): to ask for help, get people to help you and make a deal with you and then don't make good on your end of the bargain.

It seems the Taraxacum Officiale Looserius did this to someone who is now very pissed off. Be warned - these are the dangers of serinating others. In the midst of this, it is questionable whether the Taraxacum Officiale Galinalis is in cahoots with the t. officiale looserius or not.

Recently, it seems the t. officiale galinalis grew a spine and said to the t. officiale looserius that he better shape up...or else.*

2. The Bad

There are some people out there who have good intentions, but are ultimately usurped by their own hubris. For example, species 2759 has become more oppressive of late. While he claims he is amenable to constructive criticism, and is against name-calling, it has become quite apparent that the rules apply to the caninus haterius and not to species 2759.

Constructive criticism, simply put consists of the following:

1. Identify the problem behaviour (e.g. - species 2759's behaviour is problematic in that the "rules" do not apply to him)
2. Identify why it is problematic (e.g. - species 2759 says he wants respect; however he ultimately thwarts his own desire)
3. Identify behavioural changes to fix the problematic behaviour (e.g. - species 2759 should obey the rules and see that they apply equally to him)

3. The Ugly

Sometimes there are some truly sick individuals out there. Truly sick, that intentionally bring the innocent into arguments that are none of theirs. These individuals, for whatever reason, put into danger the lives of innocents by posting their pictures, contact information and insinuates things about them that do not bear repeating here, or anywhere.**

What's even uglier than that, however, is that when asking the powers that be to do something more permanent about the blog, is to be told that nothing can be done, short of legal action by the party that is being endangered (or their representative).***


*what the "or else" is, I am unsure.
**the above are not linked in order to avoid traffic on that site.
***you're telling me that you can't do anything about child endangerment on a free service?