Re: No Joy

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Now I wish I'd taken Unfogged more explicitly into account in my discussion of the possible number of levels of reflexivity in meta-blogging. Linking to previous comments to the degree that Unfogged does seems to me to introduce a qualitative shift, such that the prefix "meta-" no longer suffices.

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You're looking at meta-involution. Maybe. Hey, the bench isn't very deep around here. Ogged and FL go out and....

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Bench? What bench? It's a love seat that ogged and FL shared. They got up, and the three no-shows on teh sofa were all comfortable and stayed there.

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The outlook wasn't brilliant for the oggedville one that day.

The score stood 549 to 0, with but one inning more to play.

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The rest clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast.

They thought, "if only ogged could but get a whack at that."

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Close by the sturdy cocksman the dame unheeded sped --

"That ain't my style," said ogged.

"Strike one!" the umpire said.

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but ogged still ignored it and the umpire said, "Strike two!"

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Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright.

The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light.

And, somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout,

but there is no joy in oggedville --

mighty ogged has struck out.

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See, this is exactly what I'm talking about.

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Are you merely talking about it? Why not rejoice in it?

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Should I know who Khalid Sheikh Mohammad is?

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This may jog your memory.

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There's always at least one in the audience - even at Unfogged.

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