Comments for Paul Melancon http://paulmelancon.com Fri, 11 May 2012 05:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on In which I potentially alienate fans… by admin http://paulmelancon.com/blog/in-which-i-potentially-alienate-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 admin Fri, 11 May 2012 05:15:44 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=937#comment-1177 Thanks, Michael! Thanks, Michael!

]]> Comment on In which I potentially alienate fans… by Michael Conroy http://paulmelancon.com/blog/in-which-i-potentially-alienate-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Michael Conroy Fri, 11 May 2012 00:46:28 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=937#comment-1176 Paul - you are completely right on this. Romney is clueless. I say we bully him at the polls. Paul – you are completely right on this. Romney is clueless. I say we bully him at the polls.

]]> Comment on In which I potentially alienate fans… by admin http://paulmelancon.com/blog/in-which-i-potentially-alienate-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 admin Thu, 10 May 2012 22:11:40 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=937#comment-1175 Leonard gets +5 for the random Dobie Gillis reference! Leonard gets +5 for the random Dobie Gillis reference!

]]> Comment on In which I potentially alienate fans… by Leonard Stoehr http://paulmelancon.com/blog/in-which-i-potentially-alienate-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Leonard Stoehr Thu, 10 May 2012 22:05:29 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=937#comment-1174 It's all of a piece, isn't it? This story, and making fun of the cheap ponchos the NASCAR fans are wearing, and Seamus the dog, and ridiculing the local bakery's cookies. It's like the guy can't help it. He's the modern Milton Armitage. It’s all of a piece, isn’t it? This story, and making fun of the cheap ponchos the NASCAR fans are wearing, and Seamus the dog, and ridiculing the local bakery’s cookies. It’s like the guy can’t help it. He’s the modern Milton Armitage.

]]> Comment on In which I potentially alienate fans… by admin http://paulmelancon.com/blog/in-which-i-potentially-alienate-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 admin Thu, 10 May 2012 21:42:15 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=937#comment-1173 Thanks, Tracy, and I say good for you, as well! You wouldn't think saying something so self-evident as "bullies are bad" would need to be so surprising... Thanks, Tracy, and I say good for you, as well! You wouldn’t think saying something so self-evident as “bullies are bad” would need to be so surprising…

]]> Comment on In which I potentially alienate fans… by Tracy Angelina Evans http://paulmelancon.com/blog/in-which-i-potentially-alienate-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-1172 Tracy Angelina Evans Thu, 10 May 2012 21:36:35 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=937#comment-1172 A couple of weeks or so back, I wrote a diatribe about bullies, having been mercilessly bullied myself (for being overweight, being smart, liking nerdy things, loving all the wrong music - like ELO, etc etc etc). I admire the hell out of you for getting behind this bully issue and the threat of a bully taking over the White House. I personally believe the Right Wing are comprised of nothing but corporate and religious bullies. And I cannot abide that. All in all, politics is a dodgy thing on either side of the coin; however, when a candidate is outed as being a tormentor of other humans for being different, what does that say about how he'd run the country. Intolerance and the abuse that comes with it is a grievous flaw in humanity. A couple of weeks or so back, I wrote a diatribe about bullies, having been mercilessly bullied myself (for being overweight, being smart, liking nerdy things, loving all the wrong music – like ELO, etc etc etc). I admire the hell out of you for getting behind this bully issue and the threat of a bully taking over the White House. I personally believe the Right Wing are comprised of nothing but corporate and religious bullies. And I cannot abide that. All in all, politics is a dodgy thing on either side of the coin; however, when a candidate is outed as being a tormentor of other humans for being different, what does that say about how he’d run the country. Intolerance and the abuse that comes with it is a grievous flaw in humanity.

]]> Comment on That time I tried out for “The Voice” by Who are you waiting for? | write. play. repeat. http://paulmelancon.com/blog/that-time-i-tried-out-for-the-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 Who are you waiting for? | write. play. repeat. Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:04:45 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=883#comment-1070 [...] something a little out of character last week. Something that people have been telling me to do. A friend of mine was going to audition for The Voice, and jokingly suggested I go with him… so I [...] [...] something a little out of character last week. Something that people have been telling me to do. A friend of mine was going to audition for The Voice, and jokingly suggested I go with him… so I [...]

]]> Comment on That time I tried out for “The Voice” by admin http://paulmelancon.com/blog/that-time-i-tried-out-for-the-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 admin Wed, 21 Mar 2012 01:37:38 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=883#comment-1055 Gail: Juliana tells me that the Voice isn't so much about the 'deliberately mocking the bad singers' as American Idol is, so I'll give them a pass on that part. I was a little surprised that a couple of people in my group weren't picked, because they were good singers and ALSO seemed to have that 'quality' (whatever it is) that I would've expected they were looking for. The drawback to being turned down, for me, is just never getting to find out *why*. The person sitting at the desk is jotting occasional notes down as you sing, which just makes you think, wait, what did I do just then that made her write something? It's a surreal process, to be sure. Gail:
Juliana tells me that the Voice isn’t so much about the ‘deliberately mocking the bad singers’ as American Idol is, so I’ll give them a pass on that part. I was a little surprised that a couple of people in my group weren’t picked, because they were good singers and ALSO seemed to have that ‘quality’ (whatever it is) that I would’ve expected they were looking for. The drawback to being turned down, for me, is just never getting to find out *why*. The person sitting at the desk is jotting occasional notes down as you sing, which just makes you think, wait, what did I do just then that made her write something? It’s a surreal process, to be sure.

]]> Comment on That time I tried out for “The Voice” by gail http://paulmelancon.com/blog/that-time-i-tried-out-for-the-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-1054 gail Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:57:03 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=883#comment-1054 as it happens, 2 other people i know who sing very well - Billy Neal and Lindsey Rakers - also went to audition and neither were chosen. i believe that it's formulaic and if you don't fit their neat little ideal as someone who would appeal to the masses or someone who they could see being shot down in flames but not getting all bolshie about it they it's aw an' bile yer heid. *I* personally think you have an amazing voice so neener neener to the voice people. :) xoxo as it happens, 2 other people i know who sing very well – Billy Neal and Lindsey Rakers – also went to audition and neither were chosen. i believe that it’s formulaic and if you don’t fit their neat little ideal as someone who would appeal to the masses or someone who they could see being shot down in flames but not getting all bolshie about it they it’s aw an’ bile yer heid.

*I* personally think you have an amazing voice so neener neener to the voice people. :) xoxo

]]> Comment on That time I tried out for “The Voice” by admin http://paulmelancon.com/blog/that-time-i-tried-out-for-the-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-1032 admin Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:05:23 +0000 http://paulmelancon.com/?p=883#comment-1032 Lauren & Kristyn: Thanks! Rebecca: Aw, thanks, I am working on the rest of the Peru story, hopefully soon. And they weren't just nice, they were SURPRISINGLY nice, considering how tedious that process must be on their end. Also, hey there! :) I read some of your blog posts the week leading up to the auditions, it helped a lot with knowing what to expect when I went. Lauren & Kristyn: Thanks!

Rebecca: Aw, thanks, I am working on the rest of the Peru story, hopefully soon. And they weren’t just nice, they were SURPRISINGLY nice, considering how tedious that process must be on their end. Also, hey there! :) I read some of your blog posts the week leading up to the auditions, it helped a lot with knowing what to expect when I went.

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