Hearsay and pleurisy

Wow. I’m not sure I’ve ever received such a short email that gave me so much to say. Hi Mark. Thanks for your email. Honestly. Thanks for your email!

Ok, I’ll dive right into it. (Marks email is in BOLD, ITALICS, AND UNDERLINED)

Hearsay and pleurisy…

The subject of your email, Mark, is “Hearsay and pleurisy.” Was that just an “attention grabber” as we call it in the biz? Your email had nothing do with either hearsay or pleurisy. Pleurisy? I thought it was a lung infection. I looked it up. It is, in fact, a lung “inflammation.”  I wondered if there was maybe some hip usage of “pleurisy” that I just hadn’t heard yet. So I went to my ultimate source of hip language, the Urban Dictionary. I was slightly disappointed when I found out that they, too, feel that pleurisy is “an inflammation of the lungs.”

Greetings,

Greetings!

My name is Mark and I hail from the left coast.

Ahh. The “left” coast. I see. Left as in politically? Because the East Coast seems to be leaning to the left lately (I don’t charge extra for a little alliteration.) Please tell me, seriously, that you don’t think that you are “to the left” of New York City.

I stumbled upon your web presence completely by accident. Its a good thing too. I just finished reading (read; wasting much time), much of your treatises.

It’s a good thing what? It’s a good thing that it was an accident? It’s a good thing you stumbled upon it? What’s a good thing, Mr. Ambiguous Mark?

I’m not a big fan of wasting much time. If you had realized that you were wasting time early on, maybe you would’ve stopped reading BEFORE you wasted “much time.” Try harder (read; next time, stop wasting time as soon as you are aware that you are wasting time.)

I was filled with psuedo-emotion…..sadness, pain, anger, etc. I am sure you have gotten many responses similar to mine, especially from the folks you have flamed.

Errrr…. I’m not sure you can be “filled” with pseudo-emotion. You can be filled with REAL emotion. i.e. if you were “sad, pained, angry, etc…” then that was real emotion. Unless you pretend-acted out these emotions to your computer screen as you read my posts? Oh, and Mark, I have never gotten a response quite like yours. Many of the people reviewed on my site have asked for the review. So it’s really not a flame.

My philosphy has been “let bygones be bygones”, but to not necessarily let the bygone have the last word.

That is one amazing philosophy. But Mark, if you don’t let the bygone have the last word, then you really aren’t letting him be a bygone. Really. This philosophy of yours is kinda like saying “a car is a car, except when it’s a tomato.”  There are plenty of philosophies out there to pick from if the one you have doesn’t make sense. Might I recommend THIS ONE to you, to replace your current philosophy?

If you havent already realized my reason for writing you, I am sure it is becoming somewhat evident.

I have not, it is not.

You sir, I hope and pray, are a better musician and magician than you are a critic!

Thank you for your prayers. Did you REALLY pray for me? Cus I’ve found that when most people say they will pray for you, they are just sayin’ it to say it. They don’t really take the time to pray for you. It’s bothersome, I know.

No credentials, all ego = recipe for disaster. Just sayin…Have a great week!

Apparently you haven’t read my post on credentials yet. When you put yourself out there in front of the public, you are granting permission for the public to think and say whatever the public wants to think and say. I don’t need credentials to think and speak.

I’m not ALL ego. There’s some id, and super-ego mixed into every post. Admittedly, there’s a lot of ego. But I really love my ego!

Here we go: DISASTER? If my finger was on the red button, then maybe I could cause a disaster. But I can’t conceivably come up with a single scenario where one magician could use words about another magician and cause anything remotely close to a disaster.

Your mathematical equation is very similar to your philosophy, so at least you’re consistent.

Why do people use the phrase “Just sayin’”? Of course your just sayin’. You already said it by sayin’ it, and now you’re telling me that you’re just sayin’ it??? As opposed to what? “im gonna say this then beat you on the head with a hammer”? And what if you actually did that? When you were done, would you say “Just sayin’ then beatin’ you bloody”?

Thanks Mark, you have a great week too!
Matthew Bennett

 

I give your email a rating of two penguins and a bathtub (for those who would understand it)