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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.quux.org!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: The Return of Michael Monkey Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 04:59:46 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <893d0c07374428639ba1a1b5cfd722c2@www.novabbs.com> <2ef50622b84086ba228c87075d1cde5c@www.novabbs.com> <8b2944174b9f8bdbc84837be13e1ebf1@www.novabbs.com> <8212a9824f280a7581c9298fffa7ef26@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1650234"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Vf9CM7g99yqfGvzEHTw0bhrjcIfvzYBBhUuRma0rLuQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: acd0b3e3614eaa6f47211734e4cbca3bfd42bebc X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$N3B105gz7hWulMvfS8nP6O9sihk7t6/ciaz0b6Hx3U7lAGLSZz9sm On Mon, 27 Jan 2025 20:48:44 +0000, George J. Dance wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:32:52 +0000, W.Dockery wrote: > >> On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 2:27:28 +0000, George J. Dance wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:54:22 +0000, Will Dockery wrote: >>> >>>> George J. Dance wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 7:40:51 +0000, Will Dockery wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 21:00:16 +0000, George J. Dance wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> from >>>>>>> https://www.novabbs.com/arts/article-flat.php?id=253903&group=alt.arts.poetry.comments#253903 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:22:04 +0000, Michael Monkey aka "HarryLime" >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>> MMP: My literary journal was created to highlight the best examples of >>>>>>>> poetry from AAPC's various members. The best poetry by Member G does >>>>>>>> not necessarily measure up to the best poetry of Member J. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> As Mr. Dance has so ably demonstrated above, his own poem left no traces >>>>>>>> on my memory. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> MMP's memory lapses are something I'm sure we're all familiar with by >>>>>>> now. But let us remember what else I just ably demonstrated: that back >>>>>>> in 2021 (when he was still hoping to recruit me as an ally) he >>>>>>> considered Possibilities one of "the best examples of poetry" on AAPC. >>>>>> >>>>>> This deserves an underscore as an example of Michael Pendragon's biased >>>>>> behavior. >>>>> >>>>> Indeed. I'm not sure if you remeber that statement of his that I called >>>>> a statement of his editorial philosophy: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "You divide everyone into two categories: potential allies and potential >>>>> adversaries. You slurp the writings of your potential allies and attack >>>>> those of your potential adversaries." >>>>> >>>>> "When [someone] Jim is seen as a potential ally, you request his poetry. >>>>> When he >>>>> is seen as an adversary, you assign a childish name to him and claim he >>>>> can't write." >>>>> >>>>> source text: >>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/alt.arts.poetry.comments/c/hDYKsC5l5Ew/m/IR5NzWPJBQAJ?hl=en >>>>> >>>>> That also fully describes his critical philosophy. No more need be said, >>>>> but it can't be said often enough. >>>>> >>>>> snip >>>> >>>> In other words, Michael Pendragon is basically a two faced liar. >>> >>> Well, not exactly, It means he comes across as no different from a >>> two-faced liar, but I think his mental state is more complex than that I >>> should open a new threat where we can talk about that. >> >> Sounds good, and to avoid confusion with new readers, from now on I'll >> just refer to Pendragon by his new chosen alias Harry Lime. > > That's a good point. Personally I do not like calling socks by their > aliases puppets by their sock names; that also can be confusing, as it's > meant to be. So I've started calling the person behind all those socks > MMP for Michael Monkey Peabrain (or just Peabrain if he says something > really stupid, or Lying Michael whenever I catch him in a lie). But that > could also be confusing for new readers and casual readers, so I think > I'll have to refer to him, when talking to third parties, as something > else; something that will identify whom I mean to any new or casual > readers. > > After some thought, I've settled on "the Lime sock" - what do you think? > > https://www.zazzle.ca/lime_green_socks-256240956281961664?rf=238512069961476072&tc=CjwKCAiA-ty8BhA_EiwAkyoa3_aFWzdIrL7epsnGiUBOmwWKHVyTWv2DT3XULBaoBmZv8YkfovgQhRoC6i8QAvD_BwE&z_ca=20390696811&z_dev=c&z_nw=x&z_lp=9000899&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA-ty8BhA_EiwAkyoa3_aFWzdIrL7epsnGiUBOmwWKHVyTWv2DT3XULBaoBmZv8YkfovgQhRoC6i8QAvD_BwE&trchd=true > >>>> And so it goes. >>>> >>>> 🙂 The Lime sock is pretty good, actually. 😏