Posted on 10/09/2024 4:38:35 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
With gratitude to Jim Robinson and all the thousands of freepers and patriots I've met in person or chatted with online through this organization, I give thanks for the most wonderful news and activism site ever! I met many of you while freeping Walter Reed 2005 - 2012.... [more]
“(The shame of it!)“
As all of us long-timers here have discovered…like there’s no crying in baseball, there’s no shame on FR!
Thanks, Kid Shelleen! I do remember, if not my very first post, at least one of the early ones. Hope you saw my earlier post(s) that I had typed my anniversary year incorrectly in the headline -- it's the 20th, not the 29th -- those darn keys are next to each other!
When I arrived, the nation had not yet enshrined “gay marriage” into law, and having recently studied the issue in grad school, I had serious reservations about its effects on the nation at large—that it would contribute to destabilizaition of traditional marriage, parenthood and child well-being. I would have preferred a "civil marriage" category if political accommodation had to be made; and that churches retake the field of instruction and preparation for marriage intended to produce biological children from between its two members.
When we look today at the overall well-being of kids, marriage as a stable institution, the state of parenting, community, church attendance and theological stability, and the lawful exercise of Bill of Rights values, which era has been better for more people, more of the time? But no one, it appears, could put the brakes on one of the main pillars of globalism.
The topic is, however, why I chose the name Wilde, in honor of Oscar, the charming Irish intellectual whose wittiness I greatly appreciate, and who was jailed in England for a gay affair. I adopted one of his ironic bon mots as my first tagline, IIRC: “Sentimentality is loving someone more than God would.”
Certainly seems that way! I love it when the FR classes of ’98 and ’99 come out to play!
Hope you saw my earlier apology post for having mis-typed "29th" anniversary, when it was only my 20th — since October 9, 2004.
LOLs-- I was at a big dressy event recently where the hosts had a three-piece classical trio playing Beatles and Peter Gabriel tunes on a violin, viola and cello. I also love classical music, even though using it for pop tunes is a gamble.
I saw a fellow there whom I know to be a great Bluegrass picker and said to him, "I'm really king of enjoying this music."
To which he replied, "Needs a banjo." Hahahahaha!
A\/\/\/\/, \/\/ayne, that’s so nice of you to say! Bless you, patriot and FRiend!
Thank you, dear enchanter of psalms; and also, your anniversary score is awesome!
Hope you saw my earlier apology for mis-typing my anniversary, which should have been 20th, not 29th! So you’re an upperclassman to me!
I’m embarrassed to have typed “29” instead of my real anniversary number, “20.” I don’t think FR even started until late 1998, but it sounds like you were in on the ground floor! Congrats to you, as well!
FReepers never hesitate to offer prayers for one another. If some of us are busy, others will get right on an upcoming prayer thread and send those petitions right upstairs! It’s a blessing for all of us, thanks to the Robinson family!
A beautiful place, where the DC Chapter had a lot of amazing encounters. So glad you recognized that photo!
Welcome new hires!
I am almost a plank owner. I signed on in October 1998 after seeing it mentioned on The Drudge Report...
Hahahahaha! Chocolate will fix that right up!
As have you, Hiskid! And since I mis-typed 29 instead of the rightful 20 years, you're a class ahead of me in more ways than one! Be blessed, dear prayer warrior!
Takes one to know one, awesome lady! Hope all is well with you!
I’ve ducked out of my fashionista responsibilities here in election season. Our lives hang in the balance, it seems, so I’m working on it in my ever-smaller arena as I age.
One thing is sure: I’m only here 20 years, not 29 as I mis-typed in my headline. So you’re here longer than me by 20 months or so! I’ve admired your class and style and communication skills, and followed your lead!
How lovely of you to say, STARLIT! You, as well!
What is tge official birth date of FR?
Hahahahaha — good one! Congrats on your longevity here, surviving the disruptors, flame wars and occasional purges! Onward!
Owww! I finally pleaded with the mods a second time on the basis that the longer date made me look vainglorious and feel ashamed, and that did the trick! They changed the headline!
But I probably still would have wanted to thank everyone personally. I love this place and the kind spirit of the ones who go the distance here. Like yours.
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