tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post1835584158084899424..comments2024-03-29T06:42:02.108-04:00Comments on I Think; Therefore, I Yam: What's Love Got to Do With It?Susan Flett Swiderskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-51714928862436620662013-02-15T11:42:53.341-05:002013-02-15T11:42:53.341-05:00Nope, if anything, SHE is ME in disguise. After al...Nope, if anything, SHE is ME in disguise. After all, I'm the old fartessa in this equation.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-35304874520172810222013-02-13T23:30:50.422-05:002013-02-13T23:30:50.422-05:00Uh-Huh. Sure, sure. Just exactly what I knew you&#...Uh-Huh. Sure, sure. Just exactly what I knew you'd say. Denial is always the guilty party's first response.<br /><br />But, seriously... did you see how much her blog and your blog are alike? I think you MUST have been reading her stuff and thinking something like: Gee! Her style and my style ARE like... identical twins separated at birth!<br /><br />If you won't admit that much, then I KNOW you are really Julie Fedderson in disguise!<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-41324025439839105402013-02-13T16:45:32.720-05:002013-02-13T16:45:32.720-05:00"Awwwwww!" is pretty much what I said, t... "Awwwwww!" is pretty much what I said, too.<br /><br />Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-66131947433640982502013-02-13T15:56:49.609-05:002013-02-13T15:56:49.609-05:00Aww for Smarticus. My husband read me a poem when ...Aww for Smarticus. My husband read me a poem when we were dating. Yesterday he was romantic by going out to the store to get me zicam and nyquil. Yay.M Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-50709279502894052202013-02-13T15:27:00.433-05:002013-02-13T15:27:00.433-05:00I'll betcha plenty of agnostics/atheists hunt ...I'll betcha plenty of agnostics/atheists hunt for Easter eggs, and celebrate Christmas, too. <br /><br />Oh, neat that you saw that Love sculpture in person. DOH! Of course... the "City of Brotherly Love", right? Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-14245765886440247982013-02-13T15:03:30.319-05:002013-02-13T15:03:30.319-05:00Not too creepy to eat candy, I trust?
Happy Valen...Not too creepy to eat candy, I trust?<br /><br />Happy Valentine's Day to you, too.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-76349325582272692092013-02-13T15:01:39.010-05:002013-02-13T15:01:39.010-05:00Thanks. Glad ya liked it. At least, we have simila...Thanks. Glad ya liked it. At least, we have similar senses of humor. That may sometimes mean we're the only ones laughing, but it works for us.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-32137579251957295292013-02-13T14:53:38.537-05:002013-02-13T14:53:38.537-05:00HA! Glad ya liked it. At that age, I guess getting...HA! Glad ya liked it. At that age, I guess getting any kind of attention from him, even if it meant being compared to a mega-sized airplane, was enough to set me into a tizzy,<br /><br />Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-35531188205057660422013-02-13T14:33:35.403-05:002013-02-13T14:33:35.403-05:00It was very disheartening. I truly worried for so...It was very disheartening. I truly worried for so many people's relationships. You can tell by attitudes when things won't last. And there were lots of times I hoped it didn't because no one should have to put up with certain things. S.P. Bowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746614009206426805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-46024030964111645122013-02-13T14:12:30.465-05:002013-02-13T14:12:30.465-05:00Yeah, Smarticus and I share a long history. As we ...Yeah, Smarticus and I share a long history. As we get older, it sure comes in handy, too, because when one of us can't remember something, the other one usually can. (Between us, we have one pretty good brain!)<br /><br />Help yourself to the dictators' Valentines. <br /><br />HA! I hate to bust your conspiracy bubble, but I must categorically deny any connection whatsoever to this person-I-have-never-met Julie. (wink, wink) However, I did a quick recon on this person-I-have-never-met's blog, and enjoyed what I found there, so I do appreciate the comparison. I reluctantly must plead guilty, however, to having green eyes... a purely coincidental shared trait with that other lady in question. No relationship at all. No, sirree...Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-51283495507880603172013-02-13T12:34:01.268-05:002013-02-13T12:34:01.268-05:00Susan-
I always find it interesting how people wh...Susan-<br /><br />I always find it interesting how people who profess to be agnostic or atheist still celebrate a holiday named for a Catholic saint.<br /><br />Isn't that hypocritical?<br /><br />Thanks for the photo of the Love sculpture-I used to pass it daily getting off the subway...<br /><br />LarryDiscConnectedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07013919800637508392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-10052224077074987812013-02-13T11:49:52.091-05:002013-02-13T11:49:52.091-05:00I love the poem and gift smarticus gave you! That&...I love the poem and gift smarticus gave you! That's a man after my own heart LOL. <br />I had no idea the history of Valentine's was so ghoulish. That makes it kind of creepy to me!<br /><br />I absolutely LOVE the pup at the top of your page. Happy Valentine's Day to you and Smarticus both. :)Julie Flandershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05003737491313673214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-83780635857780371882013-02-13T10:38:53.963-05:002013-02-13T10:38:53.963-05:00Susan, this post is FULL of great stuff. I think y...Susan, this post is FULL of great stuff. I think you and Smarticus were meant for each other. You both have a wonderful sense of humor. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-65173164976082730252013-02-13T10:02:07.083-05:002013-02-13T10:02:07.083-05:00omg, I love that first poem smarticus sent to you....omg, I love that first poem smarticus sent to you. I think you two were destined to be together :)<br /><br />And I did not know the origins of Valentines Day. Thank you!mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-68911653730526623472013-02-12T23:34:13.651-05:002013-02-12T23:34:13.651-05:00SUSAN ~
>> . . . We were all of twelve or t...SUSAN ~<br /><br /><i>>> . . . We were all of twelve or thirteen the very first time he wrote a poem (just for me!) in my autograph book.</i><br /><br />Whoa! Seriously? You and your husband-to-be knew each other when you were twelve or thirteen? <br /><br />I think that is . . . <i>SO COOL!</i><br /><br />I gotta tell ya . . . I ab-uh-loo’-ly loved the Dictators’ Valentine Cards. There’s pretty much no question about whether or not I’m gonna steal that from you at some point and post it on my own blog.<br /><br />Ya know, it was THIS particular blog bit of yours that finally caused me to make 'The Big Connection':<br /><br />In the short time I’ve been reading your blog there was something kinda familiar about it to me but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. I was thinking: It’s fun; it’s entertaining; it’s informative; and... it’s like another blog I like. But WHICH blog is THAT, damn-it? <br /><br />And then, for whatever reason, THIS particular blog bit made the thrashed and teeth-busted gears in my mind suddenly “click” into place and I thought: Ah-Ha! Eureka! I have found it!<br /><br />The installments on your blog remind me so much of Julie Fedderson’s blog, ‘Gypsy In My Soul’, which I regularly read and enjoyed until she completely stopped blogging about 5 months ago. <br /><br />In fact, your blog is SO MUCH LIKE Julie’s old blog that the Conspiratorial Crevice in my mind (which MUST always be filled with something) causes me to wonder if... you ARE Julie Fedderson. (?) <br /><br />Ah-Ha! Busted, aren’t ya? What did you do, enter the Federal Witness Protection Program as Julie Fedderson (two / three syllables) five months ago, and emerge as Susan Swiderski (two / three syllables)? <br /><br />Name change notwithstanding, I have equally enjoyed BOTH of your blogs - ‘I THINK; THEREFORE, I YAM’ and <a href="http://gypsyjulesinmysoul.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">‘GYPSY IN MY SOUL’</a>.<br /><br />Julie/Susan, you a good blogger! <br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />‘Loyal American Underground’ Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-72554478471091186902013-02-12T22:03:14.518-05:002013-02-12T22:03:14.518-05:00I'd be all in on that bag of dark chocolate, a...I'd be all in on that bag of dark chocolate, and I always enjoy hanging out with friends, no matter what day it is, but for me, a little bit of Beatles goes a long way. But whatever floats your boat, cupcake. Have fun!Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-89828754650917720292013-02-12T21:55:44.508-05:002013-02-12T21:55:44.508-05:00Oh, aren't you a smarty!? And so is your hubby...Oh, aren't you a smarty!? And so is your hubby, for listening to you.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-20062856661655822872013-02-12T20:53:24.686-05:002013-02-12T20:53:24.686-05:00That's a great story about St Valentine, someh...That's a great story about St Valentine, somehow I never heard the story before. I have a bag of Ghirardelli dark waiting, and a couple friends will be by for lunch. We're all Valentine-less this year, but that's happened enough times to not matter anymore. It's become an unofficial Beatles Love Song Day for me.<br />Have a Happy VD!Austanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05568578637922817033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-33868106752360300942013-02-12T20:12:15.686-05:002013-02-12T20:12:15.686-05:00Happy Valentine's Day to you and Smarticus!
M...Happy Valentine's Day to you and Smarticus!<br /><br />My husband once asked me if I expected a card for Valentine's Day. I told him to look at the biggest, bestest, reddest card in the store, then turn it over to look at the price. That is how much money he should spend on chocolate for me. And then I told him that if he bought it the day after Valentine's Day, he'd get TWICE as much chocolate...and that would make me twice as happy.<br /><br />Lucky for me, he's a very good listener.Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-38381824859027284442013-02-12T19:39:44.834-05:002013-02-12T19:39:44.834-05:00Thanks! You, too.Thanks! You, too.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-3283882547567741712013-02-12T19:37:08.501-05:002013-02-12T19:37:08.501-05:00Romantic is... good! Let the good times roll.Romantic is... good! Let the good times roll.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-44411980718187210912013-02-12T19:35:21.867-05:002013-02-12T19:35:21.867-05:00Ooooh, I love the idea of exchanging romantic note...Ooooh, I love the idea of exchanging romantic note. (Shhhh, Smarticus and I have done that before, too.) <br /><br />Happy Love Day, kiddo.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-56198590119124010892013-02-12T18:46:03.934-05:002013-02-12T18:46:03.934-05:00Fun Valentine's post!
Have a great one :)Fun Valentine's post!<br />Have a great one :)Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745686632918324803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-72968227857014314872013-02-12T17:17:46.671-05:002013-02-12T17:17:46.671-05:00Well, you've gone and made me all romantic. Th...Well, you've gone and made me all romantic. Thanks for the lovely pictures, the humor and bit of history.cleemckenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15456109243453726483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034142332858737641.post-82429874906168248062013-02-12T16:13:36.518-05:002013-02-12T16:13:36.518-05:00I told Elvis Aaron Schwarz that we shouldn't g...I told Elvis Aaron Schwarz that we shouldn't give each other gifts for Valentine's Day -- that it would be more romantic to write love notes to each other. He said, Uh, actually, I've never given anybody anything for Valentine's Day. Thank goodness I don't have to worry that roses and candy will arrive at my door. The roses would just die and the candy would live forever -- on my butt.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.com