The Garden of the Blind

I checked here this morning and found that the comment fairy had been by, and with a vengeance. Most of my recent posts had comments to them. Most of the comments were made Saturday afternoon from a Simpson’s fan who I had assumed to be an acquaintance of mine, but who might just be some other acquaintance of mine instead, or else a stranger (I asked the suspected poster, and he denied involvement). The comments are reasonable, although I disagree with them on some level. This is to be expected, since the commenter disagreed with me enough to comment. The sometimes insightful comments do provoke some thoughts, a few of which I have written down, and others of which I may do so later. I probably will not address the individual’s hatred for pretty celebrities. It’s an understandable conceit, even if in the particular case here I don’t share it (Jennifer Lopez is another matter though).

I also found another comment that I’m fairly certain was from somewhere else because, unlike the stuff written by the former individual, this comment 1) was much shorter, 2) made no useful or meaningful point, 3) WAS WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN CAPS, 4) was dated 5 days earlier, and 5) used a rather colorful vulgarity. This inciteful comment also has got me thinking. What was their point? Why do they bother to read what I write (since this is probably the writing of a stranger)? Why all this unsolicited animosity? How can a person write in all caps and then sign without any capitalization whatsoever? Their comment was about a rather mundane account of an adverse drug reaction, and one could even guess from the title of the post that I had been fired over it (not the case). I would think that such an entry would elicit pity rather than contempt. So, to my devoted fan, I say to you, “Belgium off.”