I feel kind of sorry for Sanford, re: the emails. They may not be the height of literary achievement, but they sound sincere, and I think the guy has little enough sincerity in his life that it should be mocked. And a couple of them are kind of sweet.
Early: You folks are all insane. Simon: Well, my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.
'Objects In Space'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jun 25, 2009 6:52:24 am PDT #25769 of 30000
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javachik - Jun 25, 2009 6:57:02 am PDT #25770 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
They're lovely emails.
If he wasn't a "family values" hypocrite who left his damned workplace for 6 days AWOL, I'd have a bit more empathy for him. Grow up, Sanford!
Scrappy - Jun 25, 2009 6:58:42 am PDT #25771 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Sweet to him and her, not so sweet for his wife and kids, though.
javachik - Jun 25, 2009 6:59:26 am PDT #25772 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Right, Scrappy.
lisah - Jun 25, 2009 7:01:38 am PDT #25773 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Sweet to him and her, not so sweet for his wife and kids, though.
Yeah, I just think they are gross.
Theodosia - Jun 25, 2009 7:04:03 am PDT #25774 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yep, connie. That's why, even with the hypocrisy and insane-o decision-making, I feel kind of sorry for Sanford & co.
It wasn't just a "guy couldn't keep it in his pants" scenario (which isn't to condemn polyamory, if it's conducted consciously and honestly) which is a higher degree of self-deception and bad conduct.
Trudy Booth - Jun 25, 2009 7:08:25 am PDT #25775 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I feel kind of sorry for Sanford & co.
Oh great. Now "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and the theme from Sanford & Son are trying to do a mashup in my head.
tommyrot - Jun 25, 2009 7:09:14 am PDT #25776 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh great. Now "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" and the theme from Sanford & Son are trying to do a mashup in my head.
Heh. During the press conference he should have faked a heart attack to gain additional sympathy....
javachik - Jun 25, 2009 7:10:39 am PDT #25777 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
It wasn't just a "guy couldn't keep it in his pants" scenario which is a higher degree of self-deception and bad conduct.
That's an interesting take on it, Theodosia. I'm not married, but as a girlfriend, I'd be far, far more upset at my SO's romantic, drawn-out affair than I would be a "he got really drunk and screwed someone" scenario. I can speak from experience that the former hurts much more than the latter. I don't know that I could assign the former as less full of self-deception or bad conduct.
Gudanov - Jun 25, 2009 7:11:13 am PDT #25778 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
It wasn't just a "guy couldn't keep it in his pants" scenario (which isn't to condemn polyamory, if it's conducted consciously and honestly) which is a higher degree of self-deception and bad conduct.
It may be a lesser degree of bad conduct, but a higher degree of betrayal.