Comments on: The Toothbrush http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/ Neil Kramer is a writer in Los Angeles. Citizen of the Month is his blog. Make yourself at home. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jungle jane http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-203612 jungle jane Thu, 31 May 2007 19:03:52 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-203612 Oh dear. If only Abe knew the truth about toothbrushes.... Oh dear. If only Abe knew the truth about toothbrushes….

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]]> By: jamie http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-128311 jamie Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:05:41 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-128311 dear sir, my girlfriend and i were talking and she was brushing her teeth which caused me to wonder if people had toothbrush fetishes, which lead me to your site via a google search and we both enjoyed your story and writing style immensely. love, jamie. dear sir,

my girlfriend and i were talking and she was brushing her teeth which caused me to wonder if people had toothbrush fetishes, which lead me to your site via a google search and we both enjoyed your story and writing style immensely.

love,
jamie.

]]> By: Jaime http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-30111 Jaime Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:53:39 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-30111 That's definitely strange, but a funny story. That’s definitely strange, but a funny story.

]]> By: claire http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-30047 claire Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:15:33 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-30047 Hmm. The half hour coffee break sounds like a good experiment. You'd have to write up blog conclusions about the person prior to meeting and compare those with your coffee conclusions after the break. How much overlap would there be? How much would your blog preconceptions color her in person behavior? How much new information would you actually gain about her? As for myself, I still think you'd get a better idea of me from my blog. In life, people have often misread my intent from my tone of voice and expressions (no doubt some flaw of my own, but there it is). In writing, I have the opportunity to tell the whole anecdote/opinion/whatever without interruption and that helps preserve the tone. Hmm. The half hour coffee break sounds like a good experiment. You’d have to write up blog conclusions about the person prior to meeting and compare those with your coffee conclusions after the break. How much overlap would there be? How much would your blog preconceptions color her in person behavior? How much new information would you actually gain about her?

As for myself, I still think you’d get a better idea of me from my blog. In life, people have often misread my intent from my tone of voice and expressions (no doubt some flaw of my own, but there it is). In writing, I have the opportunity to tell the whole anecdote/opinion/whatever without interruption and that helps preserve the tone.

]]> By: Armaedes http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-29590 Armaedes Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:29:33 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-29590 Well, yes, obviously you can never really know a person until you understand their toothbrush-laundering habits. Naturally. Well, yes, obviously you can never really know a person until you understand their toothbrush-laundering habits. Naturally.

]]> By: Neil http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-29589 Neil Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:21:05 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-29589 Was it? The odd thing was that Abe wasn't really a strange or weird guy in public. So, you never really know... Was it? The odd thing was that Abe wasn’t really a strange or weird guy in public. So, you never really know…

]]> By: tuck http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-29588 tuck Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:15:42 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-29588 A follow-up thought...it could have been worse...he could have stolen dirty panties from your family hamper. (hey, wasn't that a scene out of a woody allen movie?) A follow-up thought…it could have been worse…he could have stolen dirty panties from your family hamper. (hey, wasn’t that a scene out of a woody allen movie?)

]]> By: Sandra http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-29587 Sandra Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:12:24 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-29587 Maybe he thought the toothbrush seemed cold in the open air? Maybe he thought the toothbrush seemed cold in the open air?

]]> By: better safe than sorry http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/2006/01/15/the-toothbrush/#comment-29586 better safe than sorry Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:51:20 +0000 http://www.citizenofthemonth.com/?p=381#comment-29586 i think the biggest problem with reading someone's blog, is you can't actually get a feel for that person. the words i write, the way i try to express myself, might not be read or interpretted by you or anyone else who reads it, the way i meant it to be read. when you spend time with someone in person, half an hour on coffee break, you have a chance to look at the expression on their face, look into their eyes, actually hear their voice. you don't get that with a blog, you only guess what that person sounds like, looks like or is even thinking. there is more of me in your blog than you, just by my reading it, because i decide for myself how i think you sound or look like or what your words mean to me. you actually have no say in it once it's been written. i think the biggest problem with reading someone’s blog, is you can’t actually get a feel for that person. the words i write, the way i try to express myself, might not be read or interpretted by you or anyone else who reads it, the way i meant it to be read. when you spend time with someone in person, half an hour on coffee break, you have a chance to look at the expression on their face, look into their eyes, actually hear their voice. you don’t get that with a blog, you only guess what that person sounds like, looks like or is even thinking. there is more of me in your blog than you, just by my reading it, because i decide for myself how i think you sound or look like or what your words mean to me. you actually have no say in it once it’s been written.

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