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let us hear it for this aspect . . . (Reply to this comment)
by sojournseeker
"The passion that accompanies a feeling that what one writes has some value to others"--I agree wholeheartedly and is the biggest reason I keep writing ! Someone's reading and I like it . . .
happy holidays
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Dec 10 '09
4:42 pm PST
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What a surprise (Reply to this comment)
by grandgram
to see your name pop up on my latest review of on-line shopping. I was so glad to see you are still around. Epinions is still going strong but not in the direction of their members. We get a little bonus ever so often but if you are not in the exclusive club with titles you are a nobody.
I stick around because it gives me a chance to write and it fills my time.
Thanks for stopping by
grandgram/Letta
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Jan 10 '04
11:02 am PST
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Re: Thanks..... (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
Hello Jeff--
It's good to see you reading, if not actually writing reviews. Thank you very much for continuing to read and rate my frivolous contributions here. It means a lot.
My Very Best To You & Ms. Clow,
Jim (29th)
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Oct 13 '03
8:07 pm PDT
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Thanks..... (Reply to this comment)
by Chris_Billings
.....for rating some of my reviews. I left a comment on 32_Footsteps "Hall of Fame" review about you. I told him that I never really saw you on the site (I guess we wrote in totally seperate sections at different points)
Hope to see you start up again. Maybe a review every-so-often.
Chris
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Sep 18 '03
1:04 pm PDT
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I FORGOT THIS...... (Reply to this comment)
by carmenrae_v
The passion that compels writers to spend a lot of time on a piece of writing because they cared so much about the subject matter.
The passion that accompanies a feeling that what one writes has some value to others.
The passion that comes from reading so many terrific reviews, and feeling energized in an attempt to meet such high standards set here by others in the past.
The passion of having a band of writers become a community online, with a true sense of belonging to a wonderfully unique group.
And the passion that often seemed to be so evident in others as I read their past contributions.
That passion seems to have been a meteor here - one which burned long into the night for so many, many months - only to finally disappear as the flames were extinguished one by one.
And I came to my own ephiphany sitting in front of a computer screen as I searched for that passion during the last few days.
The meteor that is Epinions gave us all a breathtaking display for longer than any of us could have anticipated - and its trail across the sky was a beautiful sight for all of us who stood below it and watched with a sense of awe and amazement.
THE BEST IVE SEEN CRYSTAL HARRIS
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Jul 20 '03
10:46 pm PDT
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I COULD NOT HAD SAID THAT BETTER (Reply to this comment)
by carmenrae_v
I LOVE WAHT YOU WROTE I JUST CAME BACK AND WE JOINED THE SAME YEAR IT WAS MY OUTLET AND I ENJOYED THE FACT SOMEONE WOULD EVEN READ ANYTHING I HAD TO SAY BUT I WAS GIVEN THE GREAT FIELD TO PLAY ON LIKE YOU AND I MISSED IT WHEN I WAS GONE AND IM BACK AND I MISS YOU.............
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Jul 20 '03
10:44 pm PDT
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I know exactly what you mean! (Reply to this comment)
by GretaGH
I lost a lot of the motivation I once had for writing and reading epinions, as well. I still admire what this site is about, but I have to admit that for me (and I think that I can speak for many others) the $ was a huge motivator. I don't stop coming here for that reason, however it did make an impact and a good reason why I think many have disappeared into the void of the internet. My main reason for not coming here as often as I would like to now is really because I have been working 50-60 hours/week for the last couple of years (on and off) and I am exhausted.
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Mar 23 '03
10:10 am PST
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It Wasn't MY Choice!!! (Reply to this comment)
by AinsleyJo
I was away from here for over a year--except for a few times when I was able to access this at a library, etc..
This wasn't my choice! Something just went wrong with the cookies or something where it messed up my Internet connection everytime I came here.
On my 50th birthday, it finally cooperated and let me in--and, except for about three days of regression, it has let me come on and stay on ever since!
Thanks for making your presence here known to me by reading and rating my latest book review. It's comforting to see you here, and I hope you write something new soon!
Hugs!
AJ :o)
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Mar 11 '03
1:29 pm PST
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This is so "on target" (Reply to this comment)
by DoubleCoog
I think I have wandered back and read it about 6 different times -- each at least 6-8 weeks apart. Maybe I come back hoping that this epinion will be bumped down from the first spot on your page.
Jeff, we miss you...
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Feb 22 '03
9:00 pm PST
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You should come back . . . (Reply to this comment)
by modernmarvel
You are clearly a good writer. Many have joined the site since you wrote this good-bye. Please think about picking up the pen again.
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Dec 18 '02
10:08 am PST
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you're reading... (Reply to this comment)
by MumMumMum
will you write soon? Please do!
Bev
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Dec 02 '02
8:57 pm PST
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Hi Jeff. (Reply to this comment)
by Susie-34668
Well at least you are reading on Epinions. Does that mean you may start writing.
Susie.
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Nov 16 '02
7:23 pm PST
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does that rating.. (Reply to this comment)
by drdevience
.. on my review mean that you are back?
After reading this farewell, then all of the comments, I think I should be very happy if it turns out that you are, indeed, back....
~Lori, hoping so
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Nov 03 '02
12:14 pm PST
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by imagine_stars
Wow.
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Sep 30 '02
8:14 am PDT
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awesome (Reply to this comment)
by DoubleCoog
And hits the nail directly on the head as always.
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May 27 '02
3:13 pm PDT
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The Tops (Reply to this comment)
by magun
You always were the tops, Jeff......
This really is one of the best farewell notes I've ever read.... anywhere online!
I'm sure you'll be greatly missed.
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May 09 '02
2:13 pm PDT
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Very nicely written..... (Reply to this comment)
by Lark729_89
As are all of your reviews.
I am sorry you have left and also sorry I didn't make the get together that time to get to meet you and coldsteel.
I wish you the best. Happy healthy new year to you and yours.
Carol
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Jan 11 '02
10:54 am PST
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I write from my heart (only one review) (Reply to this comment)
by kathys3kids
and read and rate from my heart. I don't care if I'm paid or not.------sorry
Kathy
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Nov 26 '01
6:48 pm PST
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How do you spell Quixote? (Reply to this comment)
by kordahl
Glad you have hung in as long as you have Jeff,
the barbarians were at the gate, entered the gate and are now burping, flatulating and picking their teeth... not that theres anything wrong with that... Clay Kordahl
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Nov 24 '01
6:55 pm PST
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The Passion Must Still Be Here... (Reply to this comment)
by 29th_Candidate
...Or why would I have openly wept as I read your poignantly soulful, painfully bleak and characteristically honest editorial? Forgive my shameless effusiveness, but I am utterly overwhelmed.
Once again, as with Mark's involuntary, and mentally-crippling departure, eric_james' decision to leave, Markham Pyle's premature exodus, and now yours, I am woefully unable to summon the words by which I might adequately convey the acute sense of irrecoverable and keenly-felt personal loss with which your leaving epinions afflicts me. It's as though the ghost of prophetic author Ayn Rand has infected the site with a massive, toxic dose of "Atlas Shrugged," and I am an empathetic, yet overly sentimental and epinions-beset Dagny Taggart wondering: "Who is John Galt?," and "Where are these purportedly "greener pastures" to which members seem to be flocking, and why can't they be here?"
I shamelessly admit that it is my life-sentence to, inevitably, be the "dark-optimist;" one who willingly and knowledgably, (if foolishly,) sacrifices the smoother, more sensible path of pragmatism in favor of maintaining my persistent belief in the inherent and indomitable power of the human spirit to surmount and eventually overcome frightening levels of adversity, against the most daunting of odds, --even when that spirit's "only" armament appears to be the sheer force of its perversely obstinate will and its foolishly stubborn, perhaps ignorant, refusal to capitulate to that otherwise-subsuming adversity. Maybe it requires an addiction to pain, which I seem to have, or else why would I invariably find myself cast in my recurring role of the idiot who furiously hammers the 2x4s over the gaping, water-devouring and seemingly unfixable hole in the hull of the long-since abandoned, sinking ship? I suppose I might cave in to my nagging urge to swim over to the last of the lifeboats before disappears on the horizon with its predecessors, but I am, apparently, one of the few dimwits who remains because I am unable to spot the distant harbor for which everyone else seems to be rowing.
With the disappearance of the subtle, yet always-palpable class this site has gained by your cherished presence on it, the climbing water level inside the hull of the epinions-ship rises to a level that seems to defy even the most stalwart of bilge pumps, and the loss of your literary fellowship represents more than merely an additional draw on the emergency reserves of my rapidly waning spirit and resolve to save that sinking ship; (a ship whose "Keystone Cop" captains kept many of its most worthy writers, like HTP and Sordid-1, stripped of all rank and shackled in its hold and slave galleys) especially when I consider that the perpetrators of this ship's unnecessarily and negligently sustained holes, and its current "Davey-Jones'Locker-bound" course-heading, ware its own, purported "captains."
I wistfully hold out the admittedly vain hope that you will decide to reconsider, and instead, take only a temporary leave of absence, and thereby keep your options open, foolish though I may be in doing so. What else can I do? "Nothing" is not an acceptable answer.
Whatever you eventually decide to do, my best and warmest wishes and hopes go with you, and my respect, admiration and appreciation of your ever-uplifting presence at epinions; if only in the form of cherished memories, remain here, with me.
Please keep in touch, Jeff. As more people than I'd care to acknowledge have discovered, I'm not that hard to locate.
With Heart-Felt & Inexpressible Regret,
Jim Scileppi (The 29th_Candidate)
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Nov 19 '01
8:22 am PST
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From the Heart (Reply to this comment)
by happy2000usa
I haven't written much for epinions lately. It's my editing work--or so I tell myself--and I don't have the time. That's an excuse. The fact is that I still have several epinions sitting on my hard drive waiting for Epinions to open the product category. The people who used to work "with" the authors at epinions have gone.
That doesn't mean that I have no time to read. I do. I have a list of authors that I visit and you were at the top, Jeff. Now I guess I'll have more time, but I'll use it sadly. I have always looked forward to the latest Bonies 7 input to brighten my day. Superb travel pieces. A wide range of products. Commentaries and advice. All written from the heart. No more? You've saddened my day.
The greatest loss is to the emerging writers. You have mentored many of us and who will assume that role for new epinionators? One "Bravo" goes a long way to motivating someone to keep writing.
Sir, you leave a large set of shoes to fill.
Wayne
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Nov 18 '01
8:10 am PST
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Bravo Jeff ! (Reply to this comment)
by Lucky47
Wasn't it great while it lasted ? Absolutely !
I have so admired your writings. Always inspiring and from the heart. It's meeting writers like you that have made it all worthwhile. And for that alone I am greatful to Epinions. I certainly understand your decision to "gallop" off into the sunset, but it doesn't change the fact that you will surely be missed. You are and have always been a very sensitive, compassionate and honest writer and human being. You were never judgemental, abrasive or anything other than inspiring. That is just my opinion Jeff. I am so glad I had the opportunity to meet someone as talented as you. In the real world, chances are our paths never would have crossed, so Thanks for the memories, advice and enjoyment. God Bless !
Carol
who hasn't written in ages. :)
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Nov 18 '01
3:53 am PST
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yup (Reply to this comment)
by garym
Well said.
I will miss you.
You were one of the first that I trusted and you shall stay.
Donīt hesitate to return. There will always be a place here for your talents. You should realize from the comments that the people admire and appreciate you. Thats what really counts.
Take care,
Gary
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Nov 16 '01
3:54 pm PST
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yup (Reply to this comment)
by garym
Well said.
I will miss you.
You were one of the first that I trusted and you shall stay.
Donīt hesitate to return. There will always be a place here for your talents. You should realize from the comments that the people admire and appreciate you. Thats what really counts.
Take care,
Gary
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Nov 16 '01
3:53 pm PST
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very eloquent (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
I hate to see you stop writing here, but I know a lot of my passion for it has been slipping away, too. Fortunately there's still many excellent writers old and new and I can enjoy Epinions when it's working well. Please stop in sometimes to see your friends, okay?
Jan
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Nov 15 '01
11:34 pm PST
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And To Each Its Season (Reply to this comment)
by DAnneC
Dear Jeff,
You were one of my first readers here at Epinions. Yours was my first positive comment. Being placed on your Web of Trust was for me a singular honor--much more so than being selected an advisor or editor or top reviewer by the Epinions staff.
Your leadership, along with that provided by a handful of others, has embued this site with much of what passes as its soul. That soul in turn was characterized by generosity, a sense of excellence, and a commitment to community. We can argue as to how well the site has or has not lived up to these gifts by its best writers, but there can be no argument as to how much all of us owe to your quiet leadership. Even in the manner of your departure, yours is a worthy example.
As with so many others who have left messages before me, I understand and respect your decision to leave--even while I hope that you will yet catch a second wind and return occasionally to leave behind more of your heart and mind for the rest of us to savor.
Regardless of whether we encounter one another again, you carry with you my respect and my very best wishes. In a way that can only make sense with the meeting of minds in this new age of the internet, you are a dear friend.
My Very Highest Regards,
DAnneC
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Nov 14 '01
10:20 pm PST
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You certainly are correct! (Reply to this comment)
by CJsMommy
I found my "passion" has waned in the past few months. Other things have wormed their way into my evening, making my time on this site less and less. And, there are even less things drawing me back here, making it even harder to stay. Even worse is the fact that many of my longtime WOT are leaving...
Thank you for writing this so elequently and truthfully. I'm sure you will strike a chord with many of the writers here.
Jen
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Nov 14 '01
5:10 am PST
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Jeff, (Reply to this comment)
by momsworkinlate
I have always admired your work and looked up to you when I first became a member at Epinions almost 2 years ago. What changes have occurred over time.
I hear your footsteps echoing down the hallway and doors quietly closing.
Epinions no longer lures me to it's pages as it once did. There are too many ghosts. Too many looking for the community that no longer is.
Missing those golden days as I will miss your posts and notes...
Laurie
Momsworkinlate
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Nov 13 '01
6:32 pm PST
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I'll miss your wit and wisdom, Jeff! (Reply to this comment)
by frazzledspice
The loss of community has hurt me much more than the loss of eroyalties and lower income shares. To an extent sites such as Epinion Addicts and Bluehawq's Nest bring the community together again, but, sadly, many of the people who contribute so much there have pretty much given up on Epinions as well. I wrote my first "eroyalty-less" Epinion tonight, and it's true that the magic is pretty much gone.
May you continue to use your gifts and talents to inspire others and bring you joy.
Fondly,
Fraz
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Nov 12 '01
9:54 pm PST
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I think I'll miss you most of all, Scarecrow (Reply to this comment)
by Minstrelette
I've seen many of my favourite writers leave this site, but I don't think I'll miss any as much as I'll miss you. Whenever I came to Epinions and discovered that you had written something new, it always brought a smile to my face.
As for me, I haven't been in the mood to write anything recently, but I'm not quite ready to leave completely. I'm sure my "status" will be taken away soon, and that's fine with me. Let someone else who still has the energy enjoy being an editor for a while.
Anyway, if you ever find yourself in New York (a road trip should still be relatively safe), let me know. You can reach me at jbennett10022@rcn.com.
Take care of yourself.
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Nov 12 '01
9:45 pm PST
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