[Vision2020] Who is Joan Opyr????

[keely emerinemix]

Gwen,

Thanks for your warm, thoughtful, and ever-so-helpful comments about Vision 
2020 and my friend, Joan Opyr.  Heaven forbid you might read something you 
find less than fascinating, although if you're looking for hard-hitting 
relevance, there's a Pepsi/Coke/RC taste test that might spark your fancy on 
Dale Courtney's blog.  None of us had any idea that things on Vision weren't 
interesting, and I'm terribly grateful for your having pointed them out.  
People so benefit from snarky comments that they need professional help, and 
I hope you rest in your having made a positive contribution to the fray.

Sarcasm aside, your debut has put you into my "auto-delete" file with 
amazing speed.  Way to go, girl.

keely




From: Joan Opyr <joanopyr at earthlink.net>
To: Gwen Collins <ratedg.gwen at gmail.com>
CC: Vision2020 Moscow <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Who is Joan Opyr????
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 21:29:31 -0800

On 5 Dec 2005, at 20:44, Gwen Collins wrote:

>I, too, am new to this forum, and don't plan to waste a lot of my time 
>reading the everyday chitchat that goes on between those who obviously have 
>too much time on their hands.  I did want to address, though, one of the 
>many ramblings of Joan about recent posts to the board.  I can only vouch 
>for one of the current posts, and that is Jackie Bolden.  I do know her, 
>and can assure you she is a real person who was looking for community 
>information.  I suspect that she is not interested in the meaningless 
>ramblings and nastiness of the "regulars" here.
>
>Why would anyone think that this board was a place to write a daily book 
>about what's going on in their life?  And for that matter, who cares?  If 
>people want to write to their personal diary every day and/or boast about 
>their ignorant intolerance of others in the community, start your own 
>weblong, for heaven's sake.
>
>And what on earth is this paranoia about, Joan?  Sounds like you might need 
>some professional help.

Dear Gwen,

If I were new to this forum, and if I found that I didn't like it, I think 
I'd just get off.  Why stay and bitch about the "regulars?"  That's not the 
way to either 1) change the topics of conversation or 2) win friends and 
influence people.  I'm not Dale Carnegie myself, but then I neither need nor 
want to be your pal.  You seem kind of . . . tense.

BTW, if you really want to know who I am, you can Google me, visit my 
website, or have a gander at my work on New West, in Stonewall News, or the 
Moscow Food Co-Op Newsletter.  Alternatively, you can visit Dale Courtney's 
blog, http://right-mind.us, and have all of your worst assumptions 
confirmed.  I am, apparently, a disingenuous, God-hating, going-to-hell 
lesbian with no understanding of the global economy.  And there I thought I 
was just your garden variety Jewish butch with a penchant for Steve McQueen 
movies and Triumph Bonnevilles.  Go figure.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com

PS: If you and your acquaintance, Jackie Bolden, are genuinely 
community-minded, then good for you.  We could use a few more 
community-minded folk in Moscow.  I certainly don't wish you ill -- the 
Monty Python men-in-dresses crack was meant as a joke.  On the other hand, 
we on Vision 2020 have suffered quite a few "female impersonators" on the 
list over the past few years.  Edna Wilmington was just one of many.  So, I 
will admit that I am naturally suspicious of people who leap on the list, 
attack the members, and then leap back into the ether without so much as a 
self-introduction or a by your leave.  Ever think of just saying, "Hello?"

PPS: I'll refrain from suggesting that you, too, could use some professional 
help.  Sadly, the Wendy Ward Charm Schools are no longer in business.





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