Cheese Month Continues at MetaGrrrl Dot Com 2005

I think if I was to start over today, I might just do a LiveJournal instead of a blog. I know many of you may be shocked to hear me say it, but reading a couple years of one has given me a clear sense of how good they are for making a community. The regular commenters, the interplay of conversations and memes, I like it all a lot.

It helps, of course, that Gordonzola's a really good writer and has a fantastic group of regulars in his comment threads. Plus with material like memories of childhood, thoughtful analyses of 20th century political theory, stories of retail hell, punk this & that, and YES! cheese, it's hard to go wrong.

Plus these comment threads. Too fun! This is from a discussion of Asiago cheese:

"Wake up, people!" says Anarqueso, "Gordonzola said 'It’s sharp, salty and has that slight vomit aftertaste of an Italian provolone. Oh, I’m not supposed to say vomit… is that what piquant means?' God, is anyone even reading this? Yes, he said vomit, and yes, it does taste like it, and, hello?! that's a bad thing. Bad, not good.

Spoonfeeding replies "yes, but so does blue cheese, and does that gross me out? no, I fucking love it. if you encase a cat in it, I'll eat it. I don't care."

These are my kind of people. Cheese freaks.

 

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Cheese Month Continues at MetaGrrrl Dot Com

I think if I was to start over today, I might just do a LiveJournal instead of a blog. I know many of you may be shocked to hear me say it, but reading a couple years of one has given me a clear sense of how good they are for making a community. The regular commenters, the interplay of conversations and memes, I like it all a lot.

It helps, of course, that Gordonzola's a really good writer and has a fantastic group of regulars in his comment threads. Plus with material like memories of childhood, thoughtful analyses of 20th century political theory, stories of retail hell, punk this & that, and YES! cheese, it's hard to go wrong.

Plus these comment threads. Too fun! This is from a discussion of Asiago cheese:

"Wake up, people!" says Anarqueso, "Gordonzola said 'It’s sharp, salty and has that slight vomit aftertaste of an Italian provolone. Oh, I’m not supposed to say vomit… is that what piquant means?' God, is anyone even reading this? Yes, he said vomit, and yes, it does taste like it, and, hello?! that's a bad thing. Bad, not good.

Spoonfeeding replies "yes, but so does blue cheese, and does that gross me out? no, I fucking love it. if you encase a cat in it, I'll eat it. I don't care."

These are my kind of people. Cheese freaks.

 

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