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I got a fun comment a while back. Finally, I got back and thought it was worth sharing the correspondence.

you left a comment for me...

Joe,

How's it going brother? My name is Jason. I don't know how I found you but I did, so be it. I awoke a recent morning to find "Dispatches from the Brink" on my Favorites list.( Tight name for the site.)I figure I was most likely fucked up on a previous night and read "Forget what's important", a very solid bit of writing.It was written with great style, kinda "1950's BEAT" style but it wasn't. That was a mere comparison, your shit was more complex, highbrow, quiet/soft, chill and not obnoxious.

I dig it you wrote something pretty original at a time on earth when there is a lot of fuckers trying to be different and express themselves artistically. I would give a liberal number of 99% never achieve it. Not even once. I think in this piece you did it once. Deep subject I think most thinkers our age have conflict with. Man, Shit and if you just watch a good doc on a 3rd world nation, an unjust situation in the world, the Iraq war or even Fight Club... Man then I'll be like " fuck this rat race shit " I'm ready to sell everything and start doing somthing I TRULY BELIEVE IN. Pack my fucking bags.

If we're on the same page, I understand "Forget What's Important". Good job. Secondly I think I might start a blog. I would appreciate some advise brother, hit me up at xxx@xxx.com.

Later, Jason

I've had plenty of mornings where I woke up with a computer screen full of indiscretions.

As far as selling all yer stuff and packing the bags, I totally did that! I did it in 2005. It felt great, but all I learned is that I sort of have to suck it up and take shit for the most part if I want to continue trying to enjoy my time, this life, and reinterpret it on the blog or in videos or whatever.

If you feel that itch long enough and it doesn't seem to go away, you might have to scratch it and hit the road. You just have to experience it to know.

And if you want to start a blog, do what I failed to do and give your readers something they can't find anywhere else. Try to create more of back and forth with your visitors. Aim for creating a community of ideas. Also, any "success" I see here seems to be where I focus outward and look at the world around me. It's somewhat personal opinion but it's less self-celebratory and more observational. People relate to the things we all see and share so if possible, stay away from dwelling inside your own thoughts, feelings, life... unless it's exploding with drama and excitement and you write superbly about it. I know this blog could use a lot less of me exploring my inner-12-year-old-girl.