Comments on: My Appearance on CityNews http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:39:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: » Forgiving the Deadbeat Ex-Housemate’s Debt » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-9758 » Forgiving the Deadbeat Ex-Housemate’s Debt » The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:50:42 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-9758 [...] from a little while back. My deadbeat ex-housemate, who left in December 2001, still owes me a few thousand dollars for rent, utilities, a laptop he borrowed and never returned and the largest domestic phone bill [...] [...] from a little while back. My deadbeat ex-housemate, who left in December 2001, still owes me a few thousand dollars for rent, utilities, a laptop he borrowed and never returned and the largest domestic phone bill [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8382 Anonymous Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:08:24 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8382 Kris here. First, thanks Joey for sharing your google bomb story. Second, I hope that my weak paper bag bang is not at all a premonition for how your problem will resolve itself. Good luck! Kris here. First, thanks Joey for sharing your google bomb story.

Second, I hope that my weak paper bag bang is not at all a premonition for how your problem will resolve itself. Good luck!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8385 Anonymous Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:08:31 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8385 I tried to watch the video but when I clicked on the link, it took me to the page with the story, but the video there was about babies getting enough sleep. I wanna see the video! Where is it, tell me. I tried to watch the video but when I clicked on the link, it took me to the page with the story, but the video there was about babies getting enough sleep. I wanna see the video! Where is it, tell me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8384 Anonymous Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:33:32 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8384 Also implicit in the definition of bullying: bullies do it solely "because they can", and usually as a first option. Neither is true in my case. As for my internet clout over his: once upon a time, he was much better connected than I was. Blaming me for having more Googlejuice is like saying this about the class valedictorian: "Well of course he did well! He <em>worked hard!</em> What kind of fair competition is that?" Also implicit in the definition of bullying: bullies do it solely “because they can”, and usually as a first option. Neither is true in my case.

As for my internet clout over his: once upon a time, he was much better connected than I was. Blaming me for having more Googlejuice is like saying this about the class valedictorian: “Well of course he did well! He worked hard! What kind of fair competition is that?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8379 Anonymous Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:25:45 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8379 Fox News has an... er, <em>interesting</em> way of interpreting facts; that's what my remark was about. There really wasn't much of a repayment scheme, just a lot of vague "I'll pay you back soon...I got money coming in!" promises. I'm beginning to understand why loansharks smash defaulters' shins with crowbars -- after a while, it seems to be the logical (and emotionally satisfying) response to such lame-o excuses. Fox News has an… er, interesting way of interpreting facts; that’s what my remark was about.

There really wasn’t much of a repayment scheme, just a lot of vague “I’ll pay you back soon…I got money coming in!” promises. I’m beginning to understand why loansharks smash defaulters’ shins with crowbars — after a while, it seems to be the logical (and emotionally satisfying) response to such lame-o excuses.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8383 Anonymous Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:18:29 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8383 Of course it is "Cyberbullying". In cyber space you have a lot more power than him. If he would try to same thing with you, he wouldn't be able to get the same results. You can do this because you have a high ranked blog. So if I would use the same definition as you and add the cyberspace to it because you are talking about CYBERbullying, you can see it is cyberbullying: "CyberBullying implies an attack by one party with considerably more power in cyber space than the attacked party." Doesn't mean that I think this is a relatively funny variant of bullying ;) Of course it is “Cyberbullying”. In cyber space you have a lot more power than him. If he would try to same thing with you, he wouldn’t be able to get the same results. You can do this because you have a high ranked blog.

So if I would use the same definition as you and add the cyberspace to it because you are talking about CYBERbullying, you can see it is cyberbullying:

“CyberBullying implies an attack by one party with considerably more power in cyber space than the attacked party.”

Doesn’t mean that I think this is a relatively funny variant of bullying ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8381 Anonymous Fri, 20 Oct 2006 02:02:18 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8381 Kris didn't really get the desired bang from that paper bag. Kris didn’t really get the desired bang from that paper bag.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8380 Anonymous Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:30:21 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8380 Shoot, Joey, you have <em>four</em> squishy cows on your monitor? I want one. Shoot, Joey, you have four squishy cows on your monitor? I want one.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8378 Anonymous Thu, 19 Oct 2006 22:16:04 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8378 I don't see what Fox News has to do with it, but he'd be an idiot not to put <em>some</em> counterspin on it. I have been in your shoes though, to the tune of 3 grand, and I knew the fellow had no chance of repaying it any time soon. I made him go through the exercise of proving to me what expense adjustments were going to be made for repayment installments, just to see if he was trying to be serious (and he was, but he could barely afford 50 bucks a month). After that was done I chose to write it off, as I figured he didn't need the additional stress. He was a real gentleman though and never forgot it. I don't know the whole history between you two fellas but your account suggests he wasn't exactly playing straight with the repayment scheme. I don’t see what Fox News has to do with it, but he’d be an idiot not to put some counterspin on it.

I have been in your shoes though, to the tune of 3 grand, and I knew the fellow had no chance of repaying it any time soon.

I made him go through the exercise of proving to me what expense adjustments were going to be made for repayment installments, just to see if he was trying to be serious (and he was, but he could barely afford 50 bucks a month). After that was done I chose to write it off, as I figured he didn’t need the additional stress. He was a real gentleman though and never forgot it.

I don’t know the whole history between you two fellas but your account suggests he wasn’t exactly playing straight with the repayment scheme.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8377 Anonymous Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:18:46 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8377 That's the way I'd spin it if I were in his shoes or if I was working on an audition tape for Fox News. That’s the way I’d spin it if I were in his shoes or if I was working on an audition tape for Fox News.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8376 Anonymous Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:11:19 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8376 Playing devil's advocate here, and not at all suggesting he be absolved of his debt: If you're Warren Buffet and he's the grasshopper who sang and danced the summer away, wouldn't that make <em>you</em> The Man? After all he's just a starving twenty-something trying (and evidently not succeeding) to make it in the cutthroat world of a Big American City, and you're a high-mojo mover in Accordion City who has absorbed his 6K hit to your wallet and not stumbled ... Playing devil’s advocate here, and not at all suggesting he be absolved of his debt:

If you’re Warren Buffet and he’s the grasshopper who sang and danced the summer away, wouldn’t that make you The Man?

After all he’s just a starving twenty-something trying (and evidently not succeeding) to make it in the cutthroat world of a Big American City, and you’re a high-mojo mover in Accordion City who has absorbed his 6K hit to your wallet and not stumbled …

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8375 Anonymous Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:05:17 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2006/10/19/my-appearance-on-citynews/#comment-8375 Of course if he's in the tech industry it's only a matter of time that potential employer is a loyal reader and it negatively impacts him or he gets the question in the middle of an interview "so did you ever payback Joey?" Of course if he’s in the tech industry it’s only a matter of time that potential employer is a loyal reader and it negatively impacts him or he gets the question in the middle of an interview “so did you ever payback Joey?”

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