tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post5437949754711873093..comments2023-11-11T06:44:14.098-08:00Comments on Living In The Bonus Round: How A Few Words Can Change EverythingSteve Schalchlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-33867860073284617192007-01-12T21:53:00.000-08:002007-01-12T21:53:00.000-08:00Amen, Steve. I've long felt that were it not for ...Amen, Steve. I've long felt that were it not for the crisis of faith being gay presented me I might never have seen fundamentalism for what it really is. Or escaped it.<br /><br />And I think I know what you mean about the difference a few <i>right</i> words make. I keep looking for them all the time with my first graders...<br /><br />peace man!<br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-366418461347178282007-01-12T08:35:00.000-08:002007-01-12T08:35:00.000-08:00very sweet, Steve... yeah, the couple words in the...very sweet, Steve... yeah, the couple words in the show make that layer real.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-13926849310457780412007-01-12T08:01:00.000-08:002007-01-12T08:01:00.000-08:00It's not the show that's getting old, it's just yo...It's not the show that's getting old, it's just you, honey :)Amy Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363826528604660845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-66934149723045803102007-01-12T07:48:00.000-08:002007-01-12T07:48:00.000-08:00rk, Amy pointed last night, too, that it comes aft...rk, Amy pointed last night, too, that it comes after Jim's speech about how we start out as one thing and then end up as the thing we were meant to be. So, yeah, I agree that it was always implied, but somehow, saying it out loud, just drove it home in a new way for me.<br /><br />The other thing it did was give me a new performance on the song. Whereas before, I was entering a little hesitantly Steve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-25989418461620174292007-01-12T07:43:00.000-08:002007-01-12T07:43:00.000-08:00You know, I always heard "that could have been me"...You know, I always heard "that could have been me" implied in that song, even on the CD. That's the main reason I love that song... the compassion and almost mourning for that guy, growing from the knowledge that yeah, that could have been you.sporkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06246720873445884366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-56699165807850855222007-01-12T07:23:00.001-08:002007-01-12T07:23:00.001-08:00Eric, thanks for the comment. Just cruised over to...Eric, thanks for the comment. Just cruised over to your blog. Very nice! I will add you to my blogroll.Steve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-39293607494993559412007-01-12T07:23:00.000-08:002007-01-12T07:23:00.000-08:00Eric, thanks for the comment. Just cruised over to...Eric, thanks for the comment. Just cruised over to your blog. Very nice! I will add you to my blogroll.Steve Schalchlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08151100118640317860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-2044215513231404882007-01-12T07:02:00.000-08:002007-01-12T07:02:00.000-08:00Yup. We're all just one twist of fate away from b...Yup. We're all just one twist of fate away from being something hideous.<br /><br />It took being gay AND alcoholic for me to come back to an active belief in a Power Greater than myself.<br /><br />A Power that is NOT the hateful SOB that I was brought up to believe in.JoyZeeBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045681895558115673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11538131.post-69773931036991396292007-01-12T05:47:00.000-08:002007-01-12T05:47:00.000-08:00I think you're very right. Had I kept on in the l...I think you're very right. Had I kept on in the life in which I'd been raised, I'd believe being gay is wrong, I'd have been VERY active in a fundamentalist church and against...well, against everything for which I now currently stand.<br />So, yeah. Thanks, God, for making me a 'mo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com