This is my 100th post

[Jed Dilligan]

A drop in the bucket, I realize. Good morning everyone! Please feel free to make all kinds of snarky puns now.

[toey]

1. you'll get no snarkiness from me

welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Jed Dilligan]

5. Maybe you should try it

Snarking can be fun, up to a point... :)

[In_The_Wind]

2. Hi Jed Dilligan

to DU!

I am one of the least snarky people around.

Congratulations to many more

[Jed Dilligan]

6. Wow

Pretty fireworks! Thanks!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Good morning, my dear Jed!

WELCOME TO DU!

And biggo congratulations on your 100th post!

To a NoCal guy from a SoCal girl! How do you like Jerry Brown as your mayor?

I hear he's getting ready to run for Atty General......sounds good to me!

Good old Gov. Moonbeam we used to call him!


:woohoo: :woohoo:

[Jed Dilligan]

4. Very good question!

I know the mayor, so I may be somewhat biased, but knowing such an, um, obstreperous character could actually bias a person either way...

As someone who's been in and out of town (living various other places but always coming back) since I was 15, I have to say I like Brown's Oakland. I just moved into a place downtown this month. There are bullet holes in my building but I haven't heard a shot (except for firing in the air, and that was across the freeway) since I moved in. Hookers work the street but they are polite and I haven't run into any aggressive people. I'm queasy in general about "law 'n order" but whatever the OPD have been doing in my neighborhood works for me.. so far. Meanwhile, there are a million new businesses popping up, including some funky bars and coffee houses and a lot of great places to eat, which I appreciate.

On the downside, I think he could do more for the homeless, and some of the eminent domain stuff is pretty spooky to me. But the net effect is visibly good, and (hate to say it) I feel good living in a place that has improved while the rest of the world seems to be going to hell.

When Ron Dellums takes over next year, I hope that he continues at least enough of Brown's legacy that the new stores don't all shut down and the people who shot up my apartment building don't come back!

[malta blue]

7. Hi Jed

Welcome to DU!!

[Jed Dilligan]

13. Hi malta blue, pretty name

What does it mean?

[malta blue]

15. I am a fan of the blue grotto in malta

here is a link to a picture...
http://searchmalta.com/cgi-local/photos/main.cgi?id=1374&type=3&brand=0

[Jed Dilligan]

17. It's lovely

The name Malta Blue sounds to me like an artist's pigment or a breed of cat. Both of which would probably be pretty.

[malta blue]

18. Thanks Jed

I wonder if there is a pigment called malta blue. It does sound like there should be one, doesn't there. Good call!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

8. Hey Jed.

[Jed Dilligan]

10. Hey Crazy!

(it's fun saying that)

[hfojvt]

14. don't make it bad

take a sad song, and make it better ...

[Rising Phoenix]

9. Congratulations and welcome

:hi:

[Jed Dilligan]

11. Thanks Sniffa

I hope your username doesn't indicate a drug problem...

[Rising Phoenix]

19. lol...

I haven't heard that before, and no it doesn't...I got it from my fiance...Sniffa....use your imagination

[Jed Dilligan]

23. Hmmm... (imagination working)

I can't get past the idea of you being engaged to a large and highly intelligent dog, quite possibly an Airedale terrier. When he talks, which isn't that often, he speaks in ebonics.

[Rising Phoenix]

24. wow, that's some imagination you got there...

keep trying...right now you are cold

[khashka]

12. Hey Jed!

100? Congrats! And welcome!

Khash.

[Jed Dilligan]

16. Hey

How are things down in Houston? Haven't been there since '97.

[dr.strangelove]

20. Welcome and Congrats on 100

I am closing in on 2000, but I am not as active as some of these guys. I usually do a few posts per week, but on some days I am very active.

[I Have A Dream]

21. I remember how that feels, JD. It's an important milestone!

:hi:

[swimboy]

22. Yeah! Congratulations!

The first hundred is the hardest. :thumbsup: