tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post3382790517771312008..comments2023-09-25T07:50:15.972-05:00Comments on Misplaced In The Midwest: The Tao Of The Lazy HippieOsirishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-21112474615176164422009-12-29T21:18:23.047-06:002009-12-29T21:18:23.047-06:00Jon,
That is one of my all time favorite quotes......Jon,<br />That is one of my all time favorite quotes...<br />ANother one of my favorites is... People sleep peaceably in their bed at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf..<br />Stay safe, <br />Mike M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-75630874889856503502009-12-29T07:50:29.329-06:002009-12-29T07:50:29.329-06:00Arizona reader:
Yes, I escalated this thing to nu...Arizona reader:<br /><br />Yes, I escalated this thing to nuclear. However, I was NOT the one who decided to make it public. If you hit me with a stick, I will hit you with a BIGGER stick. I will protect those around me from ignorant, inappropriate behavior with the very core of my being.<br /><br />I do appreciate your commenting here however, especially since you don't know any of the parties involved, including me. Helps me put the whole situation in perspective. Thank you.Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-74980640613058337992009-12-29T03:42:45.902-06:002009-12-29T03:42:45.902-06:00My 2 cents
I think all of you are making a big de...My 2 cents<br /><br />I think all of you are making a big deal about nothing. What Don's old lady did was stupid and classless, so what. Can't Ms. ***** deal with it. It sounded like she did fine with a classless comment from a classless lady and Jonathan is the one taking it to a new level. Put everything in perspective she could've lost her life instead of sharing an elevator with the queen of the trailer park. <br /><br />Keep in mind I don't know anyone involved here and I live in Arizona so am not confined to a computer screen, due to the weather, but it sounds like a very minor thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-14419493780382458062009-12-28T22:52:20.697-06:002009-12-28T22:52:20.697-06:00@ Nick: You need to back off of this one. Don wasn...@ Nick: You need to back off of this one. Don wasn't the victim in that situation, and has talked more than his fair share of shit about Jonathan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-29777115920430354462009-12-28T22:26:42.056-06:002009-12-28T22:26:42.056-06:00Nick... I never threatened to kill you, although t...Nick... I never threatened to kill you, although there are times I could have ended you, and no court would have convicted me.<br /><br />You know you live to push buttons. That's exactly what you're doing now.<br /><br />You also know damn well you wouldn't defend me with the vigor that you have risen to Don's defense here.<br /><br />Let me make it clear.<br /><br />I don't owe Don anything.<br /><br />Not dime one.<br /><br />In fact, he owes ME a fair chuck of change, but we had a "gentlemen's agreement" which I honored, and he shit on.<br /><br />While all this is going on, the man himself has stayed in the shadows, because that's what he does. He talks a good game, but when it's time to face the issue, he hides, waits in the tall grass, and attacks when he thinks there is no chance of retaliation. That's what happened last year when he actually tried to do an end-run around me by filing against me in a New York court while I was a resident of Minnesota.<br /><br />I remain an honorable man.<br /><br />But if you play dirty with me, I can get real dirty, real quick too.Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-61785017352550658252009-12-28T22:25:59.435-06:002009-12-28T22:25:59.435-06:00aww...make nice now, boys. Lower the testosterone ...aww...make nice now, boys. Lower the testosterone levels. Can't we all be friends?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-25542097456569486522009-12-28T22:05:23.346-06:002009-12-28T22:05:23.346-06:00Did you just call me out to a fight and threaten t...Did you just call me out to a fight and threaten to kill me because I questioned you on an internet blog?<br /><br />-NickNicknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-84931744143364758022009-12-28T22:01:46.896-06:002009-12-28T22:01:46.896-06:00My point was that you were calling Don out but nev...My point was that you were calling Don out but never stated whether or not you really owed him money. I reread your post twice and you never said one way or another if you really did. You are still justifying not paying him in the first place by saying you have receipts.<br /><br />You deleted a long post I made which is pretty low. I don't think I said anything out of line, I just questioned your arguments which seemed more personal then based in reality. Why don't you repost it so your readers can be the judge. Unless you would rather this space be filled with sycophantic comments to placate you. <br /><br />Just look at the other responses to this post. It's turned into Shit-on-Don-palooza. This is why I felt the need to defend him. Lord knows the man has his faults, but who among you doesn't? I'm sure no ones ever found you annoying Laura. I called you out but at least you have the decency to use a real name.<br /><br />For the record if I came across a blog somewhere that was calling you out for for a seemingly unjustifiable action, and then followed by a group of anonymous assholes pointing out your personal flaws, I'd confront the accuser in the same manner that I did here. <br /><br />-NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-29438716351647065542009-12-28T21:55:33.049-06:002009-12-28T21:55:33.049-06:00In fact...
We could settle this very easily.
Sin...In fact...<br /><br />We could settle this very easily.<br /><br />Since Don seems to have finally grown a set on balls, how about a winner-take-all Mixed Martial Arts match? <br /><br />I'll get into the octagon alone against Don and both of his boys... shit, you can join then if you want Nick. If the four of you beat me, I'll never set foot in Buffalo again. In addition, you guys will get 15% of the betting action.<br /><br />If I win, no one in Buffalo would be in the least bit surprised.<br /><br />I'm guessing that I'm the only one among our peers who has actually killed another human being, so I'm guessing I'll do okay against the four of you by myself. <br /><br />Might be worth it... I bet half of Allentown would buy a ticket.Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-32251079626942703942009-12-28T21:42:32.564-06:002009-12-28T21:42:32.564-06:00In fact Nick, after the "I don't know if ...In fact Nick, after the "I don't know if your lights are going to be on when you get back" incident, the first thing I did was change the utilities for the upstairs into MY name. The last straw for me was coughing up money for utilities and getting a phone call a few days later while I'm out of town that pretty much told me that the money didn't go for the utilities it was intended for. So I REALLY don't know where Kathy gets off telling people I "left them with a lot of bills" when the bills for the space I was occupying were in MY name.<br /><br />Unless of course she was led to believe that the utilities for the 2nd and 3rd floor were still being handled by them... but I have those receipts too...Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-79901518974685865582009-12-28T21:22:53.922-06:002009-12-28T21:22:53.922-06:00Nope. It's a push.
I actually did offer him a...Nope. It's a push.<br /><br />I actually did offer him a token payment awhile back, because I know that he's in some financial straits, and he quite obviously hasn't been honest with Kathy about the financial situation with the property he purchased.<br /><br />I can produce receipts for everything I put into that property... most of which are things that he as the landlord was supposed to take care of BEFORE a tenant moves in... In fact, if I wanted to be a complete asshole to him, the receipts I have for work done to make the upstairs habitable would show him owing ME close to $3000.<br /><br />He violated our "gentlemen's agreement" Nick. The reason he did so was simply because he wanted to put money in his pocket. I kept meticulous records. He writes shit down in pencil on the corner of his desk.<br /><br />I borrowed the money he needed for his property taxes from a friend. He didn't have to pay it back, that fell to me.<br /><br />I don't owe him a fucking thing, and I can produce paperwork that shows at the end of the day, he owes ME money.<br /><br />He's somehow forgotten that I know the financial games he plays to stay afloat... right down to kiting checks.<br /><br />My shit is solid, and I can back it up with receipts and legal paperwork.Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-42981850000431265582009-12-28T21:15:56.174-06:002009-12-28T21:15:56.174-06:00Finally. Nick, you should've asked that quest...Finally. Nick, you should've asked that question first b/4 reprimanding or calling anyone out. <br /><br />Buffalo is buzzing tonight!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-62457191194425136842009-12-28T21:07:23.048-06:002009-12-28T21:07:23.048-06:00Answer me this honestly, do you owe him money?
-...Answer me this honestly, do you owe him money? <br /><br />-NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-53238649893326655622009-12-28T20:57:00.841-06:002009-12-28T20:57:00.841-06:00Yes, I deleted your comment Nick. I've been on...Yes, I deleted your comment Nick. I've been on the phone with people from Buffalo since I published this entry, and it's been made quite clear to me that not only is your boy Don forwarding the e-mail exchange between us to anyone who will listen, but I also have been made to understand that he has also said several things about me to people that quite frankly, are not nice.<br /><br />Fact is, when I was in Buffalo, he didn't say shit. But as soon as I was out of town, he suddenly grew a set of balls. Now that I'm not there to defend myself, suddenly he's got shit to say to anyone he can corner for ten seconds.<br /><br />That shit is WEAK.<br /><br />He tried to take me to court, figuring that I wouldn't spend the money to fly back to defend myself.<br /><br />He's a backstabber and a nightfighter.<br /><br />If you're going to bring shit to me, bring it to my face, don't hide in the shadows, That's EXACTLY what he did.<br /><br />Fucking PUSSY move is what that shit is.Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-65773647389982888002009-12-28T20:41:06.165-06:002009-12-28T20:41:06.165-06:00I don't think I've spoken to Don in years....I don't think I've spoken to Don in years.<br /><br />Did you really erase my post? lol <br /><br />-NickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-27820353036423194752009-12-28T20:28:32.630-06:002009-12-28T20:28:32.630-06:00You're out of line Nick.
You will NOT come on...You're out of line Nick.<br /><br />You will NOT come on here and try to make a case for Don. Especially since you don't know the whole story. I can tell that he's obviously whined to you about the situation, because that's the only reason you're in here trying to play Captain Save-A-Ho.<br /><br />You also need to stop trying to argue libel and slander with me... I WAS the General Manager of a law firm in Buffalo for three years. Instead of quibbling about semantics, and the gray area that the definition of both slander and libel fall under, I'll end that by putting them both under the blanket of defamation.<br /><br />Don needs to fight his own battles. You need to sty out of this Nick.Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-40804955307568246112009-12-28T18:44:33.727-06:002009-12-28T18:44:33.727-06:00Nick obviously didn't comprehend what Jonathan...Nick obviously didn't comprehend what Jonathan wrote. Don was the one who went public with this bullshit. I was just on the phone with someone Don was forwarding messages to. Don's girlfriend crossed a line she had no business crossing, and Don is acting like a four-year old with his 'I'm going to tell on you' shit.<br /><br />Grow up Don. Get a clue Nick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-37775891022498404832009-12-28T18:29:59.542-06:002009-12-28T18:29:59.542-06:00No offense Nick, but you're out of line here. ...No offense Nick, but you're out of line here. What Kathy did was inappropriate, end of story. I called Don on it, and he came out with the "I'm going to go public with this" bullshit.<br /><br />I've got nothing to hide.<br /><br />As far as your "man up, or shut up" comment is concerned, "manning up" is EXACTLY what I'm doing here. Someone is his circle came at one of my people with some bullshit that didn't concern them at a most inappropriate time, and I take offense at that.<br /><br />Re-read everything bro... You've quite obviously taken some things here out of context. I'm trying to figure out where you got the idea that I worked for Don... I offered HIM concert work every summer going back the last three years, but he was more interested in sitting in his studio, playing at being an artist for no money.<br /><br />I'll also point out that he tried to take me to court, and got bounced.<br /><br />Moral high ground goes to me. If I lose you as a reader Nick, so be it. You've been a friend of that family for more years than I know about.<br /><br />It's cool. I know where your loyalties lie.<br /><br />Just make sure you know what you're talking about before you come at me. I wasn't the one who went public with this, Don is. It's high time he stopped blaming ME for his financial woes and took responsibility for his own shit.Osirishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03228289561211404783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-65332201143747144462009-12-28T18:17:14.923-06:002009-12-28T18:17:14.923-06:00I'll put in my two cents. Don definitely has a...I'll put in my two cents. Don definitely has a tendency to point the finger everywhere but at himself. The fact that he forwarded your messages to other people and "went public" is laughable. He obviously doesn't know Jonathan very well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-87623604051943517212009-12-28T18:07:53.725-06:002009-12-28T18:07:53.725-06:00What Don and Cathy did was immature, but Slander? ...What Don and Cathy did was immature, but Slander? Hardly. If you owe him money, and you never stated here specifically that you don't, be a man and pay up or shut up. If you did work for him then you should have come to some agreement as to the worth and taken that off the total at the time, not whine years later. You seem like the hippy here brah. <br /><br />I for one knew Don back when he had his own construction business and spent what 20 years working his ass off. How he spends his time is his business and none of your business. If anyone is guilty of slander (well I suppose it's actually libel), it's you for posting this. <br /><br />You also are making way to big a deal over Kathy taking to your friends, was it tacky and classless? Sure, but your making it out to be way bigger then it is. <br /><br />Honestly man, I always thought you were a cool guy and I enjoy reading your blog but I really have to call you out here. Man up or shut up.<br /><br />-Nick DuerschAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-18591737906146391052009-12-28T18:05:17.781-06:002009-12-28T18:05:17.781-06:00Oh my god! Don doesn't just go on forever abou...Oh my god! Don doesn't just go on forever about how corrupt government is, he's got a perennial hard on for that Randi Rhodes chick. If Don ever has an original thought about politics, and not something he heard on talk radio and repeats ad nauseum it will be a sign of the apocalypse.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13776515303137541080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-14582534666856687812009-12-28T17:47:34.390-06:002009-12-28T17:47:34.390-06:00I agree. Anyone who knows Don and knows Jonathan c...I agree. Anyone who knows Don and knows Jonathan can see quite clearly what the deal here is. At least Jonathan works for a living. Don's idea of work is sitting around smoking weed and yammering on endlessly about how corrupt government is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-81464392794306167442009-12-28T17:23:41.088-06:002009-12-28T17:23:41.088-06:00Dude, Don is a fucking idiot. Everyone here knows ...Dude, Don is a fucking idiot. Everyone here knows that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-3178657758171817742009-12-28T17:21:33.726-06:002009-12-28T17:21:33.726-06:00Jonathan, you crack me up! Don forwarded your mess...Jonathan, you crack me up! Don forwarded your messages to me the other day, and I was laughing that he still is ranting and raving about that shit. You're 100% right, what his girlfriend did was totally inappropriate. <br /><br />Listen man, just let him sputter and fume. Everyone here knows what the score with him is. Motivation to work for a living has never been his strong suit, and it's ALWAYS someone else's fault that he has no money. <br /><br />Funny shit though man, I'm going to forward this to a few people!<br /><br />PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855116108724111866.post-49834279143016753732009-12-28T17:12:49.074-06:002009-12-28T17:12:49.074-06:00nothing but love, honey...nothing but love! You m...nothing but love, honey...nothing but love! You make me smile and provide me with chuckles. Wish I had your chutzpa (hope that's spelled right...cause I didn't really want to use the word 'balls'---oops) TMRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com