George - can I call you George? I think I will call you George - I am writing you because I am an avid reader of your comments on The Daily Toreador's Web site. I must say, this has never been by choice, because I am the former online editor of The DT. My responsibilities, as you can imagine, are everything related to the Web site - that includes reading every comment on the site and making sure they do not violate our terms of service.
I am writing you, George, because, since today is my last day, I want to know what is going through your head. First off, you write an insane amount of words in your comments, often many times longer than the story is. Secondly, you are the typical forum flamer, which means all of your comments are targeted at pissing people off and have no real point. As far as I can tell, they are pretty much all based on the same topic: Lubbock sucks because of the Christians who run this town.
And referring to Lubbock as the Giant Backside of Texas? Clearly you have not been back to Lubbock since the 1970s, because you probably would not recognize the town. Yes, Lubbock has city leaders that may seem bizarre at times, however in my lifetime I have lived in several different cities, and the problem you're talking about is persistent everywhere. I spend a lot of time reading your comments, and I wonder how someone could become so bitter. What went wrong in your childhood here that makes you so butt hurt whenever someone mentions this town?
I often have wondered what you do for a living and what the hell you do in your free time. You post constantly on the college newspaper's Web site. I could have sworn you originally signed your posts as an associate civil engineer, but one of your recent posts claims you're a regional sales manager for some fortune 200 company. I only can assume advancement in your career would go a lot faster if you spent less time at The DT's Web site and more time actually doing your job.
To help ween you off of this unhealthy addiction to a college newspaper's Web site, let me make a few suggestions. For starters, expand your music collection. Personally, I am a fan of such greats as CSS, MC Chris and Del the Funky Homosapian. Perhaps you could also take up a hobby to occupy your time. I recommend underwater basket weaving, reading Texas A&M's paper The Battalion - hell if you think Lubbock is bad, just you wait - or simply start a stamp collection.
Since this is my final paper - because I already have accepted a job at a professional newspaper working on multimedia projects in their online department - I must leave you with the words of the goonmaster, general Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka: "The Internet makes you stupid."
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