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It's The First Time  

kzoopair 73M/71F
8614 posts
2/23/2016 11:53 am
It's The First Time

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"The First Time" Is The Topic For The Seventeenth Virtual Symposium

The public has spoken. They’ve selected “The First Time” for the topic of the next Symposium. As H.L. Mencken said, the public is an ass. I’m not saying I agree with Mencken. I just wanted to put that out there so you were all aware of it. This is a recurring problem with the democratic type of government. In theory, every jackass is entitled to a vote, and unless you’re Antonin Scalia, you think that vote should count. If the vote is merely symbolic and doesn’t count in even the tiniest way, it’s just an exercise in absurdity, like reading the future in chicken guts. So this is why many people don’t vote. They’d just as soon spend the morning staring at chicken guts.

H.L. Mencken


The First Time is a hell of a lot more broad a topic than the last one, friends with benefits. No matter how broadly or narrowly FWB is defined, it still describes a certain human relationship, but with the first time the sky’s pretty much the limit. It has been famously noted that there’s a first time for everything. I can’t find a documented instance where Mencken said that, but I figure the odds are pretty good that he did at some time or another. Now, if I could manage to dig up the very first time he said it, by golly, then I’d have something! As it is I got nothing so far. You might have guessed that by now, but give me a break- it’s my first time.

Joyce Kilmer


Joyce Kilmer once wrote that “Only God can make a tree.” And Woody Allen noted “Probably because it’s so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.” It seems pretty clear that H.L. Mencken knew of Joyce Kilmer, but it seems unlikely that he’d ever met Woody Allen. How these two facts shaped his opinion of the public is not known, but I’m sure that an exploration of that-if attempted- would be an exploration done for the first time.

Woody Allen


On or about the stroke of midnight on 27 February, or in the wee early hours of Sunday 28 February, participants will post an interpretation of the topic “The First Time”, many of them surely for the first time. My own first time was 2 September 2014, when I posted A Treatise on Age and Amorousness. It was also the very first time we had this series of Symposia. I’d rate it an overwhelming success. Many of us are introduced to other bloggers for the first time, and it will surely be the first time being exposed to certain takes on the topic.

Please do visit humorlife, Unknown and read the details for yourself. The comments are entertaining as well, so don’t skip those. This is an online party, so have fun. And do write a post about a first time. There’s at least a chance you’ll meet that special blogger and end up copulating, for the first time!

Bonus photo- Myrna Loy


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spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
2/23/2016 12:01 pm

H L Mencken is right. I don't think I've voted for a winning symposium topic yet.
Let me guess what the first time for many will mean!


kzoopair 73M/71F
25831 posts
2/23/2016 12:11 pm

    Quoting spunkycumfun:
    H L Mencken is right. I don't think I've voted for a winning symposium topic yet.
    Let me guess what the first time for many will mean!
He does seem to have got that correct, doesn't he? I have backed a couple of winners for the Symposia, which is better than my record voting for public servants. I began voting for President in 1972 and didn't pick a winner until 1992. I was soon disappointed though, and I think in many ways it's better to vote for the loser and then spend four years bitching about the winner. We do so hate having to gripe about the guy we voted for, and it's even worse trying to defend the son-of-a-bitch.

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kzoopair 73M/71F
25831 posts
2/23/2016 12:31 pm

    Quoting yesmamallthetime:
    I developed a thick skin defending President Obama. I questioned everyone's gripes of him through a filter. Yes, racism is an undercurrent of many criticisms of him. He really has been one of the most obstructed presidents of our all time as evidenced by filibusters. It has become a joke of a meme to blame him for everything. This has become known as Obama Derangement Syndrome. History if written by objective folks will find his presidency very influential and pretty darn good. He could have done much more that is for sure but I am thankful he accomplished what he has been able to do. But that is politics. I voted for the first time in 1988. I voted for the short Greek guy.

    I hope to write something good for this month's symposium. Last month I was stumped.
I'm with you about Obama, but I do try not to argue with idiots. It usually devolves quickly into name calling and rolling in the mud, and the idiot has more experience. Even though I haven't always agreed with Obama, I do feel he was the best of the winners I've voted for. If nothing else he should get high marks for his dignity and poise in the face of singular adversity.

My own first vote was for George McGovern.

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thegrlsnme 67F
1683 posts
2/28/2016 10:12 pm

and to think all my life i though joyce kilmer was a woman. wow, i learned something new from a blog on the first time on LesbianPersonals. go figure.......good blog......thegrls

Enjoy the ride searching for what you want here..........thegrls


kzoopair 73M/71F
25831 posts
2/29/2016 9:51 am

    Quoting thegrlsnme:
    and to think all my life i though joyce kilmer was a woman. wow, i learned something new from a blog on the first time on LesbianPersonals. go figure.......good blog......thegrls
Ha! Thanks! It's nice to see you here. Come back often!

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