tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post7480081577041385800..comments2024-01-09T13:55:46.379-05:00Comments on 15 Minute Lunch: Five years of this? Holy crap.Johnny Virgilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-1049859160667985622010-02-25T06:21:54.714-05:002010-02-25T06:21:54.714-05:00JV,
I was one of the guys who stumbled to your bl...JV,<br /><br />I was one of the guys who stumbled to your blog somehow about a year back and have been regular since. ou rock... keep up the good workCasual Visitornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-29919640753690303602010-02-23T15:45:48.357-05:002010-02-23T15:45:48.357-05:00Congratulations on a five year anniversary. This s...Congratulations on a five year anniversary. This set of tools that allow us all to live some portion of our lives in writing, online, well... Plenty of people have said all kinds of profound stuff about it but I know I wouldn't have gotten to where I am without it. <br /><br />I am glad it's been cool for you too. :) I'll have to check out the archives.Kimhttp://www.prosaicparadise.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-88591885612807049282010-02-19T22:53:32.467-05:002010-02-19T22:53:32.467-05:00Um, hello you have me at Holy Crap. I am in love ...Um, hello you have me at Holy Crap. I am in love with your blog...I thought I would be biased and like your blog because my sons name is Johnny and so is my husbands...but truly I love your blog for other reasons other than your name Brilliant. I am now following. Juliana from A Blonde Walks Into A BlogJulianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04888685759543201494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-25665334751938996972010-02-19T13:16:18.157-05:002010-02-19T13:16:18.157-05:00You are one of my OG crew dude, and it's been ...You are one of my OG crew dude, and it's been cool to see you blow up on the interwebs, people totally sweat you now. Awesome.<br /><br />Congrats on the 5 years. I'm so glad I found you, Sarah, and the rest of the crew so many moons ago...The Velveteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02252056732996715890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-12544343167674340862010-02-13T18:55:08.172-05:002010-02-13T18:55:08.172-05:00OMG!! I found you through a friend 2 years ago an...OMG!! I found you through a friend 2 years ago and went back and read EVERY post from the beginning. Yes, I admit - I need a Johnny Virgil 12 step program. I usually print the lastest and read it to my husband as we sit down for a drink after work. Always laugh. I cannot hear the name Debbie Gibson now without cracking up!!Hope you will write a book.DoxieMomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-71587234058011501732010-02-09T21:51:03.257-05:002010-02-09T21:51:03.257-05:00Oh no! Don't run out of childhood stories. T...Oh no! Don't run out of childhood stories. They are always my favourite posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-51221362810012769352010-02-09T11:10:24.113-05:002010-02-09T11:10:24.113-05:00I'm another that found you through the JCP pos...I'm another that found you through the JCP post. I love your blog - your writing and humor are the best. The absolute best. Happy 5 year blogoversary!basicliving@backtobasicliving.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07782631124134813311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-53472654916977281922010-02-08T17:57:15.652-05:002010-02-08T17:57:15.652-05:00Congrats on the five! Also found you through Googl...Congrats on the five! Also found you through Google after receiving the JCP e-mail - wanted to put up a link and needed a name to credit. <br /><br />I was going to mention that I never miss reading your posts but then I realized that I may actually have never left a comment and I'd have to confess that I'm a lurker..<br /><br />Ah, what the hell. Love your blog -keep the posts coming! Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603891627784763004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-84891204744262141702010-02-08T09:09:56.226-05:002010-02-08T09:09:56.226-05:00no, thank youno, thank youraehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02108259741648763194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-11811866871243801142010-02-07T22:58:49.155-05:002010-02-07T22:58:49.155-05:00yay! happy blogoversary! glad I found your blog an...yay! happy blogoversary! glad I found your blog and continue to enjoy it.Ms.PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06542602867472447035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-14438570219854752832010-02-07T12:08:44.141-05:002010-02-07T12:08:44.141-05:00Congratulations!
Love your blog! Keep up the g...Congratulations! <br /><br />Love your blog! Keep up the great work!Melanienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-83886983605399700282010-02-05T10:05:27.302-05:002010-02-05T10:05:27.302-05:00Oops! Did I call Special Dark, Big Black? I thin...Oops! Did I call Special Dark, Big Black? I think that's a guy who used to be on a radio show around here. Kinda awkward. I swear I'm not racist. I may confuse my negroes every now and then but some of my best friends are black. Well, one at least, but that was a while ago. <br /><br />Seriously dude, I'm not racist.<br /><br />Put me down for missing Special Dark.<br /><br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-63395600651948518232010-02-05T09:03:09.877-05:002010-02-05T09:03:09.877-05:00I don't remember exactly how I found you - it ...I don't remember exactly how I found you - it may have been through Badger's blog several years ago. I just have to say that I LOVE your writing. I, too, grew up in the 70's and your childhood stories bring back so many fond memories for me. I've laughed AND cried reading your blog at times. Congrats on 5 years, and know that as long as you are writing, I'll be reading!Tabithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-33553687414825990092010-02-04T22:46:50.109-05:002010-02-04T22:46:50.109-05:00Congrats on five years of OUTSTANDING blogging! I...Congrats on five years of OUTSTANDING blogging! I wish I could say I have been around since the beginning, but alas, I have not. I am another reader who found you (how exactly I don't recall) because of the viral JCP blog and have been reading regularly ever since. You have a true gift for the written word (you're SURE you're an IT guy and not really an English professor?), and we are all fortunate you share your talent with us. Here's to at least five MORE years!kcmomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-37913423761345878512010-02-04T22:03:49.462-05:002010-02-04T22:03:49.462-05:00I too, found you via the JC Penney Catalog post an...I too, found you via the JC Penney Catalog post and am so glad I did! I always get excited when I check your blog and you have a new entry. I love all your stories and your sense of humor.<br /><br />Happy 5th Birthday!<br /><br />Write On, Johnny V!KMarienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-33296019304765271622010-02-04T18:01:02.826-05:002010-02-04T18:01:02.826-05:00Redraven, you are so right. The world can be small...Redraven, you are so right. The world can be small. The damn book isn't writing itself. I think I'm going to end up with a book of blog posts and nothing original, because whenever I run out of everyday stuff I start to feel guilty and the I write up something I was "saving" for the book. Oh well. Better out than in, as my grandma used to say.<br /><br />Alli, thanks!<br /><br />Jefe, I think you just insulted me. Although I am pretty damned average. Except for the giant penis, of course.<br /><br />Nancy, thanks for hanging in. Where in PA?<br /><br />Natalie, you're welcome. (Hey! A freakin' model reads my blog everybody!)<br /><br />Reiven, that day will live in my mind forever. Unfortunately I think it's that time again...<br /><br />Marianne, thanks. I can't wait either. I think. Whereabouts *is* the halfway point? <br /><br />Alex, I'm sorry if I offended your mom. <br /><br />Anon, you need to burn me a copy. Did you ever notice the Flintstones is a direct ripoff of the honeymooners?<br /><br />Anon2, thanks for leaving one now. I raise a glass to all the kids of the 70s and 80s who managed to survive to adulthood.<br /><br />House of Suz, I think your mask scared a little pee out of me. Thanks for delurking.<br /><br />David, thanks. That's a lot of archives to poke through. Half the pics are probably dead by now...I really need to fix that.<br /><br />KenyaChick, I like that one too! I should add it to the sidebar. <br /><br />Shine, I read your blog every time you post. You and sarah really really need to hang out because the resulting stories would be fantastic. <br /><br />Amanda, that's true. Some of the people who've been reading my blog for the last five years and commenting -- they are "friends" even though we've never met. It's a weird thing.<br /><br />JasonzWifey -- That kinda scares me a little. I hope I didn't piss anyone off. So let me just apologize now, incarcerated people. I love alla y'all. Please don't get out and kill me.<br /><br />Michelle, I am waiting for it too. Any chance you could write it for me? No? Damn.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-89401847981812435392010-02-04T18:00:42.748-05:002010-02-04T18:00:42.748-05:00GP, your dad was so right.
Tomb, thanks for han...GP, your dad was so right. <br /><br />Tomb, thanks for hangin' in...<br /><br />Lloyd man, that's a buttload of reading! <br /><br />LG, it's been my pleasure. Glad to help.<br /><br />Badger, I think you were my twin sister that we misplaced.<br /><br />Chris, I hope so..guess we'll see. My stats don't look good though...I made fewer posts every year.<br /><br />Shieldmaiden, that's pretty cool. I liked that place but sadly, I didn't want to pay to be on it.<br /><br />Kathyrn, you're lucky they don't block blogs at your work like they do mine...sigh.<br /><br />Ed, good advice. Or bad advice. I guess it depends on the situation.<br /><br />Tracey, give me the names of the other two. I need stuff to read. I am the oldest too. The burden we bear...<br /><br />Fireant, the truth is, the actually dialog is more than a little hazy after all this time, so generally that's an approximation. But the situations? Sadly, they all happened. In some cases, I've changed the names too.<br /><br />Nessa, If we visited you, I think Paige would pop a tube in her head, but next time we will. And yes, we want a tour.<br /><br />Travis, I read your blog. You will go to amazing lengths for the laugh. I salute you. Hopefully those doors didn't have bars and electronic locks.<br /><br />Dave, where the hell do you live? We need to hang out and watch movies during the superbowl. You mean Special Dark? Although "Big Black" was his nickname in highschool (or so he says)<br /><br />RobinM, thanks! You are right, it was a different time. Remember when summer vacations seemed like a full 50% of the year? I miss that...<br /><br />Gofahne, thanks. <br /><br />GoodOldWIF, sometimes the work is finding time to write at all, unfortunately. I need to throw away my TV I think. Or maybe get a job as a bathroom attendant.<br /><br />UB, You were looking for a smoking baby wearing assless chaps, weren't you? <br /><br />Anon, sadly I've mined just about all the good stuff out of it in those three posts. If I were smart, I'd have milked it like lileks.<br /><br />KC, wow. That's heavy. I appreciate the kind words.<br /><br />Brutalism, a 5th of what? Any suggestions? I'm open to that.Johnny Virgilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914217086250206369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-91257481437692818252010-02-04T15:41:42.940-05:002010-02-04T15:41:42.940-05:00Hi J.V....
I found you through LOTD which featured...Hi J.V....<br />I found you through LOTD which featured the JCP catalog and fell in bloggy love. I was so new to it all then, started my own blog which I've had my ups and downs with, but read all your archive posts and laughed for days. I'm addicted... and waiting for your book with great anticipation. Happy 5-year anniversary... and here's to many, many more.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09612098517173487427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-59080625244389967952010-02-04T14:36:47.677-05:002010-02-04T14:36:47.677-05:00Happy Anniversary JV! Like many others I found yo...Happy Anniversary JV! Like many others I found your blogspot thru the delightful JC Penney Catalog post. That thing had me in tears. I printed it out and sent it to my husband, who is incarcerated and he in turn shared it with the others. He said everyone was laughin so hard they were crying. So - now you have a WHOLE new audience just waiting to read your blog... LOL <br />Anyway - much continued success to you and the 15minutelunch spot. You are my go2guy for stress relief during my days in Cubicle Hell. Luv ya!*Jasonz*Wifey*https://www.blogger.com/profile/00813658881221937470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-81995010125931385462010-02-04T13:17:59.748-05:002010-02-04T13:17:59.748-05:00BTW, Jon, tell Special Dark we miss him!BTW, Jon, tell Special Dark we miss him!Upstate Broadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-28969029842472563392010-02-04T11:42:23.798-05:002010-02-04T11:42:23.798-05:00The culture of keeping up with people you "kn...The culture of keeping up with people you "know" from the Internet is an interesting one, and something that's tough to explain to people who don't take part in that culture themselves. I've developed in-person friendships with a handful of people I met through blogs and online networking (connecting through websites for professional reasons then realising we have more in common than the field we're researching, or whatever). And, there are people I keep up with via email, who started as blog commenters. Think of the stuff we all know about one another from reading posts about our pasts, etc.<br /><br />: )Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890830564045484092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-87866328347999125232010-02-04T10:22:50.126-05:002010-02-04T10:22:50.126-05:00Man, this is a lot of ego stroking.
OKAY FINE, I&...Man, this is a lot of ego stroking.<br /><br />OKAY FINE, I'll participate.<br /><br />I remember the first time you, Johnny EFFING Virgil, commented on my little blog. There was much squeeing. I jumped around like a little kid at Christmas. <br /><br />You're the man, man. And I love your blog.<br /><br />And now I wanna puke on myself. Keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-50565748110220681482010-02-04T08:25:54.279-05:002010-02-04T08:25:54.279-05:00I have no idea how I found your blog, but it's...I have no idea how I found your blog, but it's bookmarked and I've been lurking here for a long, loooong time. Every once in a while, I'll re-read the clown post. I don't know why, but it makes me howl with laughter every time.<br /><br />Yup, you and I could indeed have been great friends had we grew up together, or at least in the same time zone/continent!<br /><br />Happy anniversary, and please don't ever stop blogging!Kenyanchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01713114710202399107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-39609990436822950692010-02-04T00:29:18.545-05:002010-02-04T00:29:18.545-05:00Yeah, another JCP convert - loved the post, went b...Yeah, another JCP convert - loved the post, went back and read all the archives, and haven't missed a post since. Storytelling is an art, and I've enjoyed reading your stories.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10155420.post-16954593475619738542010-02-03T23:34:32.719-05:002010-02-03T23:34:32.719-05:00Johnny, I've been reading you for almost 3 yea...Johnny, I've been reading you for almost 3 years now (I'm a lurker) and just wanted to come out of the shadows and thank you. Congrats! Because you blog so well I don't have to! Keep up the good work.House of Suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736606213536661565noreply@blogger.com