What would you be most interested in reading?

Izzy's battle with Jerome	6 votes - 20 %
Izzy's battle with writer's block	6 votes - 20 %
Izzy's battle in divorce court	1 vote - 3 %
Izzy's battle with bankruptcy	1 vote - 3 %
Izzy's battle with the medical establishment	3 votes - 10 %
Izzy's battle with the Insurance Industry	2 votes - 6 %
Izzy's surrender to ennui	6 votes - 20 %
An itemized list of charges from Izzy's Citibank card.	5 votes - 16 %

30 Total Votes

Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Other Startling Revelations | 33 comments (33 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 15)

Too many and not enough choices in that poll. How about us just saying that you're not forgotten here, you're greatly missed, and we'd be happy to read anything you can and might like to say to us? I mean, Izzy, you are fucking dear to us!

...

When locusts move on, they leave nothing behind

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:19:32 AM EST

Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 11)

Thank you, afew. You guys are dear to me, too. And you're not forgotten either -- I've been lurking.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:53:50 AM EST
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Izzy (4.00 / 17)

Can you come over to my office for a second, please? And close the door when you come in.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:20:20 AM EST

Uh oh. (4.00 / 11)

This is just like high school...

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:50:38 AM EST
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Re: Uh oh. (4.00 / 11)

Ha,ha, ha! it seems to work. And Ahhh!!!! Guess thats why you were in hurry yesterday. :-)

And I do not care what you write about, just write - sofar I enjoyed everything you posted.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:55:09 AM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome (4.00 / 10)

I am worried? How is the health?.... all the rest... believe me.. it is not taht important :)

I missed you.

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:30:47 AM EST

Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome (4.00 / 11)

Oh, kcurie, no worries please about the health thing. So sorry to be misleading. I actually did go through quite a long period of bad health for a few years, but have been much better the last couple. So there wasn't any turn for the worse or anything, just referring in general to some lingering stamina issues and the like.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:56:25 AM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome (4.00 / 7)

Then,.. who cares about the divorce and the bankrupcy!!!!
:)

A las barricadas!!!!

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 06:25:18 AM EST
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Exactly! (4.00 / 5)

Besides, I know what's important in life -- circumventing community property laws and the liquidation, my shoes were shipped to an undisclosed location WEEKS ago!

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 02:21:45 PM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About ... (4.00 / 10)

All of the above, and more! If it is easier, you could start us off with a shoe blog. I'll poo poo your choice of shoes and put some sensible ones of my own in.

As it is, that's a smashing piece of writing by itself up there.

I don't know if thesis writing block is the same thing but my friend told me to just write something, anything, just write. Even if it is rubbish, at least there are words on the page. It sort of worked.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:34:11 AM EST

Re: Update: The Truth About ... (4.00 / 9)

Thanks for the words of wisdom, IW. I think it's exactly right -- just start writing and things get written.

I'm thinking about a weekend shoe blog -- I have some random shoe photos from my last trip.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 05:00:40 AM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About ... (4.00 / 4)

You don't know much about me, Izzy. [I was a lurker in your regular day, here].

But I can assure you that I don't go shoe shopping without thinking of you. 'Problem is, I hate the it, and so try to amass all the Izzyesque enthusiasm I can before setting out on the ordeal.

Shoes hardly capture the breadth of your contribution to ET, but the recurring theme sure has breathed a bit of fun into the dreaded shoe shopping task.

Good to see you back!

by Loefing (living (at) neuf point fr) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 12:38:13 PM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About ... (4.00 / 2)

Oh, well I'm... oddly touched somehow!

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 02:23:54 PM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 6)

Is this a GBCW diary?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 04:48:07 AM EST

Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 10)

Of course not, silly boy -- don't you know me at all?!? If I was to do a GBCW diary, you'd know it. I wouldn't waste all the drama potential by being mysterious.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 05:02:26 AM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 21)

I'll deploy my Trap once again then stick a keyboard in front of you ;-)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.

by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 05:54:02 AM EST

Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 10)

I'm certainly glad to see you writing again, Izzy. And I don't care what you write about. One way or another, I hope ceebs's trap works. ;)

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 06:39:26 AM EST

Cheer up Izzy. (4.00 / 9)

Have some "keokmdfm" shoes.

I told Bush; don't play chess with the freakin' Russians.

by LEP (rafifoon@yahoo.com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 07:01:01 AM EST

Re: Cheer up Izzy. (4.00 / 6)

Don't encourage them - a walk down a street with shoe shops with M - takes AGES ! Now a camera/computer shop is a different matter - obviously :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice. Blog - Nice Experience

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 10:20:19 AM EST
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The Truth About Jerome A Paris (4.00 / 6)

Good to see you around Izzy. We have missed your mad as a box of frogs levity.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 07:43:38 AM EST

After considerable research (4.00 / 10)

I finally tracked down the real Izzy...

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 09:27:32 AM EST

Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 10)

Nice to see you, Izzy! I missed you.

On December 8, I thought of you: during the Lyon lights festival, some shop make special shop-windows exhibitions, and I found a shoe shop which made one with several miniature shoes (around 10cm long).

I took this picture for you:

"Ne te courbe que pour aimer..." René Char

by Melanchthon on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 11:25:59 AM EST

Sabot-age! n/t (4.00 / 5)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 11:35:52 AM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 3)

Oh! Thanks Melanchthon! Those are gorgeous. I actually have a few of those miniature shoe ornaments. They can be hard to find, but it looks like you hit the mother lode.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 02:26:30 PM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris and Ot (4.00 / 5)

Izzy!! Nice to read your writing again. ^-^

by lychee (lychee9393 A yahoo D com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 12:20:03 PM EST

Re: Update: The Truth (4.00 / 4)

Oh dear...you are such a dear, and have been so missed. Too many good excuses though for us to seriously complain <damn...you're one resilient woman!>

Half the population is under the age of 18. Tanzania's future is NOW...join the 50% campaign!

by whataboutbob on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 05:23:24 PM EST

Re: Update: The Truth (4.00 / 3)

Thank you, Bob -- I definitely want to read more about your work on resilience here on ET!

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 05:47:50 PM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris (4.00 / 5)

Last Sunday I was taken aback by an amazing pair of Roman sandals sculpted in marble in the Villa Pamphili. And I said to myself, where in the hell is Izzy? I'll bet he/she (sufficiently genderless?) would love to see them.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 05:41:46 PM EST

Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris (4.00 / 2)

Ooh - you didn't happen to take a picture, did you?

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 05:48:20 PM EST
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Re: Update: The Truth About Jerome A Paris (4.00 / 2)

I didn't have my camera at the time but will do so. I thought it would be an interesting twist- sculpted shoes.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 01:45:37 AM EST
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The Truth About Jerome A Paris (4.00 / 9)

Izzy, I didn´t know you were dealing with such an overwhelming list of stressors that would paralize anyone here, plus your father´s illness! I am just glad that you post when you can because it adds your own warm and flexible tone.

Hope things will fall into place soon and you will feel settled down!

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. --Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Thu Jan 24th, 2008 at 06:07:46 PM EST

Who Izzy again? (4.00 / 2)

The cow diary person, right?

{spooky music} "The cows ... as you ride by them on the road ... their eyes are watching you.

Utsukushikereba sore de ii

by BruceMcF (agila61 at netscape dot net) on Fri Jan 25th, 2008 at 09:23:48 PM EST

Re: Who Izzy again? (4.00 / 3)

Oh my, things are even worse than I thought! I really will have to remedy this situation...

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Jan 26th, 2008 at 02:52:42 AM EST
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