{"id":2358,"date":"2010-11-13T13:27:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-13T17:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/?p=2358"},"modified":"2010-11-13T13:27:51","modified_gmt":"2010-11-13T17:27:51","slug":"paula-the-comment-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/13\/paula-the-comment-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula the comment artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been my pleasure to write this blog for you for years. \u00c2\u00a0I enjoy writing silly things, and the only person I really try to make laugh is myself, but if others find some of this stuff fun, all the better.<\/p>\n<p>Since I run the blog, I know when someone writes a comment on a post. \u00c2\u00a0Recently I have been treated to some incredibly funny comments from our good friend Paula. \u00c2\u00a0It seems that Paula suffers from (self-induced?) insomnia while simultaneously being blessed with the ability to write hilarious comments. \u00c2\u00a0It doesn&#8217;t pain me in the least (well just a little) to point out that Paula&#8217;s comments are way funnier than the original posts themselves. \u00c2\u00a0The problem is that Paula seems to be reading the back catalog of posts, and so while I see the comments, the tragedy is that most people probably wouldn&#8217;t because they are attached to posts I wrote years ago. \u00c2\u00a0So, here&#8217;s a short (but happily growing) list of Paula&#8217;s comments for us all to enjoy. \u00c2\u00a0Paula, please don&#8217;t stop. \u00c2\u00a0I think that a feature post written by you would be a really good idea, and if anyone agrees with this idea after reading Paula&#8217;s comments, then by all means sound off in the comments here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/13\/huge-heads-not-just-good-for-smashing-against-things\/#comment-70455\" target=\"_blank\">Paula tries to make me feel better about going bald. \u00c2\u00a0And generally fails miserably.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/14\/frugal-living\/comment-page-1\/#comment-71979\" target=\"_blank\">Paula tells us a scandalous story about her Mom&#8217;s financial infidelity with the Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vallentyne.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/27\/dont-mess-with-the-public-library\/comment-page-1\/#comment-72420\" target=\"_blank\">Paula has a run-in with the authorities. \u00c2\u00a0The library cops finally catch up to her on a literary crime spree.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been my pleasure to write this blog for you for years. \u00c2\u00a0I enjoy writing silly things, and the only person I really try to make laugh is myself, but if others find some of this stuff fun, all &hellip; 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