New Guest-blogger: J. Nelson-Seawright
J. Nelson-Seawright has agreed to hitch his wagon to ours for a little stretch as a guest blogger. You may have read his work before under a different name. We’re happy that he’ll blog with us for a stint! All those that can welcome JNS to BCC, please show it by clicking the right mouse button.
Any opposed, by the same click.
Adam rosette soot!
Comment by Ronan — January 18, 2006 @ 3:52 pm
I feel excluded and offended. I only have one mouse button.
Comment by Tom — January 18, 2006 @ 4:41 pm
And another pseudonym falls by the wayside.
This is better than sweeps.
Comment by NFlanders — January 18, 2006 @ 4:43 pm
Yeay! Welcome, Roasted Tomatoes!
Comment by Elisabeth — January 18, 2006 @ 4:48 pm
Tom,
You can control-click or simply hold down the single button (assuming you are set up for it) to bring up a contextual menu.
Comment by a random John — January 18, 2006 @ 4:53 pm
Ronan, I have to admit to being mystified!
Tom, you may also express your approval or disdain for me by running around your room clucking like a duck. If you choose to do this, please send me video.
Ned, I still plan to use the pseudonym at LDSLF. But whatever drama there might be in an unveiling, well… I suppose this was it.
Elisabeth, thanks! An actual post is coming tomorrow!
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 18, 2006 @ 5:23 pm
Can I call you J-Nizzle for short?
Comment by Geoff J — January 18, 2006 @ 5:29 pm
Geoff, I prefer Adam Rosette Soot.
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 18, 2006 @ 5:37 pm
Two J.s? What am I going to do now?
Comment by J. Stapley — January 18, 2006 @ 5:38 pm
Tell everyone to abbreviate my name only as JNS. Then you can keep J. for yourself! (I don’t want to encroach…)
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 18, 2006 @ 5:41 pm
Yum, tomatoes.
Comment by Sarebear — January 18, 2006 @ 5:43 pm
What kind of blog would want JNS as a guest blogger? My goodness, you fellows let _anyone_ post here, don’t you?
Comment by Kaimi — January 18, 2006 @ 6:21 pm
I enjoyed the “any opposed, by the same click” line.
I have to say that LDSLF has taken off big-time (in my view). I’ve really enjoyed reading it lately. Or maybe I’m just a late-comer to the game that was already going on. Keep it up RoastedTomatoes.
Comment by danithew — January 18, 2006 @ 6:37 pm
danithew, thanks!
Kaimi, yeah, I know — people haven’t been vigilant enough, and now the monkeys are taking over!
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 18, 2006 @ 10:22 pm
Just Curious. Does anybody except those who e-mail me know my name?
I think I kind of blew it all to hell, but maybe not.
Roasted Tomatoes, what’s up with that psuedonym? I am asking because I want to know, honest.
Comment by annegb — January 19, 2006 @ 8:07 am
The day that I first started participating in the message boards that led to my blog involvement, we were trying to deal with the freakishly huge crop of tomatoes that had resulted from our two backyard tomato plants. We couldn’t possibly eat the 200+ tomatoes those plants had produced while they were fresh, so we decided to use the “dehydrate” function on our toaster oven to create “sun”-dried tomatoes that we could use in cooking for the rest of the year. So the house was permeated with the rich aroma of roasting tomatoes while I was choosing a pseudonym. And I went with my senses…
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 19, 2006 @ 9:01 am
RT/JNS: Why give up the psuedonym for the guest posts? Is that one of the conditions the overlords of BCC require when they “allow” you the “pleasure” of posting here?
Comment by Pris — January 19, 2006 @ 9:15 am
annegb (#15),
I’ve known forever that you are Marie Osmond.
Comment by Tom — January 19, 2006 @ 9:44 am
Pris, giving up the pseudonym was something that the good folks at BCC requested. But it’s also something that my friends at Times and Seasons requested for my upcoming guest post stint there (see Kaimi’s sarcasm above). Finally, it’s something that would eventually have become necessary if I’m ever to publish anything in a Mormon Studies context. Since I’m interested in doing that with expanded versions of some of the things I’ve posted, I had to accept that the pseudonym was going to fall away eventually. And posting here seems like it will be fun — so why not?
But it’s not like my identity was a major secret or anything in the first place. (Was it?) Nor is it like you all suddenly know a lot more about me now that you know my name…
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 19, 2006 @ 9:49 am
LOL, Tom! You may be right about that
Pris: Speaking of pseudonyms - I saw “Blade Runner” recently. Are you the Daryl Hannah character? And you and D-Train have an awesome blog, but I’ve written a few comments on your blog posts, and none of them have ever shown up. Are you trying to tell me something?
Comment by Elisabeth — January 19, 2006 @ 9:56 am
And JNS, don’t you do your academic work under a different variation of your name? (It’s called Google-evasion, folks!)
Comment by Ronan — January 19, 2006 @ 10:28 am
At least until BKP passes, those who drop thier handles are taking a big chance.
Comment by Steve EM — January 19, 2006 @ 10:51 am
RT/JNS: Can’t speak for others, but I’ve known your name for a few months (since you came out this way). Unless one is actively looking for the information or has IRL contacts, I don’t see why it wouldn’t be a secret. The name in and of itself doesn’t convey that much information but, for example, one could now look up your publications, etc. It just seemed odd considering (IIRC) some of the arguments you’ve made in the past for using a psuedonym.
Elisabeth: I’ve noticed some delays, but I don’t know anything about missing comments. I’ll look into it. As for my name–it’s semi-anonymous, a variation on my name (and, convienently, what many of my friends call me). Blade Runner does allow me to use the one joke I have about my name–that I am a “pleasure model.” Unsurprisngly, it doesn’t work that well as a pick-up line. (And, if you want to get technical, Blade Runne “Pris” is pronounced “Priss” while my name is pronounced “Prizz.”)
Comment by Pris — January 19, 2006 @ 12:11 pm
I don’t mind if Mormon types read my publications; as Ronan notes, the more important goal is to keep my Google results for my name in the form used for professional work accessible. The current arrangement, in which I use a different form of my (real) name for Mormon themes than for academic and professional work, resolves that issue.
I still like the pseudonym a lot, though, and plan to use it whenever I can get away with it. RT is just a more memorable name than JNS.
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 19, 2006 @ 12:26 pm
You’ll always be RoastedTomatoes to me.
Comment by Ann — January 19, 2006 @ 5:29 pm
Now that I know your real name, I realize I am friends with one of your relations! My first link (that I know of) to someone in the bloggernacle. Not that it matters, since I mostly lurk anyhow.
Comment by Hannah G. — January 19, 2006 @ 7:21 pm
Hannah — neat! If you’d like, feel free to email me (roastedtomatoes on the gmail server) and we can share gossip.
Comment by J. Nelson-Seawright — January 19, 2006 @ 8:26 pm
Marie Osmond? I mean, I don’t hate her or anything, but……Marie Osmond? I just can’t think of anything to say about that.
Comment by annegb — January 21, 2006 @ 1:25 am