I do prefer Lynn or JL, but Joshua is perfectly fine. late for supper is also perfectly fine. i'm just a rebel that way. :)

LizK
:-)

I agree with Russ. You should definitely make your own choices... as should we all. If I ever referred to you as "that name I shall not repeat," it was Liz's fault. Just kidding.

My commentary on JD Vance is more indicative of the fact that he and his Party of big government hypocrites seem to want to control every aspect of our lives while asking to be respected for their own choices. Screw that.

The vast majority of Americans see right through a phony baloney like JD Vance who obviously self-sacrificed his tiny cojones in favor of his political ambition. Screw that too. :)

exactly. although he's doing it less artfully than most, he's just practicing identity politics; the transparent goal is to convince his audience of African-Americans that Kamala is "not really black," and therefore not worthy of their vote.

I do prefer Lynn or JL, but Joshua is perfectly fine. late for supper is also perfectly fine. i'm just a rebel that way.

:)

Maybe it's best just to go with whatever the username is ... no matter how long we've been interacting??

As the saying goes, call me anything you want but late for dinner!

Allow me to re-offer my past apology for referring to you as “Joshua” on here. I was not aware of the reason for your displeasure with my calling you by that name. I hope that I was not disrespectful or seemed insincere with my apology at the time. Who we identify as matters and should be respected.

-R

I was born Joshua Michael Eisenstein, changed it legally when I was 23 to Joshua Michael Lynn Ebsworth Eisenstein (to honor my stepdad after his father Lynn Ebsworth passed), and now go by Lynn or JL. I cringe a little whenever somebody who didn't know me before grad school calls me "josh"

plus, the DMV still doesn't have it right, and that's just too much trouble to mess with.

~J.M.L.E.E.?

I go from mild to wild so I really don’t know what it would take. But I’m willing to explore the topic with your (in)kind assistance.

Vote for freedom, vote for fun, Vote Democrat.

I love it!

I in no sense of the word am offended.
:D

So what would it take? Heh. Just kidding. :)

They want to take your weed. They want to take your porn. They want to leave you only with Bible study.

Vote for freedom, vote for fun, Vote Democrat.

You’re in fine form this evening!

Thank you... but...

Full Disclosure: I thought about posting the obvious reason for the shapeshifting Bowman/Hamel/Vance's wishing to refer to himself as "JD," but I reasoned it might offend somebody... so let's find out.

The shapeshifting candidate heretofore known as "J.D. Vance" kindly requests his name reflect his newest character and therefore seeks the extrication of his tiny little balls so that his written epithet is a visual representation of who he has become: JD has got no balls.

Too much? :)

You’re in fine form this evening!

U2 cute by half using Cher and Bono in the same sentence. ;)

So let me get this straight. This inveterate asshole who was born James Donald Bowman and then changed his name to James David Bowman because he hated the name Donald and then changed his name to James David Hamil when he got adopted and then changed it again to James David Vance when he got married now wants to change his dang name and everyone else to ignore his punctuation?

So do we respect his wishes or continue (as we started doing when we first wrote his name) with our standard style-guide form: "J.D. Vance"?

Screw that "respect his wishes" absolute hypocritical bullshit. The shapeshifting asshole who wants to allow the states to regulate women's reproductive rights does NOT get to dictate the regulation of anyone's periods, not even his own.

I have spoken. :)