Monday, 10 January 2005 - 12:40 PM CST

turn off what music? BTW, Lance is cool. But I am so glad that you posted this entry, cause that means I'll be on topic.

I was on mr. carlisle's blog today: http://mrcarlisle.mindsay.com and i have always felt he was rance. there are a number of reasons.

BUT- the greatest reason so far seems to be.... he never posts on weekends. he is like the reincarnation of Rance.

Plus he is so smart and intelligent that it hurts.

And plus he is a dog and rance has lots of animal friends, birds, etc.

Can we safely assume it's a possibility that Mr. Carlisle could be Rance.

I mean lots of people don't care and i find that I may never know, but it's worth investigating.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 1:40 PM CST

I vote for Keith Thomson, Gus Openshaw's front man on his new book. There was some pretty fancy detective work out there connecting Keith to Rance several months ago, now he's connected to Gus as well. Things that make you go HMMMM!

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 2:30 PM CST

I agree. A lot of people want to separate them, but they are the same.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 2:44 PM CST

Sorry, Lance. This is a low sympathy/no sympathy forum. Didn't anyone tell you that? Any personal grievances should be directed to your mother, or anyone else who is willing to pretend they care. Otherwise, we reserve all sympathy and compassion for the truly deserving... the rich. Rance, are you okay? We're so sorry they're harassing someone with a name that rhymes with yours. It must be horrible for you. *Phew*. He had us worried there for a minute.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 2:52 PM CST

Ahhhh, but if you'll go back and read at the very beginningnof the blog Rance spoke of his friend, captainhoof, and how captainhoof had been so kind as to set up the blog for him and assist him with his lack of computer knowledge...are they really inseparable?

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 4:31 PM CST

This morning on a local LA radio station, a listener called in. Boy, that voice sounded familiar....hmmmmm....the callers name was "Duckie".

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 4:39 PM CST

Really...now who, exactly, did duckie sound like?

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 4:39 PM CST

are you sure it's music and not voices you're hearing, rdd? i mean, driving this blog could make anybody batty, we're such a "normal" bunch here. but i think there's this knob on your speakers, if you turn it to "o", you should be o.k. (lol).

kidding aside, this is the first i've even heard of lance, gonna hafta check him out. personally, i'm hoping rance turns out to be keifer, i just love that man's voice, and thanks to the powers that be, 24 is back on.

kisshugs to all. rdd, sorry i'm not a tech, can't help, only have a sick sense of humor. please know i'm joking.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 4:47 PM CST

You know feenxc, I think you're probably right on target. The music has mysteriously disappeared. (I believe I later discovered that it could be attributed to another window I had open at the time. Computer savy I am not. I just thank God that is stopped!)

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 4:47 PM CST

If you?re not Mr. Ripley himself I rather not to know who you are. This virtual identity is great, complete in itself - so Keep it up then. right up.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 4:54 PM CST

once again, I'm sorry for the English errors... (ooooops)

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 4:56 PM CST

brilliant diversion rance/lance! been reading your military books again i see! how's little audrey t. btw? too-too too-toe wtf.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 5:21 PM CST

Well, I've never much concerned myself with the whole "who is Rance?" issue, but it does seem more and more likely that Rance = Gus = Keith Thomson. I think many of us have long suspected the Rance = Gus angle, and reading some of the stuff mentioned on Lance's site seems to confirm the Thomson connection. Regardless, it seems like a moot point...and like I said, it never mattered to me anyway. Good reading is good reading.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 6:42 PM CST

Are you saying that Keith T. is captainhoof?

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 6:57 PM CST

Evidently Lance simply played this blog to get himself some publicity.

Monday, 10 January 2005 - 8:05 PM CST

I rather think there may simply be many personalities of Keith T.

But honestly, I don't care. I don't care who Rance is, he/she/it is ... er, was... a highly entertaining writer.

I mean, I never thought Gus Openshaw was really a one armed obsessed whaler out for vengeance, but that doesn't mean I enjoyed reading his blog any less.

Rance could be Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Queen Elizabeth, George W or the kid next door, I wouldn't love 'em any less.

Ok, so maybe if he turned out to be George W I'd be a bit disturbed...

Tuesday, 11 January 2005 - 1:48 AM CST

TURN YOUR SPEAKERS OFF!

Tuesday, 11 January 2005 - 1:50 AM CST

"I'd tell ya....but then I hafta kill ya."

Tuesday, 11 January 2005 - 8:52 AM CST

Yes Einstein, I figured as much, but my initial conclusion was that the music was being played from this web page, hence everyone who viewed it would hear it and that would be a nuisance. I look for long-term solutions, not temporary fixes.

Tuesday, 11 January 2005 - 9:53 AM CST

Holy mackeral. I am gone for almost a year and look what happens to the place. The thing I don't understand is why anyone would hate Rance. Do they have issues? I would imagine so....

I think the few spoil it for the masses. The masses like Rance.

Tuesday, 11 January 2005 - 2:08 PM CST

Rance has never written in an egotistical manner, so he's definitely not Lance...whoever thought so must be high.

Besides, we all know that Rance dates women, not espresso.

On a side note, the picture of Lance on his own website reminds me of this picture frame that used to be sold at Wal-mart. You know those fake pictures they put in frames so that you can size up what your pictures will look like in them...or have a fake family...Anway, the pic was of this hairless less then one year old baby, wearing a turtle neck while making this very grownup intellectual face, funniest thing I've ever seen..

I can imagine the photographer saying to the baby: "Give me more, you're 32, you read Variety every week, you drink carmel breves and eat sushi every third day,..Your favorite book is War and Remembrance even though you've never actually finished it..You've seen The Seventh Seal twenty times and you're this close to knowing Kevin Spacey..."

Thanks to Lance, I remembered my favorite picture...damn that baby is funny.

-B

Tuesday, 11 January 2005 - 7:56 PM CST

RDD - if you have the music problem again from any web page that you open, you can use the icons on the start bar at the bottom right of your window to turn it off... (there's a speaker icon that will mute the background music).

As for the debate regarding Rance's true identity... the whole point of pseudonym is that we don't know who he is. Whether he's a genuine celeb, or an awkward teenager with no social life and one helluva imagination is irrelevent... you either like what you read or you don't. And if you don't, then exercise your rights not to read it!!! Also, by NOT knowing who Rance is, there's no disappointment - everyone has their own idea of who he is (whether it's their fave celeb or just a relatively normal person) so why ruin the illusion with truth??? Reality will never be better than fantasy! Who's to say any of us are who we say we are... we might all be celebrities, we might all be social misfits, or we might just be normal... and no-one will ever know.

Keep up the good work RDD. I'm enjoying the site as much as I did when Rance ranted on it!

Gnomie.

Wednesday, 12 January 2005 - 6:24 AM CST

didn't rance say he liked starbucks? or was it me who said rance liked starbucks? I can't remember. sometimes I just assume everyone like starbucks.

*DYING FOR A FRAPPUCINO NOW*

btw, can't wait for thurs. yep i like thursdays here.

Wednesday, 12 January 2005 - 6:26 AM CST

i know...it hurts to think that anyone would hate rance. and if they don't care what are they doing on this blog? besides spoiling th party perhaps?

Wednesday, 12 January 2005 - 8:30 AM CST

I can't believe it's been more than a year already. Insert obligatory Grateful Dead quote here (no, not "Mississippi Uptown Half-Step Toodleoo," the other one).

Thursday, 13 January 2005 - 1:41 PM CST

why do I get the feeling that Rance could unmask him- or herself and we'd still say, "Nahhhh, I'll bet it's really Sean Astin." I still think it's Tom Brady....and may I just say now, if it is, my condolences on your upcoming loss this weekend to Peyton and the Colts. ;)

Tuesday, 15 February 2005 - 10:07 AM CST

Well look, I haven't been on this blog for quite a while, and now I'm confused; the guy blogging now refers to Rance in the third-person, so who IS the new blogger? Where's Rance?