Hrothgar's Comments
All through my undergraduate and grad school years, I was always willing to share my notes with friends who may have missed a lecture or two.
Most would only ask once.
My notes would include the date, topic, and whatever key words, phrases, names, dates, figures, and side comments I thought might be useful. Most fellow students were somewhat appalled that they would write several pages of almost verbatim lines from the lectures and I would sketch out a couple of pages of cryptic entries. Whatever it took to jog my memory or remind me to look up later ended up in my notes. Rarely any more than that.
The bottom line is find out what works for you.
Now lecturers are using Powerpoint presentation, I guess you don't even need to decide what is important.
Most would only ask once.
My notes would include the date, topic, and whatever key words, phrases, names, dates, figures, and side comments I thought might be useful. Most fellow students were somewhat appalled that they would write several pages of almost verbatim lines from the lectures and I would sketch out a couple of pages of cryptic entries. Whatever it took to jog my memory or remind me to look up later ended up in my notes. Rarely any more than that.
The bottom line is find out what works for you.
Now lecturers are using Powerpoint presentation, I guess you don't even need to decide what is important.
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The Cyrillic writing on the bars was kind of a giveaway.
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"Would you eat a candy bar made with blood?"
Suppose it depends on whose blood it is . . .
Suppose it depends on whose blood it is . . .
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The title told me pretty much everything I needed to know. Any time someone uses "Mainstream" and promises to expose "lies" I can be pretty sure the author has cherry-picked claims to support a preconceived position.
The same holds true with articles using terms like "big pharma."
Most are a short hop to conspiracy claims and new age claptrap.
The whole section on gluten, for example, indicates eating grains is unnatural for humans. "The idea that humans should be basing their diets on grains has never made sense." Tell that to our stone age ancestors who survived quite nicely on grains and seeds. Civilization has survived and thrived thanks to the Agricultural Revolution a few thousand years back.
And " Grains are relatively low in nutrients compared to other real foods like vegetables. The gluten grains in particular may lead to a variety of health problems." Less than 1% of the population has a problem with the latest fad allergy, gluten.
The same holds true with articles using terms like "big pharma."
Most are a short hop to conspiracy claims and new age claptrap.
The whole section on gluten, for example, indicates eating grains is unnatural for humans. "The idea that humans should be basing their diets on grains has never made sense." Tell that to our stone age ancestors who survived quite nicely on grains and seeds. Civilization has survived and thrived thanks to the Agricultural Revolution a few thousand years back.
And " Grains are relatively low in nutrients compared to other real foods like vegetables. The gluten grains in particular may lead to a variety of health problems." Less than 1% of the population has a problem with the latest fad allergy, gluten.
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As much as I like John Astin, this movie left me cold. When I saw it at the mall multiplex back in '73 I remember thinking, I was lucky I saw it at the buck matinee. This movie was slow, and boring. With the exception of Astin's soliloquy rant winning the "cussin' contest" (even referencing Uriah Heep from David Copperfield) it really did not go anywhere. The Brothers O'Toole might have been better had it been a TV movie like Evil Roy Slade. However, this was a low budget theatrical release. It was produced by American National Enterprises, a company that also brought "documentaries" on Bigfoot, Noah's Ark, UFOs, and Space aliens, to a theater near you. The director, Richard Erdmann, played Judge Quincey P. Trumbell. Prior to this Erdman helmed two episodes of the "Dick Van Dyke Show;" a soft-core porn/comedy called "Teenage Tease"(filmed in Salt Lake City!); and a TV movie "Mooch Goes to Hollywood." I suspect he was in over his head with this movie. Compared to this, "Evil Roy Slade" was Oscar quality.
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There are some things you should never buy at the dollar store.
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Multiple elliptical orbits, can mess up your assumptions. Depends on where in the orbit you are at any given time. There are times when Mercury is closer to Earth than Venus. On the other end of the solar system, owing to the eccentricity of its orbit, there are occasions when Pluto is closer to the Sun than is Neptune.
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I remember seeing it on TV and loving it. But back then, I was a junior in high school and what passed for irreverent comedy was in. I've had fond recollections for this movie. Watching it in its entirety for the first time since 1972 was a real eye opener. It really was a pretty lame TV movie. John Astin and Dick Shawn always a treat to watch. However, the rest of the cast seemed to be there only because they used to be famous (Rooney & Berle) or were trendy (Gibson & DeLuise). There were some funny moments, however, Evil Roy Slade is nowhere near as funny as I remembered it.
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To clarify: the Keaton Music Typewriter was first patented in 1936.
The 1953 model shown in the picture sold for about $255.
Heaven only knows how much the 1936 model cost.
Adjusting for inflation, the 1953 version sold for around $2,400 in 2019 dollars.
The 1953 model shown in the picture sold for about $255.
Heaven only knows how much the 1936 model cost.
Adjusting for inflation, the 1953 version sold for around $2,400 in 2019 dollars.
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The "Molly-be-damned" comment was a reference to "the Brothers O'Toole."
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So, where do they get "virgin fibre pulp?" From homely trees?
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I believe the Minnesota Vikings Superbowl win would involve a certain part of the earth freezing over.
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Oh, I need that!
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Or Planey McPlanetface?
Or even Hrothgar?
I'd pay 'em twenty bucks and a bottle of Aquavit.