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John, the first car I ever drove was a 1948 Packard, in 1964. My parents owned 2 cars at the time - that and a 1952 Nash Rambler. Both companies are gone now, of course, although you could argue that Nash survived since it merged with Hudson to form AMC, which was later acquired by Chrysler.
That was back in the days before government bailouts, of course, so it was survival of the corporate fittest.
That was back in the days before government bailouts, of course, so it was survival of the corporate fittest.
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John - not urinal-related, but if you've ever listened to Messiah (or any similar choral music from the Baroque era, you'll be aware of how phrases are repeated (sung) over and over. I can't think of Messiah without thinking about how the phrase "We like sheep have gone astray" is reduced to "we like sheep" and repeated for several minutes. https://youtu.be/sxc94nL5avY
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When my kids were little I told them that I invented meatballs. They believed it for years.
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John - that reminded me of the Surfing Monkey Bank: http://dangerousminds.net/comments/doped_up_hopheads_buy_15_surfing_monkeys
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There's a LOT of infrastructure in the Northern Virginia suburbs. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/01/amazon-web-services-data-center/423147/
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John, is there something you're not telling us? You certainly are spending a lot of time researching nurseries.
You might want to consider this one, as well: http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2015/01/best-baby-bed-ever-fantastically.html
You might want to consider this one, as well: http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2015/01/best-baby-bed-ever-fantastically.html
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Happy New Year, John, and thanks for the link. I'm hoping that they're wrong about the babies - I have two new granddaughters on the way.
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Even better, here's Arthur C. Clarke wearing an "I invented the satellite and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" shirt. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41509000/jpg/_41509466_arthurcclarke_bbc203.jpg
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John, you may have seen this already; if not, you'll appreciate it. 20 heroic librarians who save the world. http://io9.com/5671047/20-heroic-librarians-who-save-the-world#
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John, you might find this of interest - the line in Conan the Barbarian about what is best in life ("To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women") is adapted from a quotation by Genghis Khan, "The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses, and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters." http://vaviper.blogspot.com/2014/08/happy-787th-birthday-genghis-khan.html The musical version of Conan, one of my favorite things ever, is also at that line.
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John, an excellent article. Not that I don't generally enjoy the stuff you post, but this is obviously in a whole different class. Looking forward to the battle of New Orleans!
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John, you may enjoy this old article from The Onion (I can't think of renaissance fairs without remembering it: Nine Drawn and Quartered at Renaissance Fair http://www.theonion.com/articles/nine-drawn-and-quartered-at-renaissance-fair,20580/
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"One warm spring night in 2011, a young man named Travis Hughes stood on the back deck of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at Marshall University, in West Virginia, and was struck by what seemed to him—under the influence of powerful inebriants, not least among them the clear ether of youth itself—to be an excellent idea: he would shove a bottle rocket up his ass and blast it into the sweet night air."
And the rest of the paragraph:
"And perhaps it was an excellent idea. What was not an excellent idea, however, was to misjudge the relative tightness of a 20-year-old sphincter and the propulsive reliability of a 20-cent bottle rocket. What followed ignition was not the bright report of a successful blastoff, but the muffled thud of fire in the hole."