Comments on: Crafts, mountains, friends

By: mizpants

mizpants — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 21:49:58 +0000

What a welcome post, on a day when the news is both depressing and agitating.Wish I’d been there too.
I can confirm what you say about writers. I like to think of myself as part of the 20% who try to pull themselves together visually, but I fear that whatever my intentions, the result may put me squarely in the ranks of the 80%.
But philosophers (my husband is one) are the zhlubiest of them all. It’s a real treat to watch them at their professional meetings. They stumble around hotel lobbies like wasps whose nests have just been fumigated.You’ve never seen so much dandruff, so many amateurishly tied ties, so many grubby collars and popped buttons, so much evidence of color-blindness.
At least this used to be true. Now the meetings are beginning to look more like the MLA. The young ones have that louche, fashionable all-in-black look.
Well, enough of this pleasant respite. Now it’s back to glumly perusing the commentary on Olmert’s fold.

By: senescentwasp

senescentwasp — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 23:17:28 +0000

A true, old friend and something fun to do with the friend. Surely a recipe for a great day.

I love craft that dances on the edges of art. Some of my most prized possessions come from that interface. What a great way to spend a day or three.

By: Heyman Nationwide

Heyman Nationwide — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:41:26 +0000

I changed after watching LOOSE CHANGE FINAL CUT. You can watch the REALITY of the Neo-Conned agenda too!
Go to http://www.youtube.com. In the search bar type in: loose change final cut. Or if you want a free download? Go to http://www.informationclearinghouse.com.
This administration is TRYING to scare everyone into their submission.
Not this liberal. I’m voting Greens and third party from now on. The Republicrats have their own agenda. Pilfer, lie and submit to their corporate friends. At ANY cost.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:27:24 +0000

Wow, nice way to stay on topic Heyman Nationwide.

And no, just cause you are a troll, I won’t click your links.

By: nyomythus

nyomythus — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:42:30 +0000

I’m voting Greens and third party Yahooo for freedom! Split the ticket!

By: Cappy

Cappy — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 03:06:02 +0000

Yep, nothing like a troll like Heyman to feel the need to speak up where not invited. It reminds me of the day when we discussed liberal friends and relatives dropping us. That’s one of the reasons for blogs like this.

By: Foobarista

Foobarista — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:13:26 +0000

I take it none of you have ever been to an ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) conference. Bad clothes goes with the territory, although one thankful thing is techies don’t even try to wear bad suits. With jeans, shorts, and T-shirts, there’s no need to worry about badly-tied ties, popped buttons, etc…

The most interesting game at these conferences is to see how many people are wearing company T-shirts from companies that no longer exist. I have about two dozen of these…

By: goesh

goesh — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:06:51 +0000

8/14/06: Three (3) orphans molested by masked gunmen in Tikrit

I wanted to beat Pete to the punch…

By: goesh

goesh — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:48:32 +0000

8/14/06: Five (5) elderly Sunni nursing home residents drug behind Shia cars through the streets to the cheers of vendors and shoppers in Sadr City.

Sorry Pete for stealing your thunder-somebody has to….

By: goesh

goesh — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:30:56 +0000

8/14/06: Sunni soccer team from the Ramadi high school sics starving dogs on Shi’ite quadripalegic.

Sorry, Pete, I’m just faster than you are.