from the moderated comments
Your Mother I take it?
from the comments
This reminds me of a passage in King Lear. Goneril asks Oswald (her steward) if he has written the letter she wants to send to her sister, Regan. When he says that he has, she tells him to deliver it : “Take you some company, and away to horse; inform her full of my particular fear, and thereto add such reasons of your own as may compact it more.” (I. iv)
Immediately thereafter scene V begins, and King Lear sends Kent to deliver letters he (Lear) has written. Lear shows a completely different kind of respect for precise communication. He wants his thoughts to be known: “Go you before to Gloucester with these letters. Acquaint my daughter no further with any thing you know than comes from her demand out of the letter.” (I. v )
I have always thought that Shakespeare set up this immediate contrast in order to develop the sense that moral action requires respect for precise language. What does it mean–to give one’s word–if one’s word is actually some other person’s thoughts that may be disavowed as needed? This is something that Sarah Palin should consider, particularly if she is going to speak of Shakespeare in a way that suggests she knows something about his plays.
something, 53
I fucked a Cleveland Browns fan. We walked toward the shuttle. It suspended above the snow, then crashed. Everything was fine! The pilots spirited beneath the shed. After the boat tipped, I asked him why he didn’t stand. Don’t step over here! There’s glass.
from the spam
My wife and I never have sex and I think she could benefit from talking Viagra. The trouble is she wouldn’t be able to take away sex from me when I do something bad. I know every guy out there in the world reading this knows what I am talking about. I recently switched over to asian women only because of this simple yet gosh awful truth that women keep doing and men keep putting up with it. Not with asian women though!! Love going out with asian women because they say yes to anything you want. I have been dating this one asian chick and she has only been in the U.S. for a year. Barely speaks english its so nice not having to listen to a trick yap about how I don’t give her enough attention or nag about everything under the sun.
My question for the readers is: Why do women need a viagra like drug if they aren’t puttin out? They won’t take it anyways.
Donkey, don’t you dare
I’m watching the film Canyon Passage (Jacques Tourneur, 1946) for the first time, and in it Hoagy Carmichael plays the singing proprietor of a trading post in frontier Oregon. Sooner or later he’s going to sing “Old Buttermilk Sky”, but he made his first appearance astride a donkey, strumming and singing a tune called “Rogue River Valley”.
I was disappointed the second time he sang the song’s refrain. It begins:
“Oh, donkey, don’t you dare to dally”
The first time round I’d heard:
“Oh, donkey, don’t you dare to doubt me”
That is all.
Update: If you give this a look and a listen, you’ll realize that “Donkey, don’t you dare to doubt me” was pure wishful hearing on my part.
I live to embellish. I hear what I deserve.
I am not wanting to take this with me so I leave it here
In the spirit of refudiation
**Apologies for cross-posting. Please do not repose anywhere else.**
At the head of an email message posted to members of an informal professional group to which I belong.
And continuing with the “cheap” shots…
“I felt pain in my backbone, where I was expecting to be shot”
The day was July 21, 1944. Bielecki was walking in broad daylight down a pathway at Auschwitz, wearing a stolen SS uniform with his Jewish sweetheart Cyla Cybulska by his side.
Update: from the article’s comments:
1. Germans were and are still CHRISTIANS. 2. This is a deliberate propaganda to keep the sympathy with the state of Israel and I don’t buy it. 20 million Russians died at the same war. Why don’t they @#$% about it every day publicly? Get real..
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what a dumb woman…I’m glad she died alone.
from the comments
Okay, well, I was a traffic cop and I was pretty good at it – I issued a lot of tickets for speeding and shit. As you can imagine I was liked! Anyway, one day I was doing my stuff on a familiar stretch of road when I pulled over this 50 something woman – you know run of the mill. She gave me her license, which I was supposed to seize. I wrote the ticket and then whilst writing it I just had the sense of what the fuck am I doing, these are good people who have just lost concentration and I spoil their day – I think I had been building up to this, but, she tipped me over.
I returned to her car, gave her license back and told her that I was sorry and that she didn’t have to pay no fine. She was damned confused and asked me why. I just looked at her and told her that she smelled like my mum.
I never wrote another ticket.
As an add on, many years later I was relaying the story to a good friend and a cop who told me that he thought the woman was his aunt and that she had been returning from the hospital on that day. He said she often told the bewildering story to family and was going to be at the function we were at – it was indeed her and it was rather lovely to meet the person who helped me realize something needed to change.
a brief history of the icon
The Xerox 8010 Star an on. (via coudal)
not a lemonade stand
stolen valor act
A federal judge overturned a law that made it illegal to falsely claim receipt of a Purple Heart or other military honor.
The act makes it unlawful to falsely represent, verbally or in writing “to have been awarded any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces of the United States, any of the service medals or badges awarded to the members of such forces, the ribbon, button, or rosette of any such badge, decoration, or medal, or any colorable imitation of such item.”
The government, which is mulling an appeal, argued that the law should be upheld.
“By allowing anyone to claim to possess such decorations, could impact the motivation of soldiers to engage in valorous, and extremely dangerous, behavior on the battlefield,” the government wrote.
Judge Blackburn was not buying it.
Over the River
Christo wants to use a system of anchors, frames and cables to suspend 5.9 miles of fabric across eight spots along a 42-mile stretch of the river. The BLM studied seven versions of the project, including a scaled-down effort.
Coffin said the alternatives were not developed in consultation with Christo and that the artist would push for the full project. He said Christo has already comprised and scaled down what originally was seen as a 10.4-mile project.
“A shorter version of Over the River is not Over the River,” Coffin said. “What has gotten lost here is the artistic vision, and that’s really what this is all about.”
True Blood Trivia
A little True Blood trivia: I’ve been trying to figure out what kind of car Eric gave Lafayette, and I think this is it:
It’s a Zagato Perana Z-One, and
will be priced “under $100,000″ and can be ordered with either the 436-horsepower E-rod LS3 or the 505-horsepower LS7 from the Z06.
For anyone who would like one for himself.
Update: Amanda alerted me to this car. I think she’s right.
Apple Donates MacPaint Source Code To Computer History Museum
Released in 1984 with the Mac, it is fondly remembered not only by those who used it, but also by computer scientists for numerous first-of-a-kind innovations. Those who spend a lot of time using Adobe Photoshop constantly use such features as the lasso tool for selecting non-rectangular shapes, and the paint bucket for filling closed areas with a pattern, and later, color. Both first appeared in MacPaint. The program was unique at the time for its ability to create graphics that could then be used in other applications.
The Happiest DJ in the World
A nice reminder to let loose and enjoy the little things.
Josh wondered,
Hmm. This is one of those moments where I feel like there needs to be an examination of whether these sorts of posts are worth the inevitable weariness that results (and I’m speaking more about weariness within Clusterflock itself rather than between Flockers and random commenters).
I don’t believe that it is “these sorts of posts” that work people up and sometimes ignite sparks under the hood. I sure hope not, for I’d hate to see ‘flockers seize up for fear of posting something incendiary.
As often as not, it seems to me there’s a secondary drama unfolding in tandem with certain series of heated comments. Whatsis knows, I’ve been party to such dramas over my four-plus years of participation in this grand experiment.
Does this thought strike a chord with anyone? I ask in part from laziness, as it’s still early on in my day and I need more stimulants. But I’d also really like to hear from a few others before offering my own muddled interpretation of what might be happening when a post appears to trigger frustrated and possibly hurt feelings among ‘flockers themselves.
The Power of the Pin-up (Addendum)
The discerning man’s Jane Russell.
Shining hour: Second banana to Carmen Miranda in The Gang’s All Here (1943).
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One Time 3
I live in the wrong decade.
Bearcat – a hot-blooded or fiery girl
Cheaters - Eyeglasses
Don’t take any wooden nickels – Don’t do anything stupid
Butt me- I’ll take a cigarette
Spifflicated – Drunk. The same as canned, corked, tanked, primed, scrooched, jazzed, zozzled, plastered, owled, embalmed, lit, potted, ossified or fried to the hat.
The Power of the Pinup
It’s nice to know there is an historic precedent of being a sucker for a pretty face. (via Austin)
Update: For the record, you should really read Austin’s perspective on the above link.
My one-hit wonders
I’m not sure whether to blame my short attention span or the artists’ oeuvre: today I came across two new musicians by listening to, apparently, their only good song (rather, the song that I like).
Aloe Blacc – “I Need a Dollar”
[http://www.fortunyfamily.com/pillows/Aloe Blacc - 2010 - I Need A Dollar.mp3]
Francis and the Lights – “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” (a Kanye West cover!)
[http://library.francisandthelights.com/audio/canttellmenothing.mp3%20/canttellmenothing.mp3]
Robert Ledgerwood, Doc and other KC Lurkers?
Andrew Simone will be here, staying with us Friday through Wednesday next week. I’d like to offer a cocktail hour and hors-d’oeuvres on the patio, if it isn’t so fucking hot we can’t, then we’ll be in the house. If we can work out an evening to get together, if you’re up for a mini-clusterflockstock, then:
RSVP to Jenseneece@yahoo.com.
XOR
SuperSonic Car
The Bloodhound has a grand total of 135,000 horsepower, which is equal to 180 times the power of a formula one car.
