tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post6478450233126838513..comments2024-03-26T13:46:42.738-05:00Comments on 4 Quarters, 10 Dimes: Continued Stray Thoughts on the Current Political ClimateDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-67426802959108541452017-06-21T09:16:38.334-05:002017-06-21T09:16:38.334-05:00Yeah, spell checkers generally straddle the thin d...Yeah, spell checkers generally straddle the thin dotted grey line separating utility from malicious incompetence. As I like to tell my students, "Dew knot trussed yore spelt Czech her two ketch olive yore miss steaks oar yew Mae bee inn four sum diss sap point mint."<br /><br />The short version of my rant is that "sending prayers" is shorthand for "I'm not going to do anything substantive to help you but please allow me to feel good about not doing so while you suffer." It's a socially acceptable type of concern-trolling. The long version is far too aggravating to go into without more alcohol than I can reasonably consume on a work day. You're right, I'm guessing that we're pretty much on the same page with this one. Still, it might be a fun conversation to have someday.<br /><br />I suppose there are many entertaining things one can do with a voodoo doll, if you put your mind to it. :)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-13829260528140159162017-06-21T08:40:30.152-05:002017-06-21T08:40:30.152-05:00Wouldn't.
As in: ... would not be much of .....Wouldn't. <br /><br />As in: ... would not be much of ...<br /><br />Why would it change that? More importantly, I hate to admit, is "why aren't I a better proof-reader"? <br /><br />I hate my spell checker. I'd turn it off, except for those (not so very rare) occasions where it actually works the way it is supposed to and saves my ass.<br /><br />LucyLucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-18853508593325148912017-06-21T08:33:50.213-05:002017-06-21T08:33:50.213-05:00"Don’t even get me started on the whole “send..."Don’t even get me started on the whole “sending prayers” thing. That’s an hour of your life you’ll never get back."<br /><br />Okay, I'll bite. And I'll give ya 5 hours and won't complain, even though my supply is dwindling rapidly, I think I'd actually enjoy that exchange.<br /><br />Though it probably would be much of an 'exchange' per se, as we obviously share the same viewpoint.<br /><br />And, really, a <i>voodoo back rub</i>? I could come up with at least a dozen more entertaining voodoo-ish benefits.*<br /><br />Lucy<br /><br />* Most of which would involve other peoples' bodies, and, mayhap a modest level of pain, but quite entertaining, none-the-less!.<br />LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-681184196117868462017-06-20T08:47:56.213-05:002017-06-20T08:47:56.213-05:00Pessimism is the natural ground state of Philadelp...Pessimism is the natural ground state of Philadelphians. Even if it happened before we were born, the 1964 Phillies – a team that had a 6-game lead with 10 to play and watched the World Series on television – is engraved on our souls. I’m sure other places and peoples do pessimism – some of them probably quite well – but it is the air I grew up breathing. I’m not an optimist. Sometimes I allow myself to think that there might be a silver lining somewhere, but that doesn’t mean I lose sight of the cloud. I’m fun at parties that way!<br /><br />Smirnoff cite <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/337386-smirnoff-vodka-mocks-trumps-alleged-russia-ties" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />I’m not surprised that the Senate bill is worse than the House – that’s what happens when an actual by-god conspiracy of powerful men meeting in secrecy gets together. I hope every Senator who votes for this loses their health care coverage an hour before they contract something chronic and hideously expensive.<br /><br />You have my permission to make those bumper stickers as long as you send me one.<br /><br />Don’t even get me started on the whole “sending prayers” thing. That’s an hour of your life you’ll never get back.<br /><br />And as the recent meme suggests, if voodoo dolls really worked I would give myself the most <i>amazing</i> backrubs.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03463621516644789183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5977625681756554695.post-76561238244584749072017-06-19T18:50:23.361-05:002017-06-19T18:50:23.361-05:00Long post ≠ long comment normally, however - since...Long post ≠ long comment normally, however - since you started it:<br /><br />3. Mmmmm, CrocTears™ & Hershey’s Kisses™.<br /><br />4. No, actually not surprising at all for anyone paying attention for the last 12 years. (Observation not necessarily directed at the author.)<br /><br />8. <i>giggles_non-stop_for_10_minutes</i><br /><br />9. “Stupid is as stupid does.” <i>Forrest Trump</i><br /><br />11. I’ll definitely second that.<br /><br />15. Uh, let me see …<br /><br />16. Okay, I would seriously like two dozen bumper stickers with the fourth sentence of this paragraph printed on them delivered immediately. Don’t care if they have to be three feet wide and 18” tall.<br /><br />18. Not odd at all - by design. <br /><br />19. I used to think I understood <i>Peanuts</i> and <i>Pickles</i> but then I - Oh, wait - economics not comics? Damn.<br /><br />20. Late word out on Daily Kos: Senate version worse than the House bill:<br />http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/6/19/1673082/-Republican-Senate-Health-Care-Bill-Submitted-To-CBO-It-s-Even-More-Severe-Than-The-House-Bill<br /><br />24. But, in the final analysis, not actually a surprise.<br /><br />28. Nothing in the past actually happened. It is all just your imagination. Which kinda sucks given your profession.<br /><br />33. Cite. Seriously; I wanna see me some Smirnoff trolling!<br /><br />34. I hate optimists. You are getting dangerously close to that with that whole “When all this is over, “ crap. And pessimism is my normal state, and I’m pretty certain that I’ve never even been to Philly, so I doubt that is a good anchor for that. And, I had to hold my breath just to get thru that last sentence, so there. <br /><br /><i>Que Sera, Sera</i>, unfortunately, and we have damn little to say about that. And it’s a bloody damn shame that prayers do not, in fact, actually work. Nor do the little pins in dolls routine. I know. I’ve tried both. <br /><br />Recently, too.<br /><br />Lucy<br /> LucyInDisguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08169432604954981941noreply@blogger.com