Comments on: Sonia Sotomayor: Providing some (gasp!) context! http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/ If it smells, we're on it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:03:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SanFranLefty http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36242 SanFranLefty Fri, 29 May 2009 19:24:16 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36242 @<a href="#comment-36195" rel="nofollow">Jamie Sommers</a>: Hey Jamie, check your gmail. @Jamie Sommers: Hey Jamie, check your gmail.

]]> By: redmanlaw http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36222 redmanlaw Fri, 29 May 2009 18:17:27 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36222 @<a href="#comment-36218" rel="nofollow">Serolf Divad</a>: Plus the mandatory utterance of "yee-haw" while plugging a road sign. Friend of mine got a grand slam in his rural Virginia county one day: old car, washing machine and a road sign. Last I heard, he was a county attorney somewheres out there. @Serolf Divad: Plus the mandatory utterance of “yee-haw” while plugging a road sign.

Friend of mine got a grand slam in his rural Virginia county one day: old car, washing machine and a road sign. Last I heard, he was a county attorney somewheres out there.

]]> By: Serolf Divad http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36218 Serolf Divad Fri, 29 May 2009 18:07:25 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36218 @<a href="#comment-36205" rel="nofollow">redmanlaw</a>: <i>Shot some 2 and 3 in groups from 10 yards this morning with a revolver that has fixed sights. Not bad for these middle aged eyes after a few martinis last night.</i> Come, now, redmanlaw... you know the rules: you should never let more than 30 minutes pass between your last consumption of alcohol and the discharging of a firearm. @redmanlaw:

Shot some 2 and 3 in groups from 10 yards this morning with a revolver that has fixed sights. Not bad for these middle aged eyes after a few martinis last night.

Come, now, redmanlaw… you know the rules: you should never let more than 30 minutes pass between your last consumption of alcohol and the discharging of a firearm.

]]> By: blogenfreude http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36212 blogenfreude Fri, 29 May 2009 17:32:07 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36212 @<a href="#comment-36209" rel="nofollow">Nabisco</a>: I had forgotten F. Winkerbean completely, and I was prepared to go to my grave secure in the knowledge that I had forgotten it. Thanks a lot. @Nabisco: I had forgotten F. Winkerbean completely, and I was prepared to go to my grave secure in the knowledge that I had forgotten it. Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Nabisco http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36209 Nabisco Fri, 29 May 2009 17:25:06 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36209 @<a href="#comment-36204" rel="nofollow">nojo</a>: @<a href="#comment-36205" rel="nofollow">redmanlaw</a>: @<a href="#comment-36200" rel="nofollow">FlyingChainSaw</a>: I benefited from a mediocre public school with mediocre teachers but enough stuff to challenge me and (mostly) keep me out of trouble. Anatomy and physiology? I worked my way up to dissecting a cat by 11th grade. Theater? I had an English teacher who wrote her own plays, got a musical prodigy to score them, and we had a shit load of fun learning and reciting bawdy shit that would never make it into Guys and Dolls. I regret being one of those who looked askance at band. Yes, I was one of those who called you guys "band fags". My mistake. My son has been playing piano since six and is looking forward to choosing a band instrument when he starts 4th grade next year, and I want him playing the meanest fucking trombone/tuba/clarinet on the planet and marching in the local 4th of July parade even if it <i>does</i> evoke Funky Winkerbean for me. I just remind myself that Bobby Zimmerman started out on rented trumpet in his jr. high band. @nojo: @redmanlaw: @FlyingChainSaw: I benefited from a mediocre public school with mediocre teachers but enough stuff to challenge me and (mostly) keep me out of trouble. Anatomy and physiology? I worked my way up to dissecting a cat by 11th grade. Theater? I had an English teacher who wrote her own plays, got a musical prodigy to score them, and we had a shit load of fun learning and reciting bawdy shit that would never make it into Guys and Dolls.

I regret being one of those who looked askance at band. Yes, I was one of those who called you guys “band fags”. My mistake. My son has been playing piano since six and is looking forward to choosing a band instrument when he starts 4th grade next year, and I want him playing the meanest fucking trombone/tuba/clarinet on the planet and marching in the local 4th of July parade even if it does evoke Funky Winkerbean for me. I just remind myself that Bobby Zimmerman started out on rented trumpet in his jr. high band.

]]> By: redmanlaw http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36205 redmanlaw Fri, 29 May 2009 16:54:38 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36205 @<a href="#comment-36202" rel="nofollow">Prommie</a>: I just ordered a book on building crossbows, catapaults, etc. It will be a busy summer for me and the boy. We already built a 12 in tall catapault that has a range of 6 ft. I think an arm with more snap than a wooden dowel and using something other than cotton string for energy storage would increase the range. He built a balloon powered car yesterday for school and I helped him design his propeller driven car, which was an awesome success. Shot some 2 and 3 in groups from 10 yards this morning with a revolver that has fixed sights. Not bad for these middle aged eyes after a few martinis last night. I was pretty damn happy about that. We're having carrot cake for me from a fancy bakery at my office today, a firm birthday tradition. I feel so good I could bust. Have another killer weekend at the Cafe Prom. @<a href="#comment-36204" rel="nofollow">nojo</a>: Band here also (still have drums set up in my garage, working on fast punk and metal stuff plus extreme heavyosity), year book, theater tech and pit musician. My son is awed that I can do calligraphy. I told him I could because I was a geek in HS. @Prommie: I just ordered a book on building crossbows, catapaults, etc. It will be a busy summer for me and the boy. We already built a 12 in tall catapault that has a range of 6 ft. I think an arm with more snap than a wooden dowel and using something other than cotton string for energy storage would increase the range. He built a balloon powered car yesterday for school and I helped him design his propeller driven car, which was an awesome success.

Shot some 2 and 3 in groups from 10 yards this morning with a revolver that has fixed sights. Not bad for these middle aged eyes after a few martinis last night. I was pretty damn happy about that. We’re having carrot cake for me from a fancy bakery at my office today, a firm birthday tradition. I feel so good I could bust.

Have another killer weekend at the Cafe Prom.

@nojo: Band here also (still have drums set up in my garage, working on fast punk and metal stuff plus extreme heavyosity), year book, theater tech and pit musician. My son is awed that I can do calligraphy. I told him I could because I was a geek in HS.

]]> By: nojo http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36204 nojo Fri, 29 May 2009 16:53:40 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36204 @<a href="#comment-36200" rel="nofollow">FlyingChainSaw</a>: Having grown up in a public school district with ample art and music offerings, I've never understood arguments against them as frills. I was a band rat from sixth grade on, and that experience is pretty fundamental to my outlook. @FlyingChainSaw: Having grown up in a public school district with ample art and music offerings, I’ve never understood arguments against them as frills. I was a band rat from sixth grade on, and that experience is pretty fundamental to my outlook.

]]> By: Pedonator http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36203 Pedonator Fri, 29 May 2009 16:47:57 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36203 Context = Socialism. Context = Socialism.

]]> By: Prommie http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36202 Prommie Fri, 29 May 2009 16:43:15 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36202 @<a href="#comment-36197" rel="nofollow">redmanlaw</a>: I am convinced all those achuelian "hand axes" were really missiles, which were thrown at prey, which would explain why we all take such deep joy in ballistics, the trajectory of thrown objects, whether a bullet, baseball, arrow, frisbee, or rocket ship. It would also explain why almost all animals, which will often approach animals of another species approach closely, won't tolerate the presence of a human within, well, throwing distance. @redmanlaw: I am convinced all those achuelian “hand axes” were really missiles, which were thrown at prey, which would explain why we all take such deep joy in ballistics, the trajectory of thrown objects, whether a bullet, baseball, arrow, frisbee, or rocket ship. It would also explain why almost all animals, which will often approach animals of another species approach closely, won’t tolerate the presence of a human within, well, throwing distance.

]]> By: FlyingChainSaw http://www.stinque.com/2009/05/29/8900/#comment-36200 FlyingChainSaw Fri, 29 May 2009 16:23:28 +0000 http://www.stinque.com/?p=8900#comment-36200 @<a href="#comment-36197" rel="nofollow">redmanlaw</a>: Yes, exactly. And Mars. And Saturn. And the bottom of the sea. And music in every school again. Change? Please, please, just returning to some semblance of normal around here would be fine. @redmanlaw: Yes, exactly. And Mars. And Saturn. And the bottom of the sea. And music in every school again. Change? Please, please, just returning to some semblance of normal around here would be fine.

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