tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post6932451921329486469..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Strange Interlude, 2008: Return to senderNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-13883237344108067132020-01-10T20:34:12.096-06:002020-01-10T20:34:12.096-06:00I recall a comment here, a long time ago about stu...I recall a comment here, a long time ago about student protesters at my old school. Having been one of those protesters, I naturally jumped all over that poster. One doesn't have to be a booster, but one usually has a good deal of loyalty to their alma mater--and defends it. I was first a town kid, and then an adult townie, an outsider looking in. You were an insider--a member of the club and a student...and that has made all the difference. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I possess a long memory, and while I often forgive, I never forget. I'm sorry if these ancient personal grievances (and old whines in new bottles) have touched a nerve. And I apologize even more for my original mistake--that of not realizing you were being facetious.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78443396708815447942020-01-10T19:00:57.956-06:002020-01-10T19:00:57.956-06:00As you know Grizz, I've never been an NU boost...As you know Grizz, I've never been an NU booster. That said, seeing you air these half-century old grudges as if significant makes me want to revisit that position. The line about the young person being helpful despite association with NU was a tweak. This is a cartload of baggage that, viewed from the outside, says more about you than about NU. Maybe I've been too hard on the place .... Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91776033597769368202020-01-10T18:51:57.169-06:002020-01-10T18:51:57.169-06:00I grew up a few miles from Northwestern, and NU ha...I grew up a few miles from Northwestern, and NU has always felt like an elitist, self-absorbed, self-serving, self-involved institution, mostly for the well-to-do. <br /><br />They refused a housing contract to my sister in '69, and bluntly told her she could commute and live with her folks. Even earlier, (in the early Sixties--before the landfill expansion), the Sheridan Road frat boys often booted me and my friends off "their" beach when we tried to hang out there and smoke. <br /><br />Years later, when I was in my late twenties and desperate for a job, the library rejected me multiple times me for "not speaking French." Around the same time (late Seventies) the campus police routinely chased white non-student bicyclists and black fishermen from the landfill (the Northwestern lakefront), citing concern for the safety of female students. <br /><br />I don't mean to insult anyone's sister, or Mr. S, but in adulthood I was a South Evanston townie for twelve years, and Northwestern students never seemed interested in helping anybody but themselves, mostly to as big a piece of the monetary pie as possible upon graduation. I've never had much love for the place, or even a little affection. Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49442681314536674722020-01-10T16:42:25.609-06:002020-01-10T16:42:25.609-06:00The picture of a UNVAC computer brought back memor...The picture of a UNVAC computer brought back memories. I went to work in the early 1960s at a Navy facility powered by a UNIVAC II, the second generation of a machine originally developed for the U.S. Census. Considered something of a marvel at the time, it was as big as a small garage and you could go inside to watch the electronics blinking. Your modern smartphone probably has as much computational power, but it was revolutionary at the time. The name UNIVAC disappeared over time with corporate changes, but people interested in technological advance will recognize it as an important advance. <br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-23528785634738639522020-01-10T12:58:59.824-06:002020-01-10T12:58:59.824-06:00Wolfgang Wick was nominated, but apparently was vo...Wolfgang Wick was nominated, but apparently was vociferously opposed and eventually defeated by Manchester. Wick said that he had no choice but to join the Nazi party in 1945. Others maintained that he joined in 1933.<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-3679309877907434772020-01-10T09:07:19.099-06:002020-01-10T09:07:19.099-06:00I thought you were pretty nice to the Rotarians, a...I thought you were pretty nice to the Rotarians, all things considered.<br /><br />One phrase had me scratching my head a little:<br /><br /><i>...just 24 and seemingly interested in helping people, despite having graduated from Northwestern...</i><br /><br />I know you're a Northwestern alum, and I'm not. But I've known quite a few of them, including my sister, and they never struck me as a particularly flint-hearted or rapacious bunch. I just don't see putting NU on the same plane with, say, the University of Chicago School of Economics.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83583352797927902042020-01-10T09:00:21.244-06:002020-01-10T09:00:21.244-06:00From what I can tell from multiple google searches...From what I can tell from multiple google searches, <a href="https://www.rghfhome.org/first100/presidents/1976manchester/bio.htm" rel="nofollow">Robert Manchester II</a> was elected the president of Rotary International in 1976, the U.S. Bicentennial year. Maybe you had someone else in mind?<br />Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-46964137471976270542020-01-10T08:38:31.915-06:002020-01-10T08:38:31.915-06:00I was "spoofed" a few years ago too. So...I was "spoofed" a few years ago too. Someone sent emails to everyone in my contacts, including my wife's relatives in Korea, advertising cheap viagra. The Koreans wrote me back, saying how nice I was to keep in touch.<br /><br />john<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06215684866966011198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77135022384217421982020-01-10T07:47:31.671-06:002020-01-10T07:47:31.671-06:00President Obama as a normal person is a good premi...President Obama as a normal person is a good <a href="http://www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/06/bob-newton-tackles-his-toughest-opponent.html?showComment=1434385462882#c7270219770111163413" rel="nofollow">premise for a joke</a>, same suit is not godawful, I wouldn't be embarrassed. The gathering of small details is not the work of a bore, it can be the basis of a good joke. In the case of O.J. Simpson, at the murder scene of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, forensics matched the bloody foot prints to the pattern of a pair of Bruno Magli. In a search of O.J.'s house they found a pair of Bruno Magli shoes. Simpson's response was I never wear those ugly ass shoes! <br />If someone has a sense of self awareness, a joke can include self depreciating humor. Thus when the usual suspects were deriding an Obama proposal, he said "if you have a better idea, I'm all ears!" Whereas Trump has no sense of self awareness, the rare instance of Trump being funny is unintentional or written by a speech writer.<br />To the challenge, in my opinion here is an example of a funny <a href="http://www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/04/the-presidents-shoes.html?showComment=1429558866068#c7998067023966792817" rel="nofollow">President Obama joke</a>.Berniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157600812959885192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-75874324123496484892020-01-10T00:56:45.323-06:002020-01-10T00:56:45.323-06:00Well, Rotary certainly didn't do due diligence...Well, Rotary certainly didn't do due diligence about who the nominated to be their president in 1976, as their nominee was a German who was a Nazi & an SS member!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com