tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8021317955206529122..comments2024-03-18T19:57:16.505-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/18/24: Your flight's canceled, but you can set a spellNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-5990987067456969152015-10-12T21:13:56.983-05:002015-10-12T21:13:56.983-05:00Hey Jakash, I found out what happened to your vani...Hey Jakash, I found out what happened to your vanished comment -- it went to my Spam folder, for reasons mysterious. I posted it now. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89081115796237335292015-10-12T16:21:33.845-05:002015-10-12T16:21:33.845-05:00No apology needed J. Thick skin and all that. And ...No apology needed J. Thick skin and all that. And I quite like being called erudite, even though some here think my taste for connecting fragments of past learning to Neil's contemporary ruminations makes me seem, in the words of Alexander Pope ("Essay on Criticism"), "The bookfull blockhead, ignorantly read. With loads of learned lumber in his head."<br /><br />Actually, I do know a little bit about a lot of things, but deep down I'm shallow.<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54725122975746216462015-10-12T13:58:56.505-05:002015-10-12T13:58:56.505-05:00That was clear, Tom, and nobody who reads these co...That was clear, Tom, and nobody who reads these comments often would think otherwise. I was trying to wryly apply it to "Psycho", as might have been done when it came out in 1960. I apologize if you think that attempt was in poor taste or at your expense.<br /><br />As for the airport experience, once one has already taken one's shoes off, settling into a rocker seems like a logical progression...Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77759651182317916172015-10-12T13:12:05.965-05:002015-10-12T13:12:05.965-05:00For the record, I wasn't approving of obsolete...For the record, I wasn't approving of obsolete and demeaning terminology. Just recalling it.<br /><br />TEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26929378166809645672015-10-12T10:36:24.987-05:002015-10-12T10:36:24.987-05:00Ah, in erudite Mr. Evans' case, this brings JF...Ah, in erudite Mr. Evans' case, this brings JFK to mind. For the likes of me, the image that popped up is a tad more sinister. Gotta say, rocking chairs didn't seem particularly therapeutic for Norman Bates... Though one could say that this pertains to Tom's "local nut house" reference! ; ) <br /><br />http://www.catsafterme.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/jl2.jpgJakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79717346895611020902015-10-12T08:49:24.070-05:002015-10-12T08:49:24.070-05:00John F. Kennedy comes to mind.
Many years ago my ...John F. Kennedy comes to mind.<br /><br />Many years ago my mother had a gig playing the piano in what was officially called "The County Home," unofficially the "insane asylum" and colloquially, in those insensitive days, "the local nut house." It evidently had a soothing affect on the inmates. I once asked what they were like and she said "there's always one who rocks." <br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63153832241153304132015-10-12T08:06:57.526-05:002015-10-12T08:06:57.526-05:00I think it's a really good idea.
50 years a...I think it's a really good idea. <br /><br />50 years ago my mom took my sister and I to Europe to visit the relatives. We landed in Frankfurt, and had a few hours to spare before catching the train. The train station had a movie theater where you could just walk in and watch a film while you waited for the train. I only remembered that they showed Wood Woodpecker cartoons and a spotlight shown on a large clock.Peternoreply@blogger.com