tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post4479378880085485280..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: It's Not Your Grandfather's Special Double-Reverse Counterintuitive Contrarianism. It's Got Half The Calories And None Of The Charm.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-53859147277314567542009-07-11T11:51:32.005-04:002009-07-11T11:51:32.005-04:00Love the conceit that ice princess and future sot ...Love the conceit that ice princess and future sot Grace and switch-hitter Cary were anything normal in our world. Cary probably took hits of acid just to stay straight long enough to get married so he finally could have a kid. Hollywood swingin'.mndeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602122227131690451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-35668676421756818132009-07-04T17:24:16.882-04:002009-07-04T17:24:16.882-04:00I followed that dope Patterson's link to the &...I followed that dope Patterson's link to the "magnificent states" map of where fireworks are illegal and where they ain't. I'm in an ain't state (NJ), and glad of it. The suburban towns have modest and enjoyable displays, and though you hear a few pops and whistles around the neighborhood, it's nothing major or longlived.<br /><br />I wonder if Patterson's truck,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-88039335385315134292009-07-04T15:28:07.913-04:002009-07-04T15:28:07.913-04:00I used to have truck, but hit deer.I used to have truck, but hit deer.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-6512645275443109312009-07-03T21:42:44.968-04:002009-07-03T21:42:44.968-04:00Okay, did someone reverse the meaning of "hav...<i>Okay, did someone reverse the meaning of "have no truck with" overnight, or did Patterson decide the first half of that sentence should go to war with the second, or is it one of those trick reverse-slide contrarian yodels only dogs can hear?</i><br /><br />Forget it, Jake. It's Slate.Scott C.http://www.world-o-crap.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-72475547670863967092009-07-03T19:51:31.289-04:002009-07-03T19:51:31.289-04:00I just got here. Followed the link to Slate and sa...I just got here. Followed the link to Slate and saw that the sentence you trashed, "I have no truck with..." now reads, "I have no beef with..." Now, did you get the quote wrong, or (as I most strongly suspect) did this asshole go back and correct his article without noting the correction?LP Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-25269984926157778072009-07-03T14:06:44.054-04:002009-07-03T14:06:44.054-04:00I was just thinking that one good thing about the ...I was just thinking that one good thing about the month of rain we've been having has kept the neighborhood pyromaniacs inside.Rugosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348056243298249939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-47707601560456195792009-07-03T12:59:45.689-04:002009-07-03T12:59:45.689-04:00I live in a Colorado city with a fairly famous eng...I live in a Colorado city with a fairly famous engineering college; one of its alumni apparently became a pyrotechnics engineer (or so the legend goes) and he gives them a hell of a deal on fireworks for their annual school celebration. This is in April of each year, the one weekend these overly-serious students actually drink beer and act like normal college students; otherwise it is hard to StringonaSticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-35334227406295890982009-07-03T11:04:08.018-04:002009-07-03T11:04:08.018-04:00I absolutely lurve big fireworks displays; always ...I absolutely lurve big fireworks displays; always have. (Still, I probably won't brave the lakefront tonight, because (a) I am not in the mood for dealing with a massive crowd that will have been drinking for a solid 10 hours and (b) the city no longer uses the Grant Park orchestra, or whoeverthefuck that was, but instead uses a local crappy (as in unbelievably crappy) radio station's Naryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-40623353839787030132009-07-03T10:24:23.268-04:002009-07-03T10:24:23.268-04:00Mother Nature solved our fireworks issue with her ...Mother Nature solved our fireworks issue with her droughts. It only takes a spark(ler) to get a fire going!<br /><br />No one I know cares if the neighbors have contraband, but they don't want anything flammable near their property.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-46547535355681567252009-07-03T08:30:17.960-04:002009-07-03T08:30:17.960-04:00I think it's kind of sweet that he imagines th...I think it's kind of sweet that he imagines that a "normal" woman would be equally undistracted from fireworks by sex with a "normal" man (him, presumably) and sex with Cary Grant.<br /><br />Because, with all due respect, dude, Cary Grant.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09652601001680591056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-45530383473899044952009-07-02T21:09:55.249-04:002009-07-02T21:09:55.249-04:00The problem with the weakest link theorem, though,...The problem with the weakest link theorem, though, is your cretinous neighbors out here can easily set entire hillsides on fire. Fines or up to $1,000 in some Northern California cities. <br /><br />I find them really annoying. I'm middle aged, sure, but I have pretty much always found them annoying and, ultimately, a little boring. I guess I am a killjoy.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-79282536914041385662009-07-02T18:13:50.977-04:002009-07-02T18:13:50.977-04:00Ah, yes. I remember seeing my first professional ...Ah, yes. I remember seeing my first professional fireworks display as a youngster. I thought "My God!", as in, "You're my new God now!".<br /><br />Well, actually I didn't, as I apparently wasn't destined to grow up to be a complete moron like Patterson.arghousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-85585921588426278622009-07-02T16:42:24.874-04:002009-07-02T16:42:24.874-04:00I think fireworks are some deep Zen metaphor symbo...I think fireworks are some deep Zen metaphor symbolizing the ultimate order, yet perceived anarchy, of nature. And if we get lucky, the weakest links in the gene herd thin themselves.heydavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15509102502417886790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-26846232319502694832009-07-02T16:31:22.590-04:002009-07-02T16:31:22.590-04:00...an exercise in pomposity, aggression, triumphal...<i>...an exercise in pomposity, aggression, triumphalism, and hubris.</i><br /><br />Is it just me, or does that sound more like <i>Slate</i> itself?harmfulguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01584903977642746625noreply@blogger.com