Wednesday Dottles
Out of my mind on a Wednesday moanin':
1. When I'm Supreme Dictator of the World, "brang" will be a word but "irregardless" will not. Double negatives in anything but exaggerated, facetious speech shall be punishable by water cannon. Sound like a plan?
2. Another of my SDW decrees... all automobile operators shall be required to know calculus. No calculus, no license. Know calculus, know peace.
3. I came down to the kitchen this morning to find my kid standing in the family room, eating cereal, wearing just a t-shirt and his underwear. Where did that come from? You weren't raised in barn, were you, D-?
4. My next Netflix offering, Living in Oblivion and recommended by Dan at InfoSpigot, is sitting on my shelf right now waiting to be viewed. I hope to get to it tonight. It's been a week since I last saw a movie (which was The Matador, a movie I really enjoyed and can recommend) and I'm beginning to suffer from withdrawal.
5. Quantities sold seem to be shrinking. For instance, yogurt used to be sold in 8-ounce cups. Now it comes in 6-ounce containers. I used to buy charcoal in 10 or 20 lb. bags. Now it's coming in 9 and 18 lb. bags. When did that happen?
6. We need the business leaders of this country to expand casual Friday to include shorts. With global warming setting in, long pants in the work place are becoming just too damn hot and uncomfortable. But this must be a top down movement. Supervisors and program managers need to take the lead on this. I can't start it.
7. I just finished reading Arthur & George by Julian Barnes, a novel about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and George Edalji. The latter was falsely imprisoned in the early 1900s for horse-ripping. Sir Arthur led an effort to get Edalji's conviction pardoned. Though a big Sherlock Holmes fan, Barnes makes Edalji the more compelling character.
8. I have not listened to Thick as a Brick in a really long time. That was always one of my favorite albums. And the original LP had this way cool newspaper thing that unfolded from the cover. (Remember the girl in the goofy cover picture that was seductively lifting up her skirt? She excited my teenage libido almost as much as Carly Simon's nipples did on No Secrets.) If I had to pick one album cover I'd like to get back, it would be Thick as a Brick.
9. With CDs and downloads, album cover art is a dead art form. Too bad. Some were really creative.
10. It would be good to hear some Joe Walsh again, too. But not the Eagles Joe Walsh. I mean the James Gang Joe Walsh.
K-
1) When does the campaign kick off? I'm there.
2) Not calculus, geometry.
6) Careful what you ask for.
8) Mine would be the original "Force It" by UFO. Might have to scan mine and post it. The ones you see online now are not the same.
10) Turn to Stone was one of my faves.
1. Some folks in Springfield must'ov got advance notice of your SDWship, 'cuz brang is all over the place back here.
2. I'm out.
3. *snort*
10. Love that Joe Walsh.
4. Ohmygod -- someone took a recommendation seriously. Well -- hope you like it. Besides the esteemed Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney has a very funny turn in the movie, too.
6. The bosses wearing shorts will soon be followed by congressional action to repeal casual Friday nationwide. The fall election could turn on which party gets in front on this one.
10. "Walk Away" -- an all-time fave.
2. With caclulus one understands integration and thus the relationship between force and momentum, velocity and position.
4. You had me nervous, Dan. You made it sounds as if your movie recommendation track record isn't any good. The good news is it was a good movie. Don't know why I'd never heard of it. Loved the "dream" scene.
K-
I'd be content if they could just observe the lines, Kem.
Again calculus helps. Vectors.
K-