Tag: TMI
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No heroes
Random meandering… The entertainment writers are analyzing Disney’s overuse of the same superheroes, which worked for a while but finally went flat. Supposedly every boy read comics about superheroes. I didn’t. Never interested in role models or heroes. I did read Disney and Lantz comics, Mickey and Donald and Woody, until about age 9. Then…
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Zenith leftover
(Redated and reposted) This duplex should have gone in the Zenith set. At that time I showed the Trans-Oceanic in a generic house. Now I’ve made the proper duplex, so will more or less repeat the text with proper pictures. The duplex also has a coffee connection and a printing connection, so it does fit…
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Sure enough
I’ve wisely avoided paying attention to beer since I stopped drinking in 1990. Today, just for curiosity, I walked down the beer aisle in Safeway. Sure enough, most brands are half taken, while Bud Light is untouched. Last week I observed one of the few Bud buyers, who is precisely the exception that proves the…
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One variable
For some reason I was thinking back to public school. Which years were tolerable and which years were hell? Exactly one variable. Gym class. In elementary school we had recess, which was only partial hell. The team leaders never chose me, and the teacher had to force them to take me on pain of detention.…
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Third shift workers day!
Today is Third Shift Workers Day! Rehashing… The Weather Bureau salutes Third Shift Workers Day, for the folks who work graveyard shift. Hadn’t heard of this Day before. From the linked items I couldn’t tell for sure which day is the Official Day. They range from May 7 to May 13. This is fitting, since…
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Will this be on the test?
When I was teaching at DeVry in the 80s, I was constantly frustrated by the pressure toward memorized theory and against job-type experience. Even in an officially job-oriented school, most students just wanted to memorize and get done. From their viewpoint it’s completely understandable. They were only seeking a CREDENTIAL so they could start EARNING.…
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CSS reboot anniversary!
= = = = = START REPRINT from exactly one year ago: According to the daily log at Enid Buzz: Happy May Day! It’s also Couple Appreciation Day, CSS Reboot Day, Executive Coaching Day, Frequent Flyer Day, Global Love Day, Bereaved Mother’s Day, Permaculture Day, Workers’ Day, Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 Day, Law Day,…
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Hersh the outsider
Hersh gets somewhat personal in this piece. He talks about his very brief job as Gene McCarthy’s press secretary. I read the article with curiosity since I had been campaigning for Gene at the same time. The article didn’t tell me anything new about McCarthy, but it did provide insight into Hersh himself. Hersh admits…
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Buttons
Kirn and Taibbi are joking about Kirn running for president. They suggest the Zero Problems platform, which might actually be a good idea. Harding and Ike were Zero Problems presidents, who neither solved nor created any problems. FDR solved problems. All others made problems. We’ll never have another problem solver. FDR gave us the chance…
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Thinking about tinking
As far back as I can remember, I was always “making” stuff. Roads and dams in the dirt, complex Tinkertoy projects, electronic stuff. Today I asked whether my friends and acquaintances were also tinkerers. Some were and some weren’t. The line was drawn exactly by father’s occupation. Sons of professors never got their hands dirty.…
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NYC envy?
Vaguely related to recent realization that my surname is an Oil Name…. This 1909 advertisement in an Enid historical FB page shows two impossibly dapper young men attending an impossibly elegant party at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. The caption says: The men in the scene are wearing Benjamin Full Dress and Tuxedo Suits. The…
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Sunflower blooms again!
The former Sunflower Ammunition Plant in DeSoto is being recast into a giant EV battery plant by Panasonic. I caught a hint of this via Reddit, and noticed that the location looked like Sunflower. Most of the articles miss the Sunflower connection. This article at Bizjournals confirms it. Sunflower was a mysterious ghost town for…
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Noblesse oblige?
Thinking about the instant response of Medium’s algorithm to my futile insults in comments, which was definitely a good thing. Kicked me out of a place I shouldn’t have bothered to enter. Facebook has never cancelled or banned me despite some vastly harsher comments about the demons in charge, especially during the first year of…
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One year in WordPress
Just noticed that 11/27/21 was when I switched from my old Blogspot location to WordPress. I didn’t write much in the first month. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue writing at all. Cancelers were starting to take down important stuff from Blogspot, and I wasn’t convinced that WP would do any better. After…
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Regret?
As equipoise to previous ‘thankful’ item, here’s a newly formed regret. This week I’ve had a standard common cold. It’s not standard for me! My nose gets annoyed sometimes from dust or allergens, but I haven’t had a proper cold in at least 50 years. I had to google the right way to cough and…
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