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8383. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/12/2007 4:42:48 PM Ha! Thanks wabb, though it's highly unlikely that this burned-out teacher will ever teach again.
I just finished a big plate of that subject and I'm very excited about it. I'll post an image after I print something I like. 8384. prolph - 3/15/2007 12:03:23 AM wizardm where will your show be? patsy 8385. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/15/2007 12:22:27 AM In Connecticut, Patsy. 8386. judithathome - 3/22/2007 10:30:40 PM Wiz, I tried to email you and it came back...I used the address I always do.
Anyhow, in the mail today I received something you sent me and I am agog at how beautiful they are! Thanks you, thank you, thank you!
8387. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/29/2007 9:23:44 PM You're very welcome, Judith! (I just saw this, sorry for the late response.)
If you click on these thumbnails you can see some of the recent harvest . . .
8388. wonkers2 - 3/29/2007 10:15:20 PM Beautiful pictures, Wiz. 8389. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/29/2007 11:07:12 PM Thanks wonk, do you want me to send a card to your brother? 8390. wonkers2 - 3/30/2007 2:20:37 PM Please send me one also. We are going to NJ in May for a birthday party and might make it over to Connecticut. 8391. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/30/2007 2:33:53 PM Sure thing and if you have the time, come for dinner. 8392. uzmakk - 3/30/2007 2:50:01 PM A reductio ad absurdum:
Courbo's revolution comes to pass. Active citizenship sweeps the region. Thousands begin to attend city council meetings. The interminable public comment period lengthens. Meetings begin to begin before they have ended. Time begins to move backward. A chronosynclastic infundibulum forms...
These are exciting times, Ladies and Gentlemen! 8393. uzmakk - 3/30/2007 2:57:00 PM Extremely appealling paintings, Wiz. So well composed.
Who was it that said they were actually had tickets for that production of 3 Penny Opera at Studio 54(?). Did he see it? Did he do a couple of paragraphs for The Mote? 8394. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 3/30/2007 5:56:56 PM Uzmakk, what a nice surprise and thank you for the response–as well as the artfully arcane analysis! 8395. judithathome - 3/30/2007 9:59:05 PM The Lord of the Steppes! Great to see you, Uz! 8396. alistairConnor - 3/30/2007 10:30:20 PM The concept of chronosynclastic infundibulum requires development...
How's your quarry activism going? 8397. concerned - 3/31/2007 3:52:04 AM Anybody hear about the 6' milk chocolate Jesus going on display in an art gallery in NY? Scurrilous rumor has it that art connoisseurs are invited to orally sample the artwork itself. How many licks does it take to reach heaven? 8398. Ms. No - 3/31/2007 5:41:41 PM I imagine that depends greatly on which part is being licked. 8399. wonkers2 - 4/5/2007 12:23:31 AM A Short Story About Ann Coulter [I debated whether to put this in the politics thread, the sex thread or this one.] 8400. wonkers2 - 4/5/2007 12:26:01 AM Chapter 2 "Back in Ann Coulter's Ass Saddle Again 8401. judithathome - 4/6/2007 4:01:20 PM The Death Of Common Sense
By Lori Borgman
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Three yards of black fabric enshroud my computer terminal. I am mourning the passing of an old friend by the name of Common Sense.
His obituary reads as follows:
Common Sense, aka C.S., lived a long life, but died from heart failure at the brink of the millennium. No one really knows how old he was, his birth records were long ago entangled in miles and miles of bureaucratic red tape.
Known affectionately to close friends as Horse Sense and Sound Thinking, he selflessly devoted himself to a life of service in homes, schools, hospitals and offices, helping folks get jobs done without a lot of fanfare, whooping and hollering. Rules and regulations and petty, frivolous lawsuits held no power over C.S.
A most reliable sage, he was credited with cultivating the ability to know when to come in out of the rain, the discovery that the early bird gets the worm and how to take the bitter with the sweet. C.S. also developed sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn), reliable parenting strategies (the adult is in charge, not the kid) and prudent dietary plans (offset eggs and bacon with a little fiber and orange juice).
A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the Great Depression, the Technological Revolution and the Smoking Crusades, C.S. survived sundry cultural and educational trends including disco, the men's movement, body piercing, whole language and new math.
C.S.'s health began declining in the late 1960s when he became infected with the If-It-Feels-Good, Do-It virus. In the following decades his waning strength proved no match for the ravages of overbearing federal and state rules and regulations and an oppressive tax code. C.S. was sapped of strength and the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband, criminals received better treatment than victims and judges stuck their noses in everything from Boy Scouts to professional baseball and golf.
His deterioration accelerated as schools implemented zero-tolerance policies. Reports of 6-year-old boys charged with sexual harassment for kissing classmates, a teen suspended for taking a swig of Scope mouthwash after lunch, girls suspended for possessing Midol and an honor student expelled for having a table knife in her school lunch were more than his heart could endure.
As the end neared, doctors say C.S. drifted in and out of logic but was kept informed of developments regarding regulations on low-flow toilets and mandatory air bags. Finally, upon hearing about a government plan to ban inhalers from 14 million asthmatics due to a trace of a pollutant that may be harmful to the environment, C.S. breathed his last.
Services will be at Whispering Pines Cemetery. C.S. was preceded in death by his wife, Discretion; one daughter, Responsibility; and one son, Reason. He is survived by two step-brothers, Half-Wit and Dim-Wit.
Memorial Contributions may be sent to the Institute for Rational Thought.
Farewell, Common Sense. May you rest in peace.
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Note from Lori Borgman: This piece was first published March 15, 1998 in the Indianpolis Star. It has been "modified" and "edited" by others and circulated on the Internet, even sent to me several times. Imagine my surprise to see it attributed to some guy named Anonymous. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I take having my work circulated on the web as a compliment.
8402. Ulgine Barrows - 4/8/2007 10:55:00 AM I'm reading a book so good, it's shut down my library account. I can't check out anything until I return, or pay for it.
Lisa Pearl Rosenbaum, "A Day of New Beginnings".
I start crying, about every other chapter, and have to put it down.
It is about about Jews in Poland during the war, and knowing one's family history. I don't think my ancestors were Polish Jews, but why would this book make me cry so much, if not?
I thought I was Scot-Irish Catholic, and English.
Anyway, worth checking out. And shutting down your library account until finish.
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