It's just unbelievable what these young people can do on a snowboard.
One girl messed up her landing, breaking her helmet on the ice. But she got up and seemed ok. Reassuringly, the announcer said the helmets are designed to break on impact.
Before I retired, I was a programmer... at least that was one of my jobs.
Every time I started a new contract, the boss would tell me...
"Don't be afraid to ask questions."
The boss was, of course, giving you the worst possible advice. Asking questions marked you as a dunce. If you couldn't figure it out on your own, best to keep your mouth shut.
If you love Chicago gangster stories, the Chicago Tribune will satisfy your cravings this morning.
Murder and extortion at the strip club. Two towns where the police force has been taken over by the Outfit. (It's "the Outfit", not "the Mob," in Chicago.
Lem is not like Althouse. Lem has respect and consideration for the readers of his blog.
Althouse thinks her audience consists of dumb clods who cannot reason or think. If you don't agree with or have difficulty following her convoluted double back flip pretzel like logic you are a "rather dumb reader" and you sound like idiots. Useful idiots, I might add, who create blog hits.....that is all.
Meade had just helped me proofread and edit the previous post by reading it out loud, which he does as if he were a generic reader who has no reason to apply his intelligence to making sense of hard-to-grasp locutions. It's annoying to hear your writing read out loud like that, and I need to control my instinctive reaction and remember why he's adopting the tone of a rather dumb reader.
I made a snarky comment and expect that it will be deleted shortly.
" Nothing wrong with proofreading and especially reading it out loud. Often mistakes in syntax will show up in the spoken word that you miss by just reading. Also the realization that punctuation is needed in certain areas.
But.....here we see what the feeling is from the writer about the intended audience?
Althouse feels that she has to "dumb down" her rhetoric so that the morons who read this blog are able to understand it. Hurrr durrrr.....hope we can get the the big words with more than one syllable.
Oh my.. The sacrifices that must be made in order to attempt to communicate with such dolts. "
I just want to say that you have done a great job with this blog. It is an interesting and very pleasant place to hang. Most of this is due to the leadership and sagacity of our favorite musical Dominican.
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It's a cold, but manageable 22deg F this morning. That picture was not taken this morning, however, in case you are wondering.
watched a little Sochi last night.
It's just unbelievable what these young people can do on a snowboard.
One girl messed up her landing, breaking her helmet on the ice. But she got up and seemed ok. Reassuringly, the announcer said the helmets are designed to break on impact.
Hey, you're doing pretty good, Lem.
Out playing with a kid band last night, after spending most of the day in the studio with the Dawgz.
The kid band is so loud! Haven't played that loud in years. It's fun, but it left my ears ringing.
"If you think it's too loud, you're too old," my son-in-law told me.
I hope you didn't break your helmet when you took that photo, Lem.
"If you think it's too loud, you're too old,"
My wife says that sometimes.
With regards to the stereo, of course.....
One of the best Dilbert strips ever on Sunday.
Before I retired, I was a programmer... at least that was one of my jobs.
Every time I started a new contract, the boss would tell me...
"Don't be afraid to ask questions."
The boss was, of course, giving you the worst possible advice. Asking questions marked you as a dunce. If you couldn't figure it out on your own, best to keep your mouth shut.
Coupla great reads out there on the web.
If you love Chicago gangster stories, the Chicago Tribune will satisfy your cravings this morning.
Murder and extortion at the strip club. Two towns where the police force has been taken over by the Outfit. (It's "the Outfit", not "the Mob," in Chicago.
The "Let's Find a Gay" crowd found a gay football player.
Althouse will be crowing for days over this one!
It's like playing Where's Waldo.
Trust me Lem, you are not Althouse.
That is a very good thing.
Be Lem.
Lem is not like Althouse. Lem has respect and consideration for the readers of his blog.
Althouse thinks her audience consists of dumb clods who cannot reason or think. If you don't agree with or have difficulty following her convoluted double back flip pretzel like logic you are a "rather dumb reader" and you sound like idiots. Useful idiots, I might add, who create blog hits.....that is all.
Meade had just helped me proofread and edit the previous post by reading it out loud, which he does as if he were a generic reader who has no reason to apply his intelligence to making sense of hard-to-grasp locutions. It's annoying to hear your writing read out loud like that, and I need to control my instinctive reaction and remember why he's adopting the tone of a rather dumb reader.
I made a snarky comment and expect that it will be deleted shortly.
" Nothing wrong with proofreading and especially reading it out loud. Often mistakes in syntax will show up in the spoken word that you miss by just reading. Also the realization that punctuation is needed in certain areas.
But.....here we see what the feeling is from the writer about the intended audience?
Althouse feels that she has to "dumb down" her rhetoric so that the morons who read this blog are able to understand it. Hurrr durrrr.....hope we can get the the big words with more than one syllable.
Oh my.. The sacrifices that must be made in order to attempt to communicate with such dolts. "
DBQ - You just don't understand. As expected. Peasant!
It's not easy, being unappreciated.
It's not really mimicking unless you are drunk and bitchy.
You are often drunk but never bitchy.
I just want to say that you have done a great job with this blog. It is an interesting and very pleasant place to hang. Most of this is due to the leadership and sagacity of our favorite musical Dominican.
Oh and one more thing. Boston sucks.
Interesting how Inga materializes when someone says an unkind word about AA, innit? Right. On. Cue.
Please don't mention the devil. Because when you mention the devil soon enough he will appear.
In at least one of manifestations.
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