tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post115413109143098216..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: Convention, Convertible, Contrex, Chardonnay, Condom.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154309817093596052006-07-30T20:36:00.000-05:002006-07-30T20:36:00.000-05:00Elizabeth: Yes, I need to merchandise something! (...Elizabeth: Yes, I need to merchandise something! (Any other suggestions?)Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154281262287986302006-07-30T12:41:00.000-05:002006-07-30T12:41:00.000-05:00The Scoop Monologues? Ann, please design a logo po...The Scoop Monologues? Ann, please design a logo posthaste. I want a T-shirt!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154281221521276312006-07-30T12:40:00.000-05:002006-07-30T12:40:00.000-05:00Coincidence? No, convergence.Coincidence? No, convergence.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154202406761843732006-07-29T14:46:00.000-05:002006-07-29T14:46:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154201905786124952006-07-29T14:38:00.000-05:002006-07-29T14:38:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154201368794495872006-07-29T14:29:00.000-05:002006-07-29T14:29:00.000-05:00Welding is in the ads because there's a co-author ...Welding is in the ads because there's a co-author named Althouse.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154200886398457112006-07-29T14:21:00.000-05:002006-07-29T14:21:00.000-05:00Elizabeth: LOL. I'm working on my play "The Scoop ...Elizabeth: LOL. I'm working on my play "The Scoop Monologues."Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154200850350231722006-07-29T14:20:00.000-05:002006-07-29T14:20:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154195639123579432006-07-29T12:53:00.000-05:002006-07-29T12:53:00.000-05:00Sippican and XWL, my head is spinning. I enjoy tha...Sippican and XWL, my head is spinning. I enjoy that sensation, so thanks.<BR/><BR/>Ann, I like the idea of speedy little roadster marketed to women. Something fast and loud, with a hood scoop. Men, rev up your litte red Corvettes. Women, start up your little deuce Scoops.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154178798100523512006-07-29T08:13:00.000-05:002006-07-29T08:13:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154154218972747012006-07-29T01:23:00.001-05:002006-07-29T01:23:00.001-05:00XWL: I think there's plenty of material. At the ra...XWL: I think there's plenty of material. At the rate you were going, you could do a book on this post. I, for one, would be fascinated, having written the post. I think the ease with which you can spin out ideas, once you have the knack, is really scary. It's madness. But it demonstrates the wonderfulness of the human mind and it's quite amusing and charming (which it's not annoying).<BR/><BR/>Why I don't get a Corvette? I have old posts on this. The main reason is that it isn't good for winter driving.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154154183108005892006-07-29T01:23:00.000-05:002006-07-29T01:23:00.000-05:00XWL: I think there's plenty of material. At the ra...XWL: I think there's plenty of material. At the rate you were going, you could do a book on this post. I, for one, would be fascinated, having written the post. I think the ease with which you can spin out ideas, once you have the knack, is really scary. It's madness. But it demonstrates the wonderfulness of the human mind and it's quite amusing and charming (which it's not annoying).<BR/><BR/>Why I don't get a Corvette? I have old posts on this. The main reason is that it isn't good for winter driving.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154150865889076702006-07-29T00:27:00.000-05:002006-07-29T00:27:00.000-05:00Furthermore, you should be angry that I use such '...Furthermore, you should be angry that I use such 'martial' and 'patriarchal' language when describing your suggestion about 'deconstructing' your post.<BR/><BR/>Being at the BlogHer conference you should know that the patriarchal hegemony embedded in so much of our language must be fought at every level and at every instance.<BR/><BR/>(I scare myself sometimes how easily that stuff flies off my fingertips)XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154150705566065382006-07-29T00:25:00.000-05:002006-07-29T00:25:00.000-05:00Hadn't even noticed the link in the update of the ...Hadn't even noticed the link in the update of the post, thank you much.<BR/><BR/>(scary part is, I'm only half joking about turning that into a 40 page dissertation, now I'm going to have to post the paper I wrote regarding the ad campaign for an Angelina Jolie picture)XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154150362909666532006-07-29T00:19:00.000-05:002006-07-29T00:19:00.000-05:00Woohoo, it's Prince day.(my own posts on Prince, a...Woohoo, it's Prince day.<BR/><BR/>(my own posts on Prince, all from earlier today, <A HREF="http://immodestproposals.blogspot.com/2006/07/gauntlets-been-thrown.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, <A HREF="http://immodestproposals.blogspot.com/2006/07/in-other-prince-news.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>, and <A HREF="http://immodestproposals.blogspot.com/2006/07/top-131-albums-of-1980s.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>)<BR/><BR/>So why not a Little Red Corvette for yourself, Professor?XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154149725533556052006-07-29T00:08:00.000-05:002006-07-29T00:08:00.000-05:00XWL: Shhhhhh!Patrick Martin said..."Would someone ...XWL: Shhhhhh!<BR/><BR/>Patrick Martin said..."Would someone please tell Amazon that certain products just should not be promoted by how many "Used & New" are available? Is there a market for used Elexas? Ewwwww..."<BR/><BR/>Hey, it goes with the red car, I'm thinking: "I guess I must be dumb/'Cuz you had a pocket full of horses/Trojan and some of them used." -- "Little Red Corvette."Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154146865592176662006-07-28T23:21:00.000-05:002006-07-28T23:21:00.000-05:00Hey, unmoderated comments again. Hope everyone's r...Hey, unmoderated comments again. Hope everyone's respectful enough to allow this to last.XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154146778264432582006-07-28T23:19:00.000-05:002006-07-28T23:19:00.000-05:00Not that I'm engaged in a 'anything you can do, I ...Not that I'm engaged in a 'anything you can do, I can do better' contest with Sippican Cottage (his is more what an artist would do with it, mine is more English Major-ish), but I thought I'd do a more 'dissertation-ish' deconstruction of the post.<BR/><BR/>(only made it as far as the post's tite, though)<BR/><BR/>Here's <A HREF="http://immodestproposals.blogspot.com/2006/07/july-28th-must-be-gauntlet-throwing.html" REL="nofollow">the link</A> to the piece at my site (to post it here would be abusive to everyone's scrolling finger)<BR/><BR/>Just a small taste to whet y'all's appetites, <I>"Convention: intentionally ambiguous meaning here, both in the sense of a 'convention' as meeting, and 'convention' as accepted method of doing things, this double meaning (with a third less obvious, but nevertheless informative meaning of 'convent'ion, given the 'sister'ly nature of the BlogHer conference, this particular 'convention' could be seen as a modern descendent of a 'convent' and therefore 'convent'ional in a secular imitation of the religious 'convent') serves to inform every aspect of the rest of the post. Next the concept space suggested by the term 'convertible', a (no doubt) intentional mimicking of the c-o-n-v-e- of the first word in the title, but with the changed ending a change in inference. Convertibles in many ways are the complete opposite of 'convention', 'convertible' means changeable, indeed even 'convert-able'. With the choice of this word, the author signals her flexibility and openness (just like an 'open top' car). Next we have the word, 'contrex', a made up word for a product, yes, but when put in con-text along with the first two con-words, it suggests that what will follow is both a 'con' and is full of 'tricks' as well as represents a series of 'treks'."</I>XWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646729965929680256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154142522829513802006-07-28T22:08:00.000-05:002006-07-28T22:08:00.000-05:00Only a postmodernist would describe a condom as ha...Only a postmodernist would describe a condom as having a perspective.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774002797359859550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154142226910489782006-07-28T22:03:00.000-05:002006-07-28T22:03:00.000-05:00Dude, man: Red convertible, manual transmission. R...Dude, man: Red convertible, manual transmission. Right <EM>on!</EM><BR/><BR/>I can't understand automatic transmission people at all. Except in stop-and-lurch traffic on a hill. That's a drag.<BR/><BR/>Can't say I'm really hot for the Sky, though. The Solstice, either; I finally saw one in the flesh, and it's just... overdone.Gordon Freecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10779983208898166853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154140882130549962006-07-28T21:41:00.000-05:002006-07-28T21:41:00.000-05:00Would someone please tell Amazon that certain prod...Would someone please tell Amazon that certain products just should not be promoted by how many "Used & New" are available? Is there a market for used Elexas? Ewwwww....PatHMVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542719040606654134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154140726635909712006-07-28T21:38:00.000-05:002006-07-28T21:38:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.PatHMVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542719040606654134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154137424497173252006-07-28T20:43:00.000-05:002006-07-28T20:43:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154135082956422292006-07-28T20:04:00.000-05:002006-07-28T20:04:00.000-05:00I want a fancy-schmancy post modernist to deconstr...I want a fancy-schmancy post modernist to deconstruct this post!Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1154134596045229892006-07-28T19:56:00.000-05:002006-07-28T19:56:00.000-05:00I'm sure Dion's there because I've written about h...I'm sure Dion's there because I've written about him.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.com