Althouse: Pulling the light switch.

August 13, 2020

Pulling the light switch.

On Lake Mendota at 6:03 this morning.

17 comments:

traditionalguy said...: From dark to light. Celebrate.; 8/13/20, 9:31 AM
Howard said...: Nothing says WASP like a single skull at dawn.; 8/13/20, 9:37 AM
GingerBeer said...: Ann, only the second time you've shown rowers on the lake. How many till they rate their own tag?; 8/13/20, 9:45 AM
Joe Smith said...: Yet another postcard...; 8/13/20, 9:50 AM
rcocean said...: Wonderful video. Makes me want to be in that skull and rowing across the lake at dawn.; 8/13/20, 10:09 AM
Owen said...: Howard: the word is “scull.” Try to get some basic orthography through your envy-addled skull.

PS: the privilege of rowing differs from that of canoeing or kayaking, how exactly? Where does one go to ascertain the PQ (privilege quotient) of a sport? Does one wait for the BLM Correct Thinking Subcommittee to issue a ruling?; 8/13/20, 11:43 AM
Ingachuck'stoothlessARM said...: what is that strange creature swimming by?

is that "Mendie", the 'Loch Ness Monster' of Lake Mendota?

...or another hoax?; 8/13/20, 1:03 PM
Howard said...: Haha Owen. Et vou pray part a.; 8/13/20, 1:04 PM
rehajm said...: Wonder how #antifa in Portland are able to set false narratives in the media & get so much in donations? Propaganda is at the top of their agenda. They’ve released instructions on how to manipulate public opinion through using multiple fake social media accounts.; 8/13/20, 1:50 PM
Jaq said...: "PS: the privilege of rowing differs from that of canoeing or kayaking, how exactly?”

It’s playing at being a galley slave, which makes it worse.; 8/13/20, 2:02 PM
Jaq said...: http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/index.php/2020/08/13/say-it-isnt-so-joe-43/

We are beyond parody now. It has to be a parody, right? What if it isn’t? Are there really people who want to color in pictures of Joe Biden coming out of the shower wrapped in a towel? I like to think that this is the Trump campaign putting a creepy vibe on Joe, but this is 2020. He’s plenty creepy.; 8/13/20, 2:10 PM
Kai Akker said...: @Owen, the PQ relationships here are well known, I believe.

A scull is to a canoe as the country club is to the par-3 course.

A canoe is to a kayak as the par-3 course is to the miniature golf course.

And a kayak is to blog comments as the miniature golf course is to the red beer cup, dented.

That breaks down on the points system as 10 pts, 5 pts, 2 pts, -3 pts.

On the other end, a Laser is to a scull as Baltusrol is to Generic CC. That gets you 25 pts and the guillotine. A JetSki gets you -25 pts and torture before the guillotine.; 8/13/20, 3:13 PM
Craig said...: This post is so serene, especially in contrast to the ugliness referenced in the posts it is sandwiched between.; 8/13/20, 3:37 PM
mandrewa said...: Well that didn't take long. As a follow up on my comment just yesterday, where I suggested that the looters will get off without charge despite however much evidence there may be against them, here it is a day later and that is what is happening:

Tim Pool: Chicago police call for federal intervention in leftist riots, slam Kim Foxx for releasing looters; 8/13/20, 3:57 PM
Richard said...: Shark! Wisconsin?; 8/13/20, 4:45 PM
Owen said...: Kai Akker: excellent! Thanks.; 8/13/20, 5:22 PM
Nichevo said...: Owen said...
Howard: the word is “scull.” Try to get some basic orthography through your envy-addled skull.

Owen, perhaps you're new here? Howard, or Garbage Howie as I like to call him (and as my spell check has learned to predict), fancies himself a very interesting fellow.

One of his 'power plays,' according to him, is to deliberately introduce errors into writing. This is supposed to épater la bourgeoisie or 'shock the squares,' whom he then sees fit to target for further abuse. It's also supposed to elevate him as some kind of intellectual when he makes an effort to talk normally.

I know another fake ex-marine, a con man who also likes to introduce numerous errors into business documents, based on some notion that sufficient typos or errors will invalidate the document, presumably aiding him in his fraud du jour.

Don't be fooled by him pretending to be a mean jerk. He really is a mean jerk. And, as he described it very well himself, a very special snowflake, one of his stock accusations for others. From an earlier conversation which gives me some small pleasure to recall:

Blogger Howard said...
Nichevo:

I'm sorry, did you say something?

See, it's a paradox...

You always say something...

But you never say anything.

It's almost as if you craved attention. From people you clearly don't like.

Which, experts tell me, would make you a snowflake.

Hmm.

With your talent for projection you could play home movies on the far side of the moon.; 8/13/20, 10:27 PM