tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1150939646250325705..comments2024-03-29T03:51:13.883-05:00Comments on Althouse: One way to get rid of a problem: Stop defining it as a problem. Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9607828330679266522018-08-26T19:35:57.655-05:002018-08-26T19:35:57.655-05:00That is so cruel. What would all the victims do?That is so cruel. What would all the victims do?DEEBEEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16235176776968497303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13355947834684891492018-08-26T13:02:33.661-05:002018-08-26T13:02:33.661-05:00I used to blog, but had to close it due to extreme...I used to blog, but had to close it due to extreme attacks by people I didn't know. I moved toward publishing in more restrictive venues, and published a bunch of books that aren't widely read, to say the least. It's not always good to have a wide readership. With a blog I was sometimes getting thirty thousand hits in a day. My books sell in the hundreds rather than the thousands. However, I get literate letters from readers, and I get reviews in respectable journals. It's a slower lane, like slow food, as opposed to fast. I wish I had the nerve to blog openly again. The problem is that people from around the whole world came to my blog. I got Islamic nutcases, and Marxist nutcases, and angry Koreans, and all sorts of riffraff, mostly coming in under pseudonyms. I felt the security risks weren't worth it in the long run, as some of them threatened my children. That was the ultimate decider for me. I have to keep my kids safe. Not that all book writers are safe! Brautigan got death threats constantly. Even in rural Montana he would get packages full of human excrement. Then again, his books were famous world-wide. I'm hardly a household name even in my own household. Kirby Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13843864070084286722018-08-26T12:16:59.148-05:002018-08-26T12:16:59.148-05:00Gee Cook, Are really that obtuse?
Not D v. R, or ...Gee Cook, Are really that obtuse? <br />Not D v. R, or Coasts v. the Midwest or Eagles v. The Bills.<br /><br />If its someone you hold up as a person you like, they are a communicator, leader, success. Positive attributes.<br /><br />If its someone you are intent on smearing, they are manipulative.<br /><br />The standard fare we are use to from Trump haters that refuse to see the success all around us.iowan2https://www.blogger.com/profile/14716635412314020236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17694493960173417462018-08-26T06:27:15.911-05:002018-08-26T06:27:15.911-05:00”Gee I don't know. Jefferson, Washington, Madi...<i>”Gee I don't know. Jefferson, Washington, Madison? Churchill, FDR, Truman? Regan, Clinton, Thatcher?”</i><br /><br />I would exclude the last four of your examples. <br /><br /><i>”But you aren't interested in the point I made, just picking a fight.”</i> <br /><br />What point do you think you were making? That I criticize Republican Presidents for behaviors i “praise” in Democratic presidents? That’s the only reading I could take from it. My response went directly to my understanding of your point—disputing it—and in no way can be reasonably called “starting a fight.”Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19392565966300442812018-08-25T21:30:55.908-05:002018-08-25T21:30:55.908-05:00Bill P.,
Thinking on this second sleep situation, ...Bill P.,<br />Thinking on this second sleep situation, I recall that in Pepys' Diary he often talks about walking on the leads in the evening. Must be that in between period of sleep, when he would go and walk on his roof and chat with his neighbors and such. There were also ad hoc concerts when the mood fit. Interesting, although I don't think my neighbors would be appreciative now as my daughter plays the tuba, and I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. This concept will probably wake me up at 0312 in some way, shape, or form.todd gallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446676971717864094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34492709038133136872018-08-25T21:06:24.900-05:002018-08-25T21:06:24.900-05:00Tim,
check your local library, "At Day's ...Tim,<br />check your local library, "At Day's Close: Night in Times Past", by A. Roger Ekirch. Dewey Decimal # should be 306.4 / Ek. <br />todd gallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446676971717864094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7448065220190517112018-08-25T20:57:20.254-05:002018-08-25T20:57:20.254-05:00Ms. Althouse, I'll have to try that, and it...Ms. Althouse, I'll have to try that, and it's nice to know I'm not unique. My wife is a fairly sound sleeper, so I'll present it tomorrow to gauge her opinion. Can't be worse than me jumping in and out of bed. I tried white noise type stuff, but no cigar. I do use static as my alarm signal in the morning, I can't stand music bursting out, far too grating. A nice AM dial hiss is perfect.todd gallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446676971717864094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28669374582391196462018-08-25T19:55:37.495-05:002018-08-25T19:55:37.495-05:00I'm an early riser, but once, in college, I ha...I'm an early riser, but once, in college, I had a 2nd shift job and I didn't get to bed until 2 or 3 AM. During the period, I woke up at 10. Now I am up 5ish without fail. I struggle with insomnia--I wake up multiple times during the night and sometimes fall in to this pattern where I wake up 10 or 15 minutes earlier than I did yesterday. This goes on, earlier and earlier, until I'm getting up at 2:30 or 3:00, which is early enough to do the second sleep thing--I get up and read until I get tired, then go back to bed. When that happens, I sleep until 6 or 6:30 and the cycle starts over.<br /><br /><i>Bill Peschel said...A book called "At Day's Close" is full of fascinating stories about how we humans dealt with the night throughout history.</i><br /><br />That sounds really interesting--how different things were when nighttime really meant darkness. Thanks Bill, I'll check it out.tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55633797511606751142018-08-25T18:18:53.951-05:002018-08-25T18:18:53.951-05:00Says the guy with a Jewish name.Says the guy with a Jewish name.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34969801565663380462018-08-25T18:17:10.191-05:002018-08-25T18:17:10.191-05:00Hitler was not a mad-man. He brought Germany from...Hitler was not a mad-man. He brought Germany from the brink of becoming a Jewish/Bolshevik/Communist state that would have been invaded by the Soviet Union had the (((Communist))) won the election. He wanted to reunite all of the Germans in Poland and the Sudetenland who had been separated forcibly from Germany after WWI. He did not want war with either the U.S. or Britain. He knew that the (((Communists))) and the jews were Germany's enemies. Our jewish-infested government/banking and finance industry of the time and Russian spies like Hiss and Harry Dexter White convinced Roosevelt to side against Germany. The aforementioned is but a too brief/broad overview of the truth and reality of the time, but the 'victors' write history. The jewish infiltration of our country/culture was too complete at that time, and what with the jews controlling Hollywood/entertainment/radio/publishing/advertising/the news/press/banking-finance (bankrolling much of our politics) and later TV and the Internet/social media/Big Tech companies (all of this collectively known as The Jew Matrix), there was no way that the truth would ever be revealed.JOSEPH ANGELhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11314967605167299204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41519955086296949722018-08-25T18:02:22.805-05:002018-08-25T18:02:22.805-05:00Laura Hillenbrand is a genius. She's not much...Laura Hillenbrand is a genius. She's not much of a traveller. <br />Mack Marianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898390503463886225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46861781294811344972018-08-25T17:58:31.162-05:002018-08-25T17:58:31.162-05:00Night Owl is usually in the top 10/25 of every Nor...Night Owl is usually in the top 10/25 of every Northern Soul list of the youtubes. I prefer Walking Up a One Way St but hey it's a free big ol country. D 2https://www.blogger.com/profile/06176569163582096697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3735827375750486702018-08-25T17:44:23.961-05:002018-08-25T17:44:23.961-05:00For someone that doesn't travel, our hostess t...For someone that doesn't travel, our hostess takes more trips in a few months than I take in 5 years. Just saying.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834894806881349784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17715608466020618982018-08-25T17:16:27.444-05:002018-08-25T17:16:27.444-05:00we hate to go to bed, but then we hate to get up!
...<i>we hate to go to bed, but then we hate to get up!</i><br /><br />Sounds familiar.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67555744342808694122018-08-25T17:06:37.955-05:002018-08-25T17:06:37.955-05:00Trump is not a Problem to solve. He is the Presid...Trump is not a Problem to solve. He is the President...just like other Presidents before him: Taft, Grant, Clinton, Nixon, Carter, Wilson, Obama and other disastrous holders of the office.<br /><br />The PROBLEM for Democrats is what they want, and what the majority of people want, are two very separate things.<br /><br />If they changed what they wanted, Democrats would solve that problem.<br />FIDOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768886981584556497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25242677785788146182018-08-25T16:52:51.548-05:002018-08-25T16:52:51.548-05:00“Ann, you are writing a book here, just a complete...“Ann, you are writing a book here, just a completely different kind of a book. I like it. Instead of having to go out and buy something and be diligent about plowing through and remembering characters, plots, etc., I'm following an ongoing steam of consciousness. In addition, you've got this stream of side characters, co-authors, who add their sometimes quirky streams of consciousness. It's like a book club of people who are not discussing a book, but writing a book.”<br /><br />That’s a variation on the idea of redefinition. Instead of redefine the problem as not a probem, define a word in the statement of the problem so that your situation is not within the problem.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49854686184191867832018-08-25T16:46:56.805-05:002018-08-25T16:46:56.805-05:00“I have trouble sleeping and it sucks enormously, ...“I have trouble sleeping and it sucks enormously, and I am not a genius. I'll fall asleep OK, but wake up between 0255 and 0315 (always these times without fail) with my mind fully alert and already going over something I had been studying or handling that day at work. If I can go back to sleep it's only after an hour or so of dealing with the issue that woke me up just to quiet my brain. What makes it worse it's usually stupid obscure stuff that for some reason I have to resolve. London building restrictions before 1666, integrated pest management and box elder bugs, 3 phase electrical systems, crap like that. Drives me nuts.”<br /><br />I had that exact form of insomnia when I was young and I solved it by listening to an audiobook, something just interesting enough to replace my own thoughts, such as Bill Bryson reading A Walk In The Woods.<br /><br />Get an under the pillow speaker if you have a bedmate.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88099456064624193892018-08-25T15:30:10.452-05:002018-08-25T15:30:10.452-05:00Night owl here ... born this way. I read somewhere...Night owl here ... born this way. I read somewhere that night owls live on a 25 hour internal clock, so we hate to go to bed, but then we hate to get up! Larks, on the other hand, have a shorter internal clock, so go to bed earlier and then wake up earlier.Art in LAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520412273250464900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75189939263751676802018-08-25T15:15:21.211-05:002018-08-25T15:15:21.211-05:00I am totally cool with not visiting another countr...I am totally cool with not visiting another country for a while: I'm pretty sick of this one. The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50266819948489823292018-08-25T14:45:10.290-05:002018-08-25T14:45:10.290-05:00“Travelling” is a poor word. I don’t bother to exp...“Travelling” is a poor word. I don’t bother to explain, most of the time. But it implies movement, which is not the point, for most good travellers.<br /><br />This week I’m riding along the Garden Route in South Africa, and if you Google it you’ll see it’s beautiful. I met a very experienced German lady travelling solo in a rental car yesterday, at a view point on the Klein Karoo, a spectacular small plateau. Today we hired a guide to take us through a township on the coast. It was eye opening. <br /><br />I like the movement aspect of travel because of the adventure aspect of navigating through come-what-may, border to border, and building on the skills to do that anywhere on earth without anxiety. It’s more freeing and rewarding than I can describe.<br /><br />I come here to Althouse several times a day when possible because I’m fascinated by discussion of Trump’s historic and hopefully pivotal role. In a buwaya way, specifically. <br /><br />A few more weeks here and the real adventure begins!Mr. Groovingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12095753472768152775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11288556143468108612018-08-25T14:19:58.196-05:002018-08-25T14:19:58.196-05:001. Properly and accurately defining gets you 75% ...1. Properly and accurately defining gets you 75% of the way towards a solution.<br /><br />2. If there isn't a concrete solution, then there isn't a problem.Bay Area Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342949066248487677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87586000283241535392018-08-25T14:10:37.634-05:002018-08-25T14:10:37.634-05:00Ann, you are writing a book here, just a completel...Ann, you are writing a book here, just a completely different kind of a book. I like it. Instead of having to go out and buy something and be diligent about plowing through and remembering characters, plots, etc., I'm following an ongoing steam of consciousness. In addition, you've got this stream of side characters, co-authors, who add their sometimes quirky streams of consciousness. It's like a book club of people who are not discussing a book, but writing a book.Rosalyn C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05868527120018363058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40288248796479761972018-08-25T13:47:38.414-05:002018-08-25T13:47:38.414-05:00Barack Obama. Genius outsider.
Now I've hear...Barack Obama. Genius outsider.<br /><br />Now I've heard everything.<br /><br />Good grief.Jim athttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02271099587684174816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54763814287804066052018-08-25T13:17:28.713-05:002018-08-25T13:17:28.713-05:00Dual magnetos are there so that you can still fly ...Dual magnetos are there so that you can still fly home when one fails the mag check.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22647709557447412502018-08-25T13:16:15.852-05:002018-08-25T13:16:15.852-05:00I rake my leaves under the responsible tree.I rake my leaves under the responsible tree.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.com