tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5202764997428559033..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: The ginkgo in late afternoon.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32379758233388810382015-11-06T15:35:21.131-06:002015-11-06T15:35:21.131-06:00I have a modest sized ginkgo in my back yard that ...I have a modest sized ginkgo in my back yard that is just now turning yellow while all the other trees are already leafless. Ginkgoes are an ancient tree, dating back to the late Triassic. smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02940640793578572018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16047036112406772632015-11-06T13:31:50.187-06:002015-11-06T13:31:50.187-06:00Could be. I also remember "Hand me down my wa...Could be. I also remember "Hand me down my walking cane" on that machine with the song being the main thing and much simpler than jazz musicians do it.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60865881597756074322015-11-06T12:15:20.192-06:002015-11-06T12:15:20.192-06:00Absolutely the best time of year, the melancholy o...Absolutely the best time of year, the melancholy offset by the brilliant colors.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08453645332115977645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89201290860540752652015-11-06T11:40:09.436-06:002015-11-06T11:40:09.436-06:00Hagar, lots of those great songs from maybe 1910-1...Hagar, lots of those great songs from maybe 1910-1960 were derivations and re-interpretations of standard tunes. "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" is pretty much 12-bar blues, but I gotta suspect it has an earlier history as a campfire tune with less strict chords and rhythm.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84282599029080149402015-11-06T11:32:34.316-06:002015-11-06T11:32:34.316-06:00Cheney was Secretary of Defense. Bush was a pilot...Cheney was Secretary of Defense. Bush was a pilot in the National Guard.<br /><br />But whatever. You don't like military any more than Obama does. I get that.<br /><br />"That...is irrelevant." You said "gang of creeps".<br /><br />Your reply shows that my assumption about your intended antecedent was correct.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64108791449568985832015-11-06T10:23:12.520-06:002015-11-06T10:23:12.520-06:00If I heard that song on a phonograph machine, it i...If I heard that song on a phonograph machine, it is much older than Wikipedia says.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91917427761401493542015-11-06T09:38:14.017-06:002015-11-06T09:38:14.017-06:00Bob Ellison:
"...what is the antecedent to &...Bob Ellison:<br /><br /><i>"...what is the antecedent to 'they' in your post?<br /><br />"Did the Bushes assassinate their own characters? Did the Today Show hosts?<br /><br />"Of this gang of creeps, as you call them, one, two-- let's see, all of them served in the military."</i><br /><br /><br />Bush, Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld.<br /><br />That some of them served in the military--Cheney did not, and Bush 43 sort of faded out and didn't show up for the latter part of his service--is irrelevant. Service in the military does not signify any greater quality of character than being a police officer or a fireman or a doctor or a lawyer or a file clerk or a trash collector. All sorts of people end up in any occupation one can name for all sorts of reasons. One will find princes and philosophers collecting trash or washing pots and pans and creeps in the White House or Pentagon.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10733328010988144492015-11-06T07:51:45.804-06:002015-11-06T07:51:45.804-06:00Hagar, that was a great link! I first heard that ...Hagar, that was a great link! I first heard that song by the Muppets.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20555398812780527512015-11-06T07:36:01.215-06:002015-11-06T07:36:01.215-06:00Robert Cook, not to get all George Will on you, bu...Robert Cook, not to get all George Will on you, but what is the antecedent to "they" in your post?<br /><br />Did the Bushes assassinate their own characters? Did the Today Show hosts?<br /><br />Of this gang of creeps, as you call them, one, two-- let's see, all of them served in the military.<br /><br />Are you trying to be the last, most obliviously dumb commenter here? You're in the running. But let me warn you: I can be much later and more oblivious. Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6352604485265414602015-11-06T07:06:05.421-06:002015-11-06T07:06:05.421-06:00"Ain't Nobody Here but us Chickens"
...<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGs6TDeXo8E" rel="nofollow">"Ain't Nobody Here but us Chickens"</a><br />by Louis Jourdan<br /><br />but I am pretty sure I first heard this by "Five Guys Named Moe" on a record that was so old that the grooves went up and down rather than side to side as on modern records.Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51334455712827652372015-11-06T06:57:18.844-06:002015-11-06T06:57:18.844-06:00"The Today Show dedicated most of its first t...<i>"The Today Show dedicated most of its first ten minutes today to assassinating the characters of George Bush 41, George Bush 43, and Dick Cheney. Their weapon was Don Rumsfeld."</i><br /><br />They spent their whole careers assassinating their own characters. All the Today Show can do is summarize. (Of this gang of creeps, Bush 41 is probably the least awful.)Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86082779682495098692015-11-06T06:32:47.155-06:002015-11-06T06:32:47.155-06:00In D.C., authorities spray the Ginko trees to prev...In D.C., <a href="http://dc.gov/release/ginkgo-tree-spray-occur-week" rel="nofollow">authorities spray the Ginko trees</a> to prevent them from bearing the awful, awful stinking fruit. At the University of Wisconsin? A protest waiting to happen!<br /><br />I remember at Reed College, where the trees were in front of the library, that locals of some Asian ethnicity used to come and collect the fruit for the seeds. Welcome to them, I thought.Carter Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141300133457388267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36125721174132387572015-11-06T06:15:30.398-06:002015-11-06T06:15:30.398-06:00The Today Show dedicated most of its first ten min...<i>The Today Show</i> dedicated most of its first ten minutes today to assassinating the characters of George Bush 41, George Bush 43, and Dick Cheney. Their weapon was Don Rumsfeld.<br /><br />This is the news that many people consume every morning. It's a gender-diverse market at 7:00am, but grows very rapidly female over the next two hours.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25767477610477300932015-11-06T06:14:56.277-06:002015-11-06T06:14:56.277-06:00"CWJ said...
Late afternoon light is the best..."CWJ said...<br />Late afternoon light is the best for experiencing autumn up close."<br /><br />Nope. Noon sun, blue sky. Especially in the woods.Curious Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440726941494085334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31837955962220808192015-11-06T06:10:28.677-06:002015-11-06T06:10:28.677-06:00My mission for today is to post comment #24 on eve...My mission for today is to post comment #24 on every blog item.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35519380764259270902015-11-06T05:23:53.758-06:002015-11-06T05:23:53.758-06:00Five Guys Named Moe.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EaUqLrfEMU" rel="nofollow">Five Guys Named Moe</a>.Bob Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446972838620138676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11515212474603236432015-11-06T00:30:25.941-06:002015-11-06T00:30:25.941-06:00"How stereotypical."
I know. Who all he..."How stereotypical."<br /><br />I know. Who all heard the bulletin and immediately thought the guy's name would wind up containing "Mohammad" in it somewhere?<br /><br />Was it just me? Were we wrong to think that?<br /><br />Were we wrong about it ipso facto?BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72752546934027572522015-11-05T23:10:40.835-06:002015-11-05T23:10:40.835-06:00You know. I've been wondering about the lack o...You know. I've been wondering about the lack of information about the four person stabber on the UC Merced campus. He's busy being dead so you'd think someone would have picked up a wallet or taken some fingerprints. So I'd assumed he was a politician with a "D" after his name. Instead, he appears to be - "identified as freshman Faisal Mohammad of Santa Clara." Ah so now we know.<br /><br />How stereotypical. Both the reticence to name names and the name with the MO.<br /><br />CWJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03598487232861475833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9679576212416221172015-11-05T23:00:14.853-06:002015-11-05T23:00:14.853-06:00Ok, despite your linguistic pedantry, and your law...Ok, despite your linguistic pedantry, and your lawyer know-it-all-ness (is there a word for that?), and your inability to decide if you're a conservative or a liberal, and... whatever else you do that annoys me... sometimes your whimsy is very endearing.<br /><br />You're alright, perfesser.<br /><br />God created trees. And he created humans to create buildings.<br /><br />It's a beautiful thing.BNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07800122398628075042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76990440749396451572015-11-05T20:11:03.751-06:002015-11-05T20:11:03.751-06:00Althouse has a great eye.
Until she uses that dam...Althouse has a great eye.<br /><br />Until she uses that damned fish-eye lens.<br /><br />I hate the fish-eye lens.<br /><br />Leave the fish lens to the fish.<br /><br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60201862555245166732015-11-05T20:03:25.218-06:002015-11-05T20:03:25.218-06:00Ambience?Ambience?Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05011701168912339784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53919650398543675452015-11-05T19:50:09.731-06:002015-11-05T19:50:09.731-06:00Crop the photo and it is a pretty tree. Uncropped,...Crop the photo and it is a pretty tree. Uncropped, you realize you are in an area that surrounds the tree.<br /><br />Adds a French word that I cannot spell.<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79695760800154486652015-11-05T19:47:47.784-06:002015-11-05T19:47:47.784-06:00Love the photos, and appreciate the edge of the bu...Love the photos, and appreciate the edge of the building in the corner: it adds a vital layer of depth, and positions you in the frame, not outside the frame.<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49675420810865430772015-11-05T19:29:49.149-06:002015-11-05T19:29:49.149-06:00There are 5 species of seed plants. Gingkos are th...There are 5 species of seed plants. Gingkos are the only remaining species of its group, the oldest living tree, unchanged since the dinosaurs nibbles on its leaves. And they are pretty in the fall!<br />Elliott Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08926851577632076982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39492114350948617842015-11-05T19:16:16.837-06:002015-11-05T19:16:16.837-06:00A golf course is most beautiful in the light of la...A golf course is most beautiful in the light of late day.Wilburhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648146528637449534noreply@blogger.com