tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post720343434690929789..comments2024-03-28T18:57:10.683-05:00Comments on Althouse: Not happy about the banal wisdom of Pinterest.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16018523305096623702014-11-24T13:35:15.401-06:002014-11-24T13:35:15.401-06:00Gabriel: @SeanF:A foundation is "the basis or...<b>Gabriel:</b> <i>@SeanF:A foundation is "the basis or groundwork of anything."<br /><br />When used as a metaphor, yes.</i><br /><br />No, not when used as a metaphor. That is the <b>primary</b> definition of the word.<br /><br />A foundation is what gives something stability and steadiness. It does not (necessarily) imply motionless.SeanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697328067457248454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6300634595350095772014-11-24T04:14:52.582-06:002014-11-24T04:14:52.582-06:00The internet: demonstrating that people are not ve...The internet: demonstrating that people are not very good at a lot of things.stlcdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07407669183827851656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32227918728621732012014-11-23T22:11:59.321-06:002014-11-23T22:11:59.321-06:00My best ever relationship advice came from the Kor...My best ever relationship advice came from the Koran, 9:11.<br />Behttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593480051760923088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59789123233686005002014-11-23T22:09:24.069-06:002014-11-23T22:09:24.069-06:00@SeanF:A foundation is "the basis or groundwo...@SeanF:<i>A foundation is "the basis or groundwork of anything."</i><br /><br />When used as a metaphor, yes. And your use of "groundwork" as a synonym betrays the metaphor. (What "ground" was "worked" in satisfying customers?) <br /><br />Even "basis" is a metaphor--the root is of course "base", which is from a Greek word meaning "pedestal". "Foundation" is from Latin for "the bottom".<br /><br />"Foundation of our progress" is a mixed metaphor, which is my whole point (and Orwell's)--you have forgotten that the word is a metaphor when used that way because you have seen it used that way so often.Gabrielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188485747371986575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43527991014284122352014-11-23T21:12:14.048-06:002014-11-23T21:12:14.048-06:00Gabriel: I remember seeing in a hotel a sign sayin...<b>Gabriel:</b> <i>I remember seeing in a hotel a sign saying, "the satisfaction of our customers is the foundation of our progress".<br /><br /> Progress is forward motion, and foundation is a large mass of concrete that helps a building to stay put.</i><br /><br />A foundation is "the basis or groundwork of anything." If you think progress doesn't (or can't) have a foundation, it's you who doesn't know what the words mean.SeanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697328067457248454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36781234324439221362014-11-23T18:40:17.794-06:002014-11-23T18:40:17.794-06:00Ugh. I hate inspirational BS. I also dispise the u...Ugh. I hate inspirational BS. I also dispise the ubiquitous "Live Laugh Love" crap in way too many homes and in every home decor section in stores.<br /><br />One of the reasons I stay off Facebook was seeing the inspirational quotes. It may be unfair, but I think less of people (in that moment) who post that stuff, so I would rather not know. It is equivalent to those chain/joke/inspirational emails from 1995 the older folks in my family still forward. CatherineMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909616844180482228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27639004534543333662014-11-23T18:00:56.523-06:002014-11-23T18:00:56.523-06:00Yes. God is assumed to be the all knowing creator ...Yes. God is assumed to be the all knowing creator of every life with a Predestined Plan for everyone that includes a good wife with the intelligence to help her man that she was specially designed for.<br /><br />I can see the Professor believing that spiritual revelation.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13793918795980944652014-11-23T16:50:37.385-06:002014-11-23T16:50:37.385-06:00"Laslo, you should start circulating yours.&q..."Laslo, you should start circulating yours."<br /><br />I agree. We just have to choose a banal image to go with them.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92152674562585954282014-11-23T16:33:27.842-06:002014-11-23T16:33:27.842-06:00He heard God say, "That's her."
Ste...<i>He heard God say, "That's her."</i><br /><br />Steven Pinker would say, "That's her." An all-knowing God would say, "That's she."Mark Caplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157338755022593966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13471601554915079252014-11-23T15:46:55.046-06:002014-11-23T15:46:55.046-06:00I'm pretty sure if you go back to 1900 in maga...I'm pretty sure if you go back to 1900 in magazines you'd find the same maudlin bullshit. Nothing has changed except for the presentation media.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9217612602666486552014-11-23T15:24:19.515-06:002014-11-23T15:24:19.515-06:00Skeptical Voter:
There is an underlying order to ...Skeptical Voter:<br /><br />There is an underlying order to our universe. Some people classify it as "God", an extra-universal entity, while others classify it as dark or unknown (and likely unknowable within the scientific domain).n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26779871658567452752014-11-23T15:09:09.051-06:002014-11-23T15:09:09.051-06:00Well I won't say I'm focused on God--being...Well I won't say I'm focused on God--being a lapsed Methdist and all that. But very shortly after I first dated my wife I knew she was the one I wanted. 10 days or less to decide-and it's still working almost 50 years later. I doubt that God whispered in my ear; it was either dumb luck or the single best decision I ever made. And when you're just past your 20th birthday, your decision making skills aren't yet at their peak--so maybe dumb luck?Skeptical Voterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17766112542617494866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25775144353462326592014-11-23T13:57:46.338-06:002014-11-23T13:57:46.338-06:00Pleasant perceptions.Pleasant perceptions.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11242782409479321682014-11-23T13:46:49.109-06:002014-11-23T13:46:49.109-06:00www.demotivators.com
Way better than pinterest.www.demotivators.com<br /><br />Way better than pinterest.Achilleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109507896997459818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35341425729008106662014-11-23T12:22:07.573-06:002014-11-23T12:22:07.573-06:00Is Pinterest where these awful Daily Affirmation-t...Is Pinterest where these awful Daily Affirmation-type graphics come from on Facebook? <br /><br />Laslo, you should start circulating yours. I'll gladly share.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09055468613470143350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82283318059947911232014-11-23T12:01:50.111-06:002014-11-23T12:01:50.111-06:00My Love for You
Is Overflowing
and That is Why
I O...My Love for You<br />Is Overflowing<br />and That is Why<br />I Overflowed<br />with Your Sister.<br />I Have Accepted <br />This.<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68752795849072969782014-11-23T11:58:28.552-06:002014-11-23T11:58:28.552-06:00I see #1 as a pitch for a remake of the Anaconda m...I see #1 as a pitch for a remake of the Anaconda movie. In the recent Godzilla remake, they made him a far more sympathetic monster, and, right from the beginning, Frankenstein was looking for love.. That's the secret of a good monster movie--give the monster a human dimension.----. I see Jennifer Lopez as a herpetologist performing an experiment that goes horribly wrong during a thunderstorm., As a result during moments of emotional stress, she suddenly transforms into an anaconda. Her father had abandoned the family when she was a young girl, Subsequently she became very clingy and needy with her boyfriends as an adult......Daniel Radcliffe plays her young lab assistant. He tries to leave work early one night to be with his girl friend. This triggers he anaconda reaction. She squeezes him so hard the eyes bug out of his head and then swallows him whole. She has no memory of the incident. The only evidence of the crime is one of Daniel's eyeballs that is left on the floor. Matthew McConnaughey plays a detective investigating the disappearance. He discovers the eyeball and asks her some hard questions about Daniel's disappearance and Nietzsche's theory of the eternal return. This triggers another anaconda response but, while Matthew is being squeezed, he says that he loves her anyway. This act of love reverses the anaconda effect, and they go on to live happily ever after--until the first kid leaves for college.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57282692588945539152014-11-23T11:52:21.785-06:002014-11-23T11:52:21.785-06:00I am Sorry
I Did Not Follow
My Part of Our
Suicide...I am Sorry<br />I Did Not Follow<br />My Part of Our<br />Suicide Pact.<br />After Watching You<br />Thrash and<br />Foam and<br />Spasm<br />I Decided<br />I Want to<br />Live:<br />I Know<br />You Would<br />Be Happy<br />for Me.<br /><br />I am Laslo.Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53420171362513885162014-11-23T11:49:40.128-06:002014-11-23T11:49:40.128-06:00If the guy's focused on a supernatural being a...If the guy's focused on a supernatural being and then he looks UP to see you, isn't he likelier to be a Satanist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87015372156607366482014-11-23T11:21:51.060-06:002014-11-23T11:21:51.060-06:00Just Because
You Left Me
Doesn't Mean That
I H...Just Because<br />You Left Me<br />Doesn't Mean That<br />I Have Left You:<br />One Day<br />You Will Have<br />a Flat Tire<br />And Need a<br />Ride<br />And I Will Be<br />The Only One<br />Around.<br /><br />I am Laslo.<br />Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70967726035836737532014-11-23T10:27:30.187-06:002014-11-23T10:27:30.187-06:00Out of
All of the
Women in the
World
I Chose You
A...Out of<br />All of the<br />Women in the<br />World<br />I Chose You<br />And<br />Out of<br />All of the<br />Women I have<br />Strangled<br />I Liked You<br />Best.<br />I Still Have<br />Your Underwear.<br /><br />I am Laslo.<br />Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-48382043102379670892014-11-23T10:17:46.706-06:002014-11-23T10:17:46.706-06:00...not the way Laslo is making them work, though........not the way Laslo is making them work, though...<br /><br />Cracking me up, Laslo!MathMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418059046929654822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29253178854968991822014-11-23T10:14:29.357-06:002014-11-23T10:14:29.357-06:00These two work on me, because these two happened t...These two work on me, because these two happened to me! :o)MathMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12418059046929654822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78451933911949519922014-11-23T10:08:52.644-06:002014-11-23T10:08:52.644-06:00I Understand
That You Do Not
Want To See
Me
Anymor...I Understand<br />That You Do Not<br />Want To See<br />Me<br />Anymore.<br />However,<br />Remember that<br />Anal Sex<br />Can Only Be<br />Denied<br />By the Living.<br /><br />I am Laslo.<br />Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62793258165501506422014-11-23T09:59:19.791-06:002014-11-23T09:59:19.791-06:00When You Are
Feeling Alone
Remember That
You Are a...When You Are<br />Feeling Alone<br />Remember That<br />You Are a Part of<br />Everything;<br />That is Why<br />I Buried Pieces<br />of You<br />in Several Different<br />Remote<br />Locations.<br /><br />I am Laslo.<br />Laslo Spatulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723170304227216635noreply@blogger.com