tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8648918206781090116..comments2024-03-28T19:52:27.301-05:00Comments on Althouse: "New Year to arrive a tick later."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37675858373073656762008-12-31T11:33:00.000-06:002008-12-31T11:33:00.000-06:00What the hell kind of symbol is a Ball?Um.<I>What the hell kind of symbol is a Ball?</I><BR/><BR/>Um.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24072291166972974572008-12-31T11:09:00.000-06:002008-12-31T11:09:00.000-06:00I am sorry for not connecting with you while I was...I am sorry for not connecting with you while I was home.TitusClassof87https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545135324121751306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58861600459468340502008-12-31T10:45:00.000-06:002008-12-31T10:45:00.000-06:00Now I feel bad.Now I feel bad.TitusClassof87https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545135324121751306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20710576479657957752008-12-31T09:27:00.000-06:002008-12-31T09:27:00.000-06:00I have a Kit-Kat clock (which is what they're call...I have a Kit-Kat clock (which is what they're called). It hangs in the kitchen. I also have a cuckoo clock (a wedding gift from the in-laws) that hangs in the hall to the bedroom. In fact, we have clocks all over the house. I don't know why, as I'm not the most punctual fellow in the world, but I just like clocks. Nice, solid, wind-up clocks.<BR/><BR/>(and pocket watches, too. I've got five of those. Any aspiring Freudians in the Alt-house are welcome to take a gander at what it means).<BR/><BR/>And, Althouse, I expect you've already seen it, but for those who haven't, go to Mark Steyn's blog and check out his "Song Of The Week" feature on "Sleigh Ride." I've never cared for the song, but I do have an appreciation for it now after reading what Steyn had to say. (and fun tidbit - it's Luh-ROY Anderson, not LEE-roy. I never knew that before).<BR/><BR/>It's snowing here in Massachusetts. I'll use the extra tick to salt the driveway tonight.Christopher in MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833020990663388610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55966178193608472342008-12-31T08:34:00.000-06:002008-12-31T08:34:00.000-06:00I have that exact clock. It hangs on the wall of ...I have that exact clock. It hangs on the wall of my cottage in northern Wisconsin, next to the fireplace in the kitchen.<BR/><BR/>It would have amused me for hours in my delta-nine tetrahydracannabinol college years. Now it amuses children and seems to annoy adults. Much like myself, it seems.<BR/><BR/>I plan to use my extra tick for an extra sip of champagne this evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76255906974755113562008-12-31T08:20:00.000-06:002008-12-31T08:20:00.000-06:00But... But... The BBC engineers called it a "pip",...But... But... The BBC engineers called it a "pip", not a "tick"! Who's right???<BR/><BR/>Oh, woe is me, bloody contradicting experts... how will I know what to properly call it now?!Tiborehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360541843865827271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4142701747780374492008-12-31T07:11:00.000-06:002008-12-31T07:11:00.000-06:001. That clock can't stick to the beat; it could ne...1. That clock can't stick to the beat; it could never play for James Brown. Then again, cats aren't known for being team players. <BR/><BR/>2. Bootsy Collins <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncOfAoDQbQk" REL="nofollow">explaining</A> James Brown's law that you always come in on the one.<BR/><BR/>3. A couple years ago Bootsy Collins released a lusciously funky christmas album. One of the tracks took "Sleigh Ride" for a spin and included Charlie Daniels on violin and backup vocals.<BR/><BR/>4. Collins and Daniels collaborated again this past November with <A HREF="http://www.bootsycollins.com/item_detail.php?item=47" REL="nofollow">Fallen Soldiers' Memorial</A>. <A HREF="http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Bootsy-And-Charlie-Funk-And-Country-Honor-Soldiers/NHZCDSg2qUuZweP0DnIqyA.cspx" REL="nofollow">background</A>.billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116980864333670109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29062625046183378972008-12-31T05:55:00.000-06:002008-12-31T05:55:00.000-06:00What else but global warming!!!!!What else but <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghUVT_Z5oDs" REL="nofollow">global warming!!!!!</A>bearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51251571149969525092008-12-31T05:42:00.000-06:002008-12-31T05:42:00.000-06:00(my last comment was not directed to our tireless ...(my last comment was not directed to our tireless hostess)<BR/><BR/>Good night, Allchickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31398895974962123792008-12-31T05:17:00.000-06:002008-12-31T05:17:00.000-06:00Kids don't know crap about time :)Kids don't know crap about time :)chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63717536230976872372008-12-31T04:08:00.000-06:002008-12-31T04:08:00.000-06:00Hi, chicken.A lot of hippies had that clock in the...Hi, chicken.<BR/><BR/>A lot of hippies had that clock in the 70s. But I remember older suburbanites having it back before it was ironic. Kids loved it but I think most adults thought it was low class.<BR/><BR/>In my house, back then, we had a cuckoo clock. Kids loved that too. They'd go running into the kitchen to watch it when it went off.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42286073649387489332008-12-31T04:04:00.000-06:002008-12-31T04:04:00.000-06:00"Girl, it was minus 6 when I was home. The roads w..."Girl, it was minus 6 when I was home. The roads were treacherous. My father raged at me for the way I was driving. I barely left the house. My mother couldn't stop crying when I left because we didn't do anything."<BR/><BR/>So you were grounded?Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58674625297408244622008-12-31T03:49:00.000-06:002008-12-31T03:49:00.000-06:00I wrote this before Titus posted his 3:38 AM lett...I wrote this before Titus posted his 3:38 AM letter (and bless you Titus for writing her)<BR/><BR/><I>'Are you ever lonely?'<BR/><BR/>Well, that's a fine question from someone who so recently stood me up.</I><BR/><BR/>Well Titus is a little shit for not being here (if that's what you meant)<BR/><BR/>I'll tell you true story though, if it'll help put you to sleep. My father gave his mother just such a kit-cat clock, for Christmas, after he was drafted during Korea (1951). They lived in Richland Center--you know that beautiful little town out on Highway 14. God, I travelled that so many times as a kid--over the hills and through the woods to grandmother's house we went. He sent it back to her from basic training- Ft. Knox. And it must have meant something then- not kitsch (though she hung it in her kitchen). We all ( dozens of cousins we), <I>loved</I> that clock- that kitschty-kitchen clock. Associations? time spent with her (sadly now gone) growing up Wisconsin. <BR/>And who ended up with that clock? <BR/>I did. It was willed to me. It hangs near me (and dear to me), as I write this.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86885675915339939372008-12-31T03:38:00.000-06:002008-12-31T03:38:00.000-06:00I knew you were pissed at me for not contacting yo...I knew you were pissed at me for not contacting you while I was home for the holidays.<BR/><BR/>Girl, it was minus 6 when I was home. The roads were treacherous. My father raged at me for the way I was driving. I barely left the house. My mother couldn't stop crying when I left because we didn't do anything.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Girl, I still love you. It was hard trying to multi-task while I was home. I felt like I got nothing accomplished.TitusClassof87https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545135324121751306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52709373071971775792008-12-31T03:07:00.000-06:002008-12-31T03:07:00.000-06:00Have you ever noticed that "Sleigh Ride" isn't jus...<I>Have you ever noticed that "Sleigh Ride" isn't just any old Christmas pop song? It's elaborate and unusual and goes way beyond the call of an ordinary pop song.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes. That's favorite of mine too. Though I confess I like the Eydie and Steve version the best. (not available at iTunes).chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82090033412680707712008-12-31T02:47:00.000-06:002008-12-31T02:47:00.000-06:00Thanks for all the poetry, but it was all before m...Thanks for all the poetry, but it was all before midnight. If you can't stay up until midnight tonight, how do you expect to celebrate New Year's Eve tomorrow night?<BR/><BR/>I think I'll try to draw a picture of the New Year's Tick. Or see if I can get people to send pictures of the New Year's Tick. And I'm going to push for the adoption of the New Year's Tick as the new New Year's mascot, replacing that stupid -- and frankly depressing -- Old Man and Baby mascot. Or the Ball. What the hell kind of symbol is a Ball?<BR/><BR/>I hope that doesn't offend blogging cockroach. You must understand that we can't have a cockroach as a holiday symbol. Not for New Year's anyway. <BR/><BR/>This insomnia is giving me grandiose thoughts, but I really think this New Year's Tick thing can catch on. Perhaps if we draw it the right way. I think Santa Claus wasn't such a big deal until those Coca Cola ads got the character drawn just the right way. People loved him once his attributes became appealing and standardized.<BR/><BR/>Help me do that with the Tick.<BR/><BR/>Also, that "Night Before Christmas" poem helped with the popularization of Santa Claus, so maybe some of you poets can write something similarly beguiling about the annual arachnid. <BR/><BR/>Inside the kitty cat wall clock he hid/Our eagerly awaited arachnid. <BR/><BR/>See? I can't do it! <BR/><BR/>An arthropod/From God/Trod... <BR/><BR/>No... I need help with the poem. And with the drawing. And with the sleeping. <BR/><BR/>The children were nestled all snug in their beds/Not knowing the Tick crept so close to their heads....<BR/><BR/>Blah?<BR/><BR/>"Are you ever lonely?"<BR/><BR/>Well, that's a fine question from someone who so recently stood me up.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27402385967738894712008-12-31T02:23:00.000-06:002008-12-31T02:23:00.000-06:00Oh, I'm very interested to see that "Syncopated Cl...Oh, I'm very interested to see that "Syncopated Clock" was written by Leroy Anderson. We were just talking about him in connection with "Sleigh Ride." Have you ever noticed that "Sleigh Ride" isn't just any old Christmas pop song? It's elaborate and unusual and goes way beyond the call of an ordinary pop song.<BR/><BR/>And where is everyone? Last night, you guys were talking all night, and now here I am with insomnia and no one is around.<BR/><BR/>Were you afraid of the tick?Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32173259370920051082008-12-31T00:27:00.000-06:002008-12-31T00:27:00.000-06:00Oh, and I can ASSURE you that I can clench in time...Oh, and I can ASSURE you that I can clench <I><B>in time</B></I>, no matter the materiel, or material. Not for nothing was I raised by the parents who raised me within the pervasiveness of their professions.<BR/><BR/>OK, really going to bed now.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5326707783849070982008-12-31T00:03:00.000-06:002008-12-31T00:03:00.000-06:00Do you have any regrets?Do you have any regrets?TitusClassof87https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545135324121751306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66813098336847989562008-12-31T00:02:00.000-06:002008-12-31T00:02:00.000-06:00Ohhh esqueeze meInteresting, that.---I, at least, ...<I>Ohhh esqueeze me</I><BR/><BR/>Interesting, that.<BR/><BR/>---<BR/><BR/>I, at least, am going to bed, so the track is clear so far as my bits of offgassing are concerned.<BR/><BR/>I shall look forward to reading tomorrow the thereafter, including, and especially, DBQ's.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8055291590395636452008-12-30T23:54:00.000-06:002008-12-30T23:54:00.000-06:00What is being in love like?What is having children...What is being in love like?<BR/><BR/>What is having children like?<BR/><BR/>What is the difference between love between a mother and child and husband and wife? Is one more intense than the other?<BR/><BR/>Can a mother ever fall out of love with her child?TitusClassof87https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545135324121751306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53869995320315689622008-12-30T23:53:00.000-06:002008-12-30T23:53:00.000-06:00Yikes! I just finished one response, and there's a...Yikes! I just finished one response, and there's another b.c. awaiting!<BR/><BR/>Yo. Methinks I may end up [(even)] more displaying what already I've been saying.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20238663606193866342008-12-30T23:51:00.001-06:002008-12-30T23:51:00.001-06:00What is getting a divorce like?What is getting a divorce like?TitusClassof87https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545135324121751306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23796472772969945642008-12-30T23:51:00.000-06:002008-12-30T23:51:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.reader_iamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352836883752091339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18621657032032414672008-12-30T23:49:00.000-06:002008-12-30T23:49:00.000-06:00Why did you get divorced?Do you ever want to get b...Why did you get divorced?<BR/><BR/>Do you ever want to get back with your ex-husband?<BR/><BR/>Do you miss him or think about him?<BR/><BR/>Are you ever lonely?<BR/><BR/>Would you like to share your life with someone?<BR/><BR/>Are you content? Happy? Do you ever think you are missing out on something?<BR/><BR/>Do you feel like time is against you and opportunities are falling beyond your grasp?TitusClassof87https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545135324121751306noreply@blogger.com