Funny, Interesting and Useless links
tliet
– December 08, 2007 09:22PM
Polished up my grammar a bit...
Since there was no real thread for useless but nonetheless
interesting links I thought I'd create one.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 04, 2012 04:13PM
Sheesh, I can do most of the ones in the second link...
tliet
– March 04, 2012 07:51PM
Whatever floats your boat Bill...
John Willoughby
– March 04, 2012 09:31PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
ddt
– March 05, 2012 06:55AM
I miss grabbable frames around windows!
ddt
John Willoughby
– March 05, 2012 11:56AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
El Jeffe
– March 05, 2012 12:23PM
What a journey.
Vernors and Michiganders.... I was exposed to this weird cult while at college. Vile, disgusting!
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 05, 2012 03:01PM
Well, if Romney's a teetotaller he might have difficulty winning the so-called "I'd rather have a beer with" crowd that won Bush the 2004 election.
Why aren't more people completely freaked out by his Mormon beliefs? Almost as nutty as scientology...
ddt
– March 05, 2012 03:26PM
Tony, we like to think we don't discriminate based on someone's religion.
Though, to be more realistic about, it... Have you MET the
"regular christians" in contemporary America???
ddt
ddt
– March 05, 2012 03:41PM
Mr. Cooper, I can't remember if you teach criminal or not. If so...
new textbook!
ddt
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 05, 2012 06:39PM
Dammit,
Spent the last hour reading that.
http://thecriminallawyer.tumblr.com/
Now I know the rationale behind why armed robbers get charged with murder if one of their conspirators is shot by the cops...
johnny k
– March 05, 2012 06:39PM
I like Vernors. Didn't realize when I was growing up that it's a regional thing - my dad's from Minnesota and dadgumit that's what we drank when we drank ginger ale. I like putting Nestea powder in it - creates a zesty head and gives it an extra bite. Or something.
I don't see how Mormon beliefs are any nuttier than other religions, just because it's specific about heaven being a planet rather than "in the sky."
ddt
– March 05, 2012 08:05PM
I can't recommend enough Krakauer's "Under the Banner of Heaven". It doesn't work against Mr. K's argument that it's no nuttier than any other religion (though the golden plates and special glasses, etc., would make for great Amazing Sci Fi pulp reading); it's just a compelling piece of narrative non-fiction.
But back to the more important topic: Vernor's. That was my mom's fave when I was a kid (sugar-free, with cyclamates). I kind of like (the sugar-free) version that seems to be working its way back into the NorCal market. There's a spicy regional ginger ale in South Carolina that kicks serious ass, though.
ddt
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 05, 2012 09:20PM
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ddt
Tony, we like to think we don't discriminate based on someone's religion.
Unless you're an atheist or a Muslim. Then you're unelectable.
johnny k
– March 05, 2012 09:57PM
What are you talking about? We elected Obama, and he's both.
Jeff Cooper
– March 06, 2012 04:41AM
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ddt
Mr. Cooper, I can't remember if you teach criminal or not. If so...
new textbook!
ddt
Nope, I focus on civil law, not criminal law--which is too bad, because that book looks like fun. Much too straightforward, though--I can't have my students actually
understanding what they're assigned to read.
ddt
– March 06, 2012 06:08AM
Unless you're an atheist or a Muslim. Then you're unelectable.
I said we _like_ to think that. I didn't say we _actually_ think that. As subtext has become text lately, christianity has become the assumed "norm" (and only a specific subset/definition of it).
ddt
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– March 06, 2012 01:40PM
'twas just a joke. Wasn't trolling for an argument (honest!)
ddt
– March 06, 2012 07:21PM
Oh, no worries, Tony! I thought I was extending the joke. I'm not bitter with you, but at my compatriots.
In other news: is anyone else still teaching, aside from Mr. Cooper?
Hm, the embed isn't working:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqtAyNGcPiY
ddt
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/2012 07:22PM by ddt.
Ron Burns
– March 07, 2012 10:00AM
"We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation." Voltaire
Last lecture of the term this morning...
