See https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/01/24/the-true-correct-story-of-what-happened-at-donald-trumps-inauguration.
And if you believe this hilarious parody…
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Seven-No-Trump
Seven-no-trump is a winning bridge hand. What can we do to make sure we have can win to have no Trump as a President?
The figures below are just out of my hat for effect. We may need more or less of any of the figures below to actually to have no Trump as President? Actually, with his thin skin he may bring about his own removal from office.
We need 70 electors to switch their votes from Trump to Clinton?
We need 7 Supreme Court members to declare his election void?
We need 70 Republican Representatives to impeach him?
We need 7 Republican Senators to try his impeachment?
This article was inspired by Elizabeth Renzetti, “Go ahead, laugh: Humour is the weapon in the fight against Trump”, The Globe and Mail, 2106-12-17.
The figures below are just out of my hat for effect. We may need more or less of any of the figures below to actually to have no Trump as President? Actually, with his thin skin he may bring about his own removal from office.
We need 70 electors to switch their votes from Trump to Clinton?
We need 7 Supreme Court members to declare his election void?
We need 70 Republican Representatives to impeach him?
We need 7 Republican Senators to try his impeachment?
This article was inspired by Elizabeth Renzetti, “Go ahead, laugh: Humour is the weapon in the fight against Trump”, The Globe and Mail, 2106-12-17.
Tuesday, March 03, 2015
Proof that Muslims do speak out
The Huffington Post has a blog by Sophia Jones, “’SNL’ Has Nothing On the Way The Middle East Mocks ISIS”. See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/03/mocking-islamic-state_n_6790254.html. Many of the YouTube videos use the music from ISIS videos to mock ISIS.
Oh, yes, many are not anonymous. The poster’s name and picture accompany the YouTube snippet.
See also “Muslims do speak out. Are you listening?”
Oh, yes, many are not anonymous. The poster’s name and picture accompany the YouTube snippet.
See also “Muslims do speak out. Are you listening?”
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names cannot hurt me
"A faith that cannot withstand ridicule is no faith at all. And a faith that cannot laugh at itself is a faith that defies human nature."
- “Your Free Speech, and Mine”, Timothy Egan, New York Times, 2015-01-16
There are too many people and too many governments that take offense too easily at any criticism of their religion or their government. They are so insecure in their beliefs or of their power that they are willing to kill those who criticize them.
The current political insecurity is shown by the North Korean government. They can’t take the spoof of their leader in an American film. One, should they worry about a rebellion in North Korea because of this film? It will definitely not be shown publicly. Two, have they considered the spoofs of American politicians that are made daily in all kinds of media all across Europe and the Americas? Does President Obama really have such big ears as drawn by many cartoonists?
The current religious insecurity is shown by those who take offense at caricatures of Mohammed. This is also a political insecurity by certain governments who use religion to control their people. Have they considered all the spoofs of religion and religious figures that have been made for centuries in Europe and the Americas? Does the Pope really wear such a high mitre that his aides have to check the height of a bridge before the Pope can ride under it?
Wiley’s “Non Sequitur” frequently draws the foibles of people entering heaven. I bet most of us have seen over a dozen cartoons in the last year from a variety of cartoonists picturing God.
Many of you probably know several jokes about religion. Here are a few that I’ve known for decades. I’ve shortened them a bit to save space.
A priest and a rabbi golfed together every Sunday afternoon for many years. One day the priest asked the rabbi if he ever ate ham. Hem, haw! “Well, yes, I have.” “Tasted pretty good, huh?” A couple holes later the rabbi asked the priest if he ever slept with a woman. Hem, haw! “Well, yes, I have.” “Better than ham, huh?”
Two priests and a Protestant minister went fishing together. After a bit, one priest said he forgot something on shore and walked across the water to shore and came back. A bit later the other priest did the same. The Protestant minister had to show that he could walk on water also. He stepped out of the boat and sank up to his neck. One priest asked the other, “Do you think we should have told him where the rocks are?”
Jews tell this about themselves: If two Jews are in a room there will be three opinions. You can substitute Unitarians for Jews and probably several other religious groups.
Garrison Keillor claims the original settlers of Lake Wobegon were Unitarian missionaries, one of whom wanted to convert the Ojibwe with interpretative dance.
For a lot more jokes about Unitarians, see http://www.imladris.com/Sandbox/index.shtml?UuJokes.html. The lead paragraph is “Many of these jokes are collected in the fine volume "The Church Where People Laugh" by Gwen Foss. They're full of unwarranted stereotypes suggesting that all UUs are flaky, coffee-swilling environmentally fanatical atheists ... as a UU, I find them hilarious.“
Monty Python produced two popular movies heavy on spoofs of religion: “Life of Brian” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”.
Ah, “The Holy Grail”! There is a violent religion for you. All the Christians that pillaged their way across Europe and the Near East to drive Muslims out of the Holy Land. And many of them made alliances with the Muslim rulers.
Even religious groups that many consider strait-laced can laugh at themselves.
“A teacher asked her students to bring an item to class that represented their religious beliefs. A Catholic student brought a crucifix. A Jewish student brought a Menora. A Southern Baptist student brought a CorningWare.”
For many more like this, see http://www.christianpost.com/buzzvine/7-southern-baptist-ecumenical-jokes-that-will-have-you-rofl-107419/.
I was given a book by a French friend, “Dieu rit en Alsace” (“God laughs in Alsace”). It has many anecdotes about clergy and lay people. One of my favorites is about a young Protestant pastor asked to perform a wedding in another town. He directed the couple to exchange knees and bend their rings. I wish I still had the book to see the original German and all my other favorites in French. I hope the person I lent it to can find it.
I wonder if God is so great, then can't he take care of blasphemers like he did with the Great Flood or with Sodom and Gomorrah?
I think those who criticize “blasphemy” are insecure in their own beliefs. Like the North Korean leaders they see everything that contradicts their world view as a physical threat to themselves. Many believe that the best counter to “blasphemy” or any insult is to dismiss these with “consider the source”.
Take a look at the “Charlie Hebdo” cover. It was republished last week in both the Reader Weekly and the Duluth News Tribune. Isn’t Mohammed shedding a tear about the violence done is his name? At least twice this past week I’ve seen Muslims retell the story of Mohammed’s forgiveness of a women who threw garbage at him as he passed her house.
“...and you should forgive And overlook: Do you not like God to forgive you? And Allah is The Merciful Forgiving.” – Qur’an
“Life ain't no how serious. We have met the enemy and he is us.” – Pogo
“Can't we all just get along?” – Rodney King
Je suis Charlie! Je suis Ahmed!
- “Your Free Speech, and Mine”, Timothy Egan, New York Times, 2015-01-16
There are too many people and too many governments that take offense too easily at any criticism of their religion or their government. They are so insecure in their beliefs or of their power that they are willing to kill those who criticize them.
The current political insecurity is shown by the North Korean government. They can’t take the spoof of their leader in an American film. One, should they worry about a rebellion in North Korea because of this film? It will definitely not be shown publicly. Two, have they considered the spoofs of American politicians that are made daily in all kinds of media all across Europe and the Americas? Does President Obama really have such big ears as drawn by many cartoonists?
The current religious insecurity is shown by those who take offense at caricatures of Mohammed. This is also a political insecurity by certain governments who use religion to control their people. Have they considered all the spoofs of religion and religious figures that have been made for centuries in Europe and the Americas? Does the Pope really wear such a high mitre that his aides have to check the height of a bridge before the Pope can ride under it?
Wiley’s “Non Sequitur” frequently draws the foibles of people entering heaven. I bet most of us have seen over a dozen cartoons in the last year from a variety of cartoonists picturing God.
Many of you probably know several jokes about religion. Here are a few that I’ve known for decades. I’ve shortened them a bit to save space.
A priest and a rabbi golfed together every Sunday afternoon for many years. One day the priest asked the rabbi if he ever ate ham. Hem, haw! “Well, yes, I have.” “Tasted pretty good, huh?” A couple holes later the rabbi asked the priest if he ever slept with a woman. Hem, haw! “Well, yes, I have.” “Better than ham, huh?”
Two priests and a Protestant minister went fishing together. After a bit, one priest said he forgot something on shore and walked across the water to shore and came back. A bit later the other priest did the same. The Protestant minister had to show that he could walk on water also. He stepped out of the boat and sank up to his neck. One priest asked the other, “Do you think we should have told him where the rocks are?”
Jews tell this about themselves: If two Jews are in a room there will be three opinions. You can substitute Unitarians for Jews and probably several other religious groups.
Garrison Keillor claims the original settlers of Lake Wobegon were Unitarian missionaries, one of whom wanted to convert the Ojibwe with interpretative dance.
For a lot more jokes about Unitarians, see http://www.imladris.com/Sandbox/index.shtml?UuJokes.html. The lead paragraph is “Many of these jokes are collected in the fine volume "The Church Where People Laugh" by Gwen Foss. They're full of unwarranted stereotypes suggesting that all UUs are flaky, coffee-swilling environmentally fanatical atheists ... as a UU, I find them hilarious.“
Monty Python produced two popular movies heavy on spoofs of religion: “Life of Brian” and “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”.
Ah, “The Holy Grail”! There is a violent religion for you. All the Christians that pillaged their way across Europe and the Near East to drive Muslims out of the Holy Land. And many of them made alliances with the Muslim rulers.
Even religious groups that many consider strait-laced can laugh at themselves.
“A teacher asked her students to bring an item to class that represented their religious beliefs. A Catholic student brought a crucifix. A Jewish student brought a Menora. A Southern Baptist student brought a CorningWare.”
For many more like this, see http://www.christianpost.com/buzzvine/7-southern-baptist-ecumenical-jokes-that-will-have-you-rofl-107419/.
I was given a book by a French friend, “Dieu rit en Alsace” (“God laughs in Alsace”). It has many anecdotes about clergy and lay people. One of my favorites is about a young Protestant pastor asked to perform a wedding in another town. He directed the couple to exchange knees and bend their rings. I wish I still had the book to see the original German and all my other favorites in French. I hope the person I lent it to can find it.
I wonder if God is so great, then can't he take care of blasphemers like he did with the Great Flood or with Sodom and Gomorrah?
I think those who criticize “blasphemy” are insecure in their own beliefs. Like the North Korean leaders they see everything that contradicts their world view as a physical threat to themselves. Many believe that the best counter to “blasphemy” or any insult is to dismiss these with “consider the source”.
Take a look at the “Charlie Hebdo” cover. It was republished last week in both the Reader Weekly and the Duluth News Tribune. Isn’t Mohammed shedding a tear about the violence done is his name? At least twice this past week I’ve seen Muslims retell the story of Mohammed’s forgiveness of a women who threw garbage at him as he passed her house.
“...and you should forgive And overlook: Do you not like God to forgive you? And Allah is The Merciful Forgiving.” – Qur’an
“Life ain't no how serious. We have met the enemy and he is us.” – Pogo
“Can't we all just get along?” – Rodney King
Je suis Charlie! Je suis Ahmed!
Monday, January 12, 2015
Tout est pardonné
I've spent a lot of time researching the "Tout est pardonné" issue of Charlie Hebdo. But I have found no address to order a copy. I could impose on a couple of French friends, but I email them too infrequently.
I did find out how to donate and did: http://www.charliehebdo.fr/index.html. This site has almost nothing else but donation forms.
But I won’t go to eBay for it. I read that somebody is already offering this issue at $300!
P.S. 2016-01-02 A French friend did mail me the "Tout est pardonné" issue of Charlie Hebdo. It really does tax my French.
I did find out how to donate and did: http://www.charliehebdo.fr/index.html. This site has almost nothing else but donation forms.
But I won’t go to eBay for it. I read that somebody is already offering this issue at $300!
P.S. 2016-01-02 A French friend did mail me the "Tout est pardonné" issue of Charlie Hebdo. It really does tax my French.
Tuesday, April 08, 2014
Jesters and columnists, clowns and politicians
Another note from my helter-skelter, written whenever pile is headlined:
Re Molly Ivins + Mark DePaolis,
and followed by a comment about jesters and one about clowns.
1) The purpose of the jester was to say things nobody else dared say.
2) We have lots of clowns in public office. Why not have some who have something to say instead of mere posturing?
I wondered was this something they wrote or something I pulled out of my own thoughts. After a search for their names, jester, and clown, I assumed it was something I wrote one day after reading them both in the Star Tribune years ago.
Ivins was noted for her acerbic wit; she did not suffer fools gladly. The “left” loved her and the “right” hated her. She died too early of breast cancer.
Although I haven’t seen anything in the paper recently by DePaolis, he is still practicing family medicine at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in the Twin Cities.
I did find some books by DePaolis available online; I’m sure you can also find Ivins’ books online.
Re Molly Ivins + Mark DePaolis,
and followed by a comment about jesters and one about clowns.
1) The purpose of the jester was to say things nobody else dared say.
2) We have lots of clowns in public office. Why not have some who have something to say instead of mere posturing?
I wondered was this something they wrote or something I pulled out of my own thoughts. After a search for their names, jester, and clown, I assumed it was something I wrote one day after reading them both in the Star Tribune years ago.
Ivins was noted for her acerbic wit; she did not suffer fools gladly. The “left” loved her and the “right” hated her. She died too early of breast cancer.
Although I haven’t seen anything in the paper recently by DePaolis, he is still practicing family medicine at Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital in the Twin Cities.
I did find some books by DePaolis available online; I’m sure you can also find Ivins’ books online.
Friday, February 21, 2014
Witty ditty on how to pronounce snow
Oh! It’s snowing and blowing and I am not knowing if I should be throwing or plowing!
Monday, February 10, 2014
Saturday, January 11, 2014
You can write haiku
You can write haiku
Next come seven syllables
Then another five!
Haiku an art form
I cannot think how to do.
Once I start oh wow.
Haiku you can do.
Just forget correct grammar.
And write what you think.
In the dark of night
I wrote haiku left and right.
Gone with morning mist.
Many of these have been
In my notes for a long time
Now I share with you.
The order random
Just like my poor scatter brain.
If you chuckle, fine.
Impatient patient
Waiting, waiting, and waiting.
Doc will see you now!
The older I am
There is so much more to do,
Haiku forgotten.
It is a good thing
To think difficult deep thoughts,
Results could come soon.
Count so carefully,
Two of the haiku I wrote
Had more syllables.
Oh, I misled you!
The previous is about
Something I had fixed.
You don't like being
A bit silly now and then?
Stop reading right now.
Now it is bedtime,
But my brain is now working
Overtime darn it!
English is crazy
Sows got in a row over
How to sow in rows.
Poetry Sunday
Was attended by too few
I had no haiku.
If I cannot sleep
My brain generates haiku.
Must write or forget.
Silly doggerel
Is not what haiku should be.
But what do I know.
There is a new beer
Canoe give me Bent Paddle?
I'll take the hops, please!
To write a haiku
You have to add or subtract
A word on a line.
The fire is now lit
Back to bed I can now go
Up again too soon.
Some of the above
Were written as I got cold
In a small cabin.
Most haiku I write
Are little bits of humor.
Next is serious.
If you really want
To have a democracy
Remember to vote.
Let’s try politics,
Both funny and serious,
Comic and tragic.
Carter farmed peanuts,
Knew lots about submarines
Not much of Islam
Reagan complained that
Government was the problem.
How did ray-gun work?
Clinton promised a lot.
Congress helped and hindered him,
Then came Monica.
The muse has left me,
The line count could fill a page,
I’ll quit while ahead.
magree.blogspot.com
Is the place to find much
Witty and profound.
These also appear
in Duluth Reader 1/9
URL fits not!
http://duluthreader.com/articles/2014/01/09/2736_you_can_write_haiku
Next come seven syllables
Then another five!
Haiku an art form
I cannot think how to do.
Once I start oh wow.
Haiku you can do.
Just forget correct grammar.
And write what you think.
In the dark of night
I wrote haiku left and right.
Gone with morning mist.
Many of these have been
In my notes for a long time
Now I share with you.
The order random
Just like my poor scatter brain.
If you chuckle, fine.
Impatient patient
Waiting, waiting, and waiting.
Doc will see you now!
The older I am
There is so much more to do,
Haiku forgotten.
It is a good thing
To think difficult deep thoughts,
Results could come soon.
Count so carefully,
Two of the haiku I wrote
Had more syllables.
Oh, I misled you!
The previous is about
Something I had fixed.
You don't like being
A bit silly now and then?
Stop reading right now.
Now it is bedtime,
But my brain is now working
Overtime darn it!
English is crazy
Sows got in a row over
How to sow in rows.
Poetry Sunday
Was attended by too few
I had no haiku.
If I cannot sleep
My brain generates haiku.
Must write or forget.
Silly doggerel
Is not what haiku should be.
But what do I know.
There is a new beer
Canoe give me Bent Paddle?
I'll take the hops, please!
To write a haiku
You have to add or subtract
A word on a line.
The fire is now lit
Back to bed I can now go
Up again too soon.
Some of the above
Were written as I got cold
In a small cabin.
Most haiku I write
Are little bits of humor.
Next is serious.
If you really want
To have a democracy
Remember to vote.
Let’s try politics,
Both funny and serious,
Comic and tragic.
Carter farmed peanuts,
Knew lots about submarines
Not much of Islam
Reagan complained that
Government was the problem.
How did ray-gun work?
Clinton promised a lot.
Congress helped and hindered him,
Then came Monica.
The muse has left me,
The line count could fill a page,
I’ll quit while ahead.
magree.blogspot.com
Is the place to find much
Witty and profound.
These also appear
in Duluth Reader 1/9
URL fits not!
http://duluthreader.com/articles/2014/01/09/2736_you_can_write_haiku
Thursday, August 29, 2013
It's all in the name
A trucker noticed many farmers each driving to town every day with their product. He thought that he could save them money by delivering for them.
He made the rounds and couldn't get a single customer.
He went to a bar and told his tale. One friend looked out at the logo on the driver's truck and said, "Well, Fred Basket, none of them want to put all of his eggs in one Basket!"
He made the rounds and couldn't get a single customer.
He went to a bar and told his tale. One friend looked out at the logo on the driver's truck and said, "Well, Fred Basket, none of them want to put all of his eggs in one Basket!"
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Like you haiku?
Haiku an art form
I cannot think how to do.
Once I start oh wow.
Haiku you can do.
Just forget correct grammar.
And write what you think.
In the dark of night
I wrote haiku left and right.
Gone with morning mist.
Impatient patient
Waiting, waiting, and waiting.
Doc will see you now!
I had these haiku (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) in my notes for a few months. It seems it was only that day that haiku just kept popping out of my head. I really haven't thought of any since.
It could be a good thing to do when you can't think of anything else to do.
It is a good thing
To think difficult deep thoughts,
Results could come quickly.
Count so carefully,
Two of the haiku I wrote
Had more syllables.
Now it is bedtime,
But my brain is now working
Overtime darn it!
I cannot think how to do.
Once I start oh wow.
Haiku you can do.
Just forget correct grammar.
And write what you think.
In the dark of night
I wrote haiku left and right.
Gone with morning mist.
Impatient patient
Waiting, waiting, and waiting.
Doc will see you now!
I had these haiku (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) in my notes for a few months. It seems it was only that day that haiku just kept popping out of my head. I really haven't thought of any since.
It could be a good thing to do when you can't think of anything else to do.
It is a good thing
To think difficult deep thoughts,
Results could come quickly.
Count so carefully,
Two of the haiku I wrote
Had more syllables.
Now it is bedtime,
But my brain is now working
Overtime darn it!
Thursday, June 06, 2013
Another witty ditty mined from my mind
Ginger the singer was singed by something rude and lewd zinged from the crowd.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Forgetting while remembering
While working at the cabin, I couldn't find my water bottle. I looked all around the cabin and a couple of workspots around it. When I asked my wife if she had seen it, she pointed right at the bottle at another workspot, where I had been working most recently. I immediately said "Tankspridd" which is Swedish for absent-minded.
Although I read a Swedish book or newspaper now and then and listen to a Swedish radio podcast, I haven't really used Swedish as a daily language since we lived in Sweden 1970-1974. I think I've thought of the word "tankspridd" now and then, mostly in my own head. Still, it was a bit startling that an older memory popped out while I had to dig for a more recent memory.
While double checking my translation, I came across Tankspriddas Riksförbund (National Association of the Absent-Minded). http://tankspridd.se/~/ According to this site, 99% of us are absent-minded.
Oh, yes! Forget about the stereotype of the "dour Swede". The Swedes have a very good sense of humor and tell lots of jokes and funny stories.
Although I read a Swedish book or newspaper now and then and listen to a Swedish radio podcast, I haven't really used Swedish as a daily language since we lived in Sweden 1970-1974. I think I've thought of the word "tankspridd" now and then, mostly in my own head. Still, it was a bit startling that an older memory popped out while I had to dig for a more recent memory.
While double checking my translation, I came across Tankspriddas Riksförbund (National Association of the Absent-Minded). http://tankspridd.se/~/ According to this site, 99% of us are absent-minded.
Oh, yes! Forget about the stereotype of the "dour Swede". The Swedes have a very good sense of humor and tell lots of jokes and funny stories.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
Spousal banter
My wife and I often follow certain traditional marital roles. She does most of the cooking and cleaning, and I do most of the "heavy" lifting like lawn mowing and snow shoveling.
But not always. Sometimes I cook and sometimes she shovels snow and often we help one another.
This evening while she was preparing dinner I ground coffee for after dinner. When we were done eating, she said, "You may take the dishes to the kitchen, and you may bring the coffee to the living room." I replied, "What? I'm the lord of the manor and you're supposed to do what I say." She went to the living room. Oops! The coffee is ready and I'd better go get it.
We've been friends, lovers, companions, combatants, and many other relationships for over fifty years. Many times one decides to do something outside the house without much thought of the other's plans. Many times we co-operate on planning an activity of a moment or for years. Our vows did not include "obey".
What has sustained us in the give and take of daily life is knowing that the other is there "in sickness and health."
But not always. Sometimes I cook and sometimes she shovels snow and often we help one another.
This evening while she was preparing dinner I ground coffee for after dinner. When we were done eating, she said, "You may take the dishes to the kitchen, and you may bring the coffee to the living room." I replied, "What? I'm the lord of the manor and you're supposed to do what I say." She went to the living room. Oops! The coffee is ready and I'd better go get it.
We've been friends, lovers, companions, combatants, and many other relationships for over fifty years. Many times one decides to do something outside the house without much thought of the other's plans. Many times we co-operate on planning an activity of a moment or for years. Our vows did not include "obey".
What has sustained us in the give and take of daily life is knowing that the other is there "in sickness and health."
Sunday, January 06, 2013
Daffynition - Vertigo
After I retrieved the paper yesterday morning and shut the door, I bent over to push the rug up against the door for insulation. As I straightened up I was a bit light-headed. I told my wife that I had a bit of vertigo – the vertical goes!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
How we got "Mother Goose and Grimm"
Since my two most popular blog entries have been about Mike Peter's last two Mother Goose and Grimm "Twelve days of Christmas", I thought that some of you would like to know more about him. From www.grimmy.com I found a link to an interesting article in the St. Louis Dispatch:
"Mike Peters: The Man Behind Mother Goose and Grimm: Mike Peters extracts humor from catastrophe, political angst, private fears, and a goose's pet dog…", by Jeannette Cooperman.
"Mike Peters: The Man Behind Mother Goose and Grimm: Mike Peters extracts humor from catastrophe, political angst, private fears, and a goose's pet dog…", by Jeannette Cooperman.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Mike Peters' "Twelve Days of Christmas" puns for 2012
Mike Peters, creator of "Mother Goose and Grimm" is at again with his puns on "The Twelve Days of Christmas". As I write this, he is on the Eighth day of Christmas. If your newspaper doesn't carry "Mother Goose and Grimm", you can find his comics at his web site.
I was led to write this for a couple of reasons.
First, my blog entry "For word nerds only" from last December has been getting several hits a week and a common set of keywords used is "mother goose" "grimm" "twelve days" "Christmas". This particular set puts this blog entry first of over 25,000!!!
Second, we stopped buying paper copies of the newspaper. The online versions of the Duluth News Tribune and Star Tribune don't carry the same comics as the print edition, and even then, you have to click on the individual listing of a comic to see the current panel. It's almost enough to get me back to the print edition. Oh, yes, with the Star Tribune eEdition I can get a copy of the comic section. It does take a bit more effort than scanning the paper copy, but I do have all the comics in one place. Shall I call the Star Tribune eEdition my Christmas present to myself: two chortle doves? Or "my blue glove waved to me"!
And another interesting tidbit! When you pass the cursor over today's Google logo, it shows "200th Anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales".
I was led to write this for a couple of reasons.
First, my blog entry "For word nerds only" from last December has been getting several hits a week and a common set of keywords used is "mother goose" "grimm" "twelve days" "Christmas". This particular set puts this blog entry first of over 25,000!!!
Second, we stopped buying paper copies of the newspaper. The online versions of the Duluth News Tribune and Star Tribune don't carry the same comics as the print edition, and even then, you have to click on the individual listing of a comic to see the current panel. It's almost enough to get me back to the print edition. Oh, yes, with the Star Tribune eEdition I can get a copy of the comic section. It does take a bit more effort than scanning the paper copy, but I do have all the comics in one place. Shall I call the Star Tribune eEdition my Christmas present to myself: two chortle doves? Or "my blue glove waved to me"!
And another interesting tidbit! When you pass the cursor over today's Google logo, it shows "200th Anniversary of Grimm's Fairy Tales".
Monday, October 08, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
π is an Obama liberal plot to socialize America
Mathematicians tell us that π is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Well, π is the Greek letter for "p" and is pronounced "pie". See, already we have an attempt by the Obama administration to Europeanize America. We all know how badly the Greeks are managing their economy.
Instead of using a foreign letter to describe a supposedly scientific idea, we should simply call it pie.
Mathematicians tell us that pie is an irrational number; a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction and whose numeric representation never ends. Since we all know that liberals are irrational, we can readily see that pie is a liberal plot. We also know that everything has to come to an end sometime; the Bible tells us so. We also know that mathematicians are indoctrinated at liberal universities.
The Bible also tells us that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is three. See 2 Chronicles 4:2. Claiming pie is this ratio is a liberal attempt to discredit the Bible.
The Indiana General Assembly rationalized pie in 1897, but a liberal mathematics professor intervened when bill #246 reached the Senate and killed it. These liberal plots to discredit the ability of the people's representatives to properly define truth have continued. First was the attempt to discredit the Creation and now the liberal attempt to discredit climate stability. Next thing you know the liberals will claim the world is round instead of flat.
Stand up for American pie!
Instead of using a foreign letter to describe a supposedly scientific idea, we should simply call it pie.
Mathematicians tell us that pie is an irrational number; a number that cannot be expressed as a fraction and whose numeric representation never ends. Since we all know that liberals are irrational, we can readily see that pie is a liberal plot. We also know that everything has to come to an end sometime; the Bible tells us so. We also know that mathematicians are indoctrinated at liberal universities.
The Bible also tells us that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter is three. See 2 Chronicles 4:2. Claiming pie is this ratio is a liberal attempt to discredit the Bible.
The Indiana General Assembly rationalized pie in 1897, but a liberal mathematics professor intervened when bill #246 reached the Senate and killed it. These liberal plots to discredit the ability of the people's representatives to properly define truth have continued. First was the attempt to discredit the Creation and now the liberal attempt to discredit climate stability. Next thing you know the liberals will claim the world is round instead of flat.
Stand up for American pie!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
An open day to catch up, but I'd rather do nothing
Here I sit, in our house in Duluth during a blizzard. I had planned to go skiing today, but even before the snow started, I decided that Spirit Mt. wouldn't be open because of the wind. I thought of doing some shopping, but driving is not recommended.
I did go out for the papers this morning and that was a bit of a struggle – bare sidewalk and then shin-high drifts. There was only one car at the restaurant where the paper boxes are, and I had breakfast there to give them a bit of business. I had planned to go tomorrow. A few more people came in, but the restaurant was short-staffed because of the blizzard and it closed at nine.
When I came back home it was into the wind. To keep my hat on, I had to look at the ground in front of me. To get up the steps from the sidewalk I had to pull myself up with the handrail because of the drifts. And I had to struggle to get the front door open because of another drift.
I thought of going to the fitness center because the buses were running, but did I really want to battle my way to the corner again?
Some of the heroes today are those who put the papers in the boxes, the bus drivers, the restaurant staff, and our mail carrier. She or her sub came by far earlier than I expected, and our box let in a lot of snow. At least there were no soaking checks or blurred ink. Another hero is the person who went down the block struggling with a snowblower. Unless he has somewhere to go, I don't see the point; the continuing snow and the gusting wind will soon fill the path up again.
It was fortunate that my wife had chosen yesterday to go to Tokyo to visit our son and his family. The same flight out of Duluth today was cancelled. Even then, her flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Tokyo was delayed because of snow.
My lunch was rather makeshift because I was going to buy some of the stuff I had planned to eat. So I had to pick and choose stuff out of the refrigerator that I wouldn't normally eat for lunch, like yogurt and peanut butter.
So, here I sit with a pile of stuff on my left to file or throw out and a similar pile on my right. I could download Turbo Tax and get started on taxes. I could clear up my backlog of email. I could practice singing. I could read any of the five, six, or seven books I've started. I could even start a fire in the fireplace and sit all afternoon reading. But I just flit from one little thing to another. I read a bit of one newspaper or other online. I play a bit of SuDoKu.
Instead I stare at the screen or I try to look out the snow-covered window to see if the storm has abated. I really can't see if it is still snowing without going right up to a window and looking out through a "clearer" spot. I do know the wind is still blowing.
I do get in some of my physical therapy exercises for my sore shoulder, but that only takes five minutes or so.
I could drink our last bottle of wine, but I would only get woozy and sick.
Maybe I will light a fire and then finish "Il Compagno Don Camillo" and then reread "Comrade Don Camillo" to see how much of the Italian I understood. I do get the larger picture, but I know I'm missing lots of nuance. Well, maybe not lots. I do know that compagno Don Camillo doesn't miss any chance to use Communist doctrine to point up inconsistencies in Soviet practice.
That's what I need. A good chuckle! Ciao!
I did go out for the papers this morning and that was a bit of a struggle – bare sidewalk and then shin-high drifts. There was only one car at the restaurant where the paper boxes are, and I had breakfast there to give them a bit of business. I had planned to go tomorrow. A few more people came in, but the restaurant was short-staffed because of the blizzard and it closed at nine.
When I came back home it was into the wind. To keep my hat on, I had to look at the ground in front of me. To get up the steps from the sidewalk I had to pull myself up with the handrail because of the drifts. And I had to struggle to get the front door open because of another drift.
I thought of going to the fitness center because the buses were running, but did I really want to battle my way to the corner again?
Some of the heroes today are those who put the papers in the boxes, the bus drivers, the restaurant staff, and our mail carrier. She or her sub came by far earlier than I expected, and our box let in a lot of snow. At least there were no soaking checks or blurred ink. Another hero is the person who went down the block struggling with a snowblower. Unless he has somewhere to go, I don't see the point; the continuing snow and the gusting wind will soon fill the path up again.
It was fortunate that my wife had chosen yesterday to go to Tokyo to visit our son and his family. The same flight out of Duluth today was cancelled. Even then, her flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul to Tokyo was delayed because of snow.
My lunch was rather makeshift because I was going to buy some of the stuff I had planned to eat. So I had to pick and choose stuff out of the refrigerator that I wouldn't normally eat for lunch, like yogurt and peanut butter.
So, here I sit with a pile of stuff on my left to file or throw out and a similar pile on my right. I could download Turbo Tax and get started on taxes. I could clear up my backlog of email. I could practice singing. I could read any of the five, six, or seven books I've started. I could even start a fire in the fireplace and sit all afternoon reading. But I just flit from one little thing to another. I read a bit of one newspaper or other online. I play a bit of SuDoKu.
Instead I stare at the screen or I try to look out the snow-covered window to see if the storm has abated. I really can't see if it is still snowing without going right up to a window and looking out through a "clearer" spot. I do know the wind is still blowing.
I do get in some of my physical therapy exercises for my sore shoulder, but that only takes five minutes or so.
I could drink our last bottle of wine, but I would only get woozy and sick.
Maybe I will light a fire and then finish "Il Compagno Don Camillo" and then reread "Comrade Don Camillo" to see how much of the Italian I understood. I do get the larger picture, but I know I'm missing lots of nuance. Well, maybe not lots. I do know that compagno Don Camillo doesn't miss any chance to use Communist doctrine to point up inconsistencies in Soviet practice.
That's what I need. A good chuckle! Ciao!
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