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Comment on Sheer Folly, Madness and a Bit of Lust by Chickity Check It-Another Wooden Boat Project « GoodMorningGloucester

Chickity Check It-Another Wooden Boat Project « GoodMorningGloucester — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:38:00 +0000

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Comment on Sheer Folly, Madness and a Bit of Lust by phantommidge

phantommidge — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:09:23 +0000

Ha…all our income seems to be disposable- - as in, it swirls down the drain as fast as it comes in the door!

Comment on Sheer Folly, Madness and a Bit of Lust by redbeard1969

redbeard1969 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:09:35 +0000

well, a boat is just another way of fate telling you that you have too much disposable income. So now you’ve got a new way to dispose of it!!!

At least it’s a cute old wooden boat … that I can understand. I’d not understand if you got some lame-o fiberglass boat, though if it was a Lyman, the Great Lakes classic boat built locally in nearby Sandusky, I’d be even more understanding.

Comment on Sadly, no slapping is allowed at the Reference Desk by phantommidge

phantommidge — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:55:16 +0000

Huckleberry-
Oh, gosh there’s scads of them! And leave it to a librarian to not only find them but then create an annotated bibliography!

http://pw1.netcom.com/~dplourde/cartoons/index.html

Personally, I like this graphic novel best:

http://lawnchairnaturalist.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/kick-ass-librarians-unite/

Comment on Sadly, no slapping is allowed at the Reference Desk by Huckleberry

Huckleberry — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:56:56 +0000

Is there a librarian cartoon series somewhere? If not, there should be! Thanks for such great posts.

Comment on Sadly, no slapping is allowed at the Reference Desk by Bug Girl

Bug Girl — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:04:40 +0000

Ugh. That is really irritating.
I think the fish eye is about the best you can do with guy number one; I can’t think of any verbal comment to let him know he’s a racist asshole. I’ll work on it.

Comment on Bawk! I Can Has Chicken? by Phantom Midge

Phantom Midge — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:31:52 +0000

Oh, I forgot about that funky chicken, Bug Girl! Ah, good times, good times…

MizMagee, I would LOVE to raise some chickens…however, our neighbors complain about our cottonwood tree (which only “blooms” for a month) so I can just imagine what they would say if I had chickens out back. Oh, did I mention they are both lawyers?

Redbeard: Yes, the idea is to raise them just for the eggs… not to wring their lil’ necks (although, I do like eating chicken I must admit). And, a teenager listening to Metallica? Is that some kind of retro hip now?

Comment on Can’t…Stop…Reading… by redbeard1969

redbeard1969 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:41:28 +0000

Have you tried any Will Ferguson? He’s the Canadian version of Bill Bryson, and I’ve been finding his travel-oriented work interesting and amusing. I’m currently reading “Hitching Rides with Buddha,” which is a quiet work, but really provides an interesting portrait of the Japanese. Another really enjoyable travel-esque book that I think might find funny is Chuck Thompson’s “Smile When You’re Lying: Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer” which I thought was pretty darn good. Very twisted, too … which is probably why I liked it! And of course, I have to recommend Joe Queenan. He is a god, pure and simple. That is, if you like a really cynical, snarky, bastard of a god. What can I say, but I’m a true believer.

Comment on Polar Opposites: Kids DO say the darndest things… by redbeard1969

redbeard1969 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:36:16 +0000

As long as he doesn’t read Nietzsche’s “The Antichrist,” as I found it a bit dense, and ultimately his arguments don’t really hold up. There’s vitriol, but not a lot of solid reasoning behind it. Give him some Kant instead, and hope for the best.

Comment on Bawk! I Can Has Chicken? by redbeard1969

redbeard1969 — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:34:40 +0000

I’d love to have chickens, but only for the eggs … periodically we’ll buy some farm fresh eggs at the farm market, or during a trip into Ohio’s Amish country, and they are just amazing, as different than store-bought eggs as a Lamborghini Countach differs from a 1964 Dodge Dart.

However, I think my neighbors might frown upon our keeping chickens in our microscopic backyard. Then again, my neighbor’s teenage son tends to listen to Metallica very loudly in his driveway as he washes his rustbucket 1986 Pontiac daily … so I supposed subjecting chickens to those unpleasant heavy metal sounds could be considered cruel and unusual punishment, worse than even KFC.