February 1st 2012
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Archive for the 'fluff' Category
January 29th 2012
Posted under American history & fluff & weirdness
President John Tyler, 1841-45
I clicked on this link over at Politico yesterday, as it was billed as “Tyler’s Grankid: Newt’s a ’jerk‘.” Who the hell is Tyler, I wondered? Surely not President John Tyler (1790-1862). Could anyone alive today really have a grandparent who was born in the eighteenth century? Continue Reading »
January 23rd 2012
Posted under childhood & fluff & happy endings
January 22nd 2012
Posted under fluff
Snow sculpture at the top of the Super Gauge and Hi Lonesome lifts on the Mary Jane side of Winter Park Resort, Winter Park, Colorado, January 21, 2012:
Apparently, prayer finally worked: the central mountains finally got a nice storm with several inches of fresh powder.
January 18th 2012
Posted under American history & art & fluff
It’s the first day of classes in the second term for me, folks. Keep yourselves out of trouble. Continue Reading »
January 13th 2012
Posted under art & European history & fluff
“It was not the strongest idea for a Rutles film: four Oxford History professors on a tour of tea shops in the Rutland area, and it was slammed mercilessly by the press.”
January 11th 2012
Posted under American history & art & fluff
He Might Be Giant!
Woman wonders who’s your itchy friend?
Woman says I thought he was with you.
Woman says I though he was with you!
They slowly back away from him.
At last, he’s very interesting
His brushes with success were just an accident.
January 8th 2012
Posted under American history & fluff & weirdness
December 22nd 2011
Posted under fluff & happy endings
(From White Christmas (1954), with Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Danny Kaye, and Bing Crosby.)
Actually, there’s no snow on the ground here in our New England holiday enclave, but that’s OK–in northern Colorado we’ve had snow on the ground since the week before Halloween, so it’s a nice respite. Those of you who are traveling, travel safely. Those of you who are staying put, enjoy!
December 17th 2011
Posted under American history & art & fluff & unhappy endings
The Violent Femmes, from sometime in the 80s, judging by the cut of the trousers, the wife-beater tees, and the style of Gordon Gano’s dress.