Comments for Ramblings of a Northerner

Comment on Rosalyn? Be-ist thee? by Dale

Dale — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:36:46 +0000

Well, to be fair, it was only in Shakespeare scenes and it never started as a conscious choice… though well after it was obvious to everyone I finally clued in and joined in with conscious self-referentialism.

You two are so inspiring. I wish I had your verve!

Comment on Rosalyn? Be-ist thee? by Chad

Chad — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:57:28 +0000

Juke!

Comment on Star-cross’d metal love by Chad

Chad — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:56:03 +0000

The term “mean time to failure” comes to mind. It’s the reason that when you build large RAID servers, you shouldn’t buy all your drives from the same manufacturer. They tend to fail within DAYS of each other.

Comment on Star-cross’d metal love by John Askin

John Askin — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:35:06 +0000

Long ago, along the Southern bank of the Yangtze River in central China those springs sprang into existance at the insistance of a funny God (never forget - God is an iron). They fell in love as no other two strands of coiled steel ever have or ever will again. They suffered through the exhaustive quality assurance testing process in that together, exceeding the expectations of their creator. Their future together seemed limitless and neverending. The cruel fate that awaited them may have been obvious to everyone else but it is a spring’s nature to be optimistic. After all……..Springs hope eternal in the Hunan test.

Comment on Rosalyn? Be-ist thee? by Karen Lucas

Karen Lucas — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:58:35 +0000

Hee hee…a bit of a shout out to our friend Dale! He always named women in improv scenes Rosalyn

Comment on ‘Allo Guvner! by Nick

Nick — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:49:00 +0000

Oh, I forgot to add that I became a British citizen on Shakespeare’s birthday (and St. George’s Day) which I thought was reasonably fitting for me.

Comment on Rosalyn? Be-ist thee? by Nicole Davis

Nicole Davis — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:22:12 +0000

Have you been reading romeo and juliet?

Comment on Star-cross’d metal love by Nicole Davis

Nicole Davis — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:20:50 +0000

But, soft! What light through yonder garage door breaks?
It is the east, and the second spring is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she.

(the moon is spring number one)

Comment on Easter by Marc Morgenstern

Marc Morgenstern — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:08:49 +0000

You don’t see anything like that on Simchas Torah.

Comment on Easter by Nicole Davis

Nicole Davis — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:55:28 +0000

Actually, that was me in the bunny suit. What a great way to relieve stress! Those guys had it coming, they stole my basket of eggs.

Comment on Vaughnifer Crap by Chad

Chad — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:59:58 +0000

This movie was so bad, it killed your blog.

Comment on Vaughnifer Crap by Chad

Chad — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:37:07 +0000

On the other hand, Casino Royale is really good! I much prefer the gritty Bond to the suave.

Comment on All the work, none of the gain by Nick

Nick — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 02:16:59 +0000

Turns out - I was doing the math - unfortunately because some of the air mile bonus is not considered status miles, I’m about 7000 miles short of where I needed to be. That’s good though because I won’t even be close so I won’t be tempted to do something stupid. However, I do have about 300,000 air miles to spend so Karen and I had better get using them.

Comment on Jólasveinar by Chad

Chad — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 21:17:01 +0000

Lol…pot-licker! If you’ve ever driven with my parents, then you’ve likely heard “pot-licker” used as an epithet. People used to put their pot roast in on a Sunday afternoon and then go for a long, slow, aimless drive while it cooked. The lackadaisical driving habits of the “pot roasters” often inspires some sort of disdainful verbal bravado. But somewhere between “frickin’ pot roaster” and something more visceral was born “pot-licker”. Hope the Yule Lads don’t drive in my parent’s neighbourhood!