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Good question
Some of my co-workers were talking about the troubles of the US auto industry this morning. The appeal for Federal aid came up and, inevitably, how the CEO’s of the Big Three sent the wrong message by flying to DC in their corporate jets. Apparently the argument is that they need the jets for security reasons, which led to the question:
“Who is going to shoot them? They are not worth anything.”
“Six days shalt thou labor, as much as thou art able, …”
“….the seventh the same, and clean out the stable.”
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Mixed Nuts
Destroyed by fire
The Mount Calvary Monastery and Retreat House.
I went to a retreat there in my Stanford days, back in the ’70’s. That weekend greatly influenced how I understand the world.
Occasionally over the decades I have thought about visiting it again. I can’t now.
Three Monks
Tríar Manach: A Medieval Irish Joke.
Also translated to other languages.
Long ago I heard a variant of this joke from my father.
Iriish Class–Monday Night, November 17, 2008
Irish Class, November 17, 2008
Rang Gaeilge, 17ú lá Mí na Samhna 2008
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Listening Exercise
Old haunts with a new claim to fame
mia_mcdavid and I left Windycon about 10:30 on Sunday morning and drove into the city. Continue reading
“Free Credit Report”
Maybe not. See Don’t Get Got (Like I Got Got)
Windycon
mia_mcdavid and I are at Windycon. We attended this convention for 20 years when we lived in Chicagoland and it, with some help from Capricon, defined our sense of what a science fiction convention should be. We are having a great time. Continue reading