Dr Wingnut

Month: March 2009

  • RIP

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    After a long weekend of sickness, similar to the aftermath of the seizures he experience several times before, we decided to put Grady down.  Now the rabbit population in the back yard will explode.We’ll miss you Grady.

  • Who’s that pianist?

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    Saturday evening, Daniel texted me with, “Whats that one pianist that plays with another person on one piano.”  Did he mean duet?  I couldn’t tell.It took a call to him to figure out what the hell he meant, which was, “who” and it turned out to be Victor Borge who I had exposed him to…

  • Wilderness

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    In wildness is the preservation of the world.Henry David Thoreau

  • Twitter

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    The question was, “Does twittering make you a twit?”That was the question posed this morning in a commentary by Nancy Giles on CBS Sunday Morning

  • Gene should be rolling in his grave

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    The news this week that there is a new line of Star Trek colognes would surely have sent Gene into a spin (too bad his ashes were sent into space) that he didn’t think of it.  It’s unfortunate that TOS didn’t have the advantage of structured merchandizing that really took off after Star Wars.I can…

  • Humor

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    Humor is a rubber sword — it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.Mary Hirsch

  • Normal

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    Abnormal is so common, it’s practically normal.Cory Doctorow