Comments on: The cruelest month. http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-cruelest-month one writer's daily download Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:51:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Charlotte A. Weybright http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68473 Charlotte A. Weybright Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:17:10 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68473 My, my, my Bob, aren't you the clever one. Your discussion of the West Central meeting is priceless. Sure is strange that with all of your panic about Thieme Drive collapsing, it still hasn't done so for the past several years. And, by the way, that issue is entirely separate from the flood protection issue. Congress just simply hasn't provided funding yet for the river bank project at the junction of Washington and Thieme. Your statement makes it sound like the flood protection issue ties right in to the erosion issue. The two are actually quite a distance apart from each other spatially. I also think there were probably more than "one or two" people interested in the historic nature of Thieme Drive. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Apparently, you don't see much beauty in anything. Part of what I would like to see is the river bank cleaned up of all the Trees of Heaven and underbrush. I don't think anyone wants to see that staying around. Oh, and don't you worry about me tying myself to the weed trees. It sounds like you are just one unhappy person. My, my, my Bob, aren’t you the clever one. Your discussion of the West Central meeting is priceless. Sure is strange that with all of your panic about Thieme Drive collapsing, it still hasn’t done so for the past several years. And, by the way, that issue is entirely separate from the flood protection issue. Congress just simply hasn’t provided funding yet for the river bank project at the junction of Washington and Thieme. Your statement makes it sound like the flood protection issue ties right in to the erosion issue. The two are actually quite a distance apart from each other spatially.

I also think there were probably more than “one or two” people interested in the historic nature of Thieme Drive.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Apparently, you don’t see much beauty in anything. Part of what I would like to see is the river bank cleaned up of all the Trees of Heaven and underbrush. I don’t think anyone wants to see that staying around. Oh, and don’t you worry about me tying myself to the weed trees.

It sounds like you are just one unhappy person.

]]> By: Marcia http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68412 Marcia Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:06:28 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68412 Wow, Dorothy, I meant to say I'm sorry about all of your stress. I was too self-absorbed yesterday to actually read what you wrote. Wow, Dorothy, I meant to say I’m sorry about all of your stress. I was too self-absorbed yesterday to actually read what you wrote.

]]> By: czucky Dimes http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68379 czucky Dimes Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:03:45 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68379 Who the hell is Doghouse Riley and does anyone take this person seriously? A total lightweight, not worthy of attention. Who the hell is Doghouse Riley and does anyone take this person seriously? A total lightweight, not worthy of attention.

]]> By: Barb http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68279 Barb Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:45:40 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68279 Seat belts rule! Just yesterday, dressed in jammys and slippers and in full view of the morning commuters, my husband was able to say "this sucks" while looking at the remains of his precious SUV. His trip out for a morning coffee was interrupted by a car which crossed the center line and came at him head on. The other guy also walked away unharmed thanks to his seat belt and airbag. Seat belts rule! Just yesterday, dressed in jammys and slippers and in full view of the morning commuters, my husband was able to say “this sucks” while looking at the remains of his precious SUV. His trip out for a morning coffee was interrupted by a car which crossed the center line and came at him head on. The other guy also walked away unharmed thanks to his seat belt and airbag.

]]> By: basset http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68262 basset Wed, 18 Apr 2007 01:15:11 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68262 Well, if there was ever a time to show emotion, this would be it. Someone, I assume the university president, stood up there at the memorial assembly today and just read a prepared statement... surely he had expensive advisers telling him to do that, but if you ask me he lost credibility by being a PR robot instead of a human. (Couldn't tell who he was because we were watching al-Jazeera English on a little TV from across the room, their graphics are hard to read anyway and I couldn't make 'em out at all this time - but he was onstage in a suit and speaking before the President, he must have been someone important.) Well, if there was ever a time to show emotion, this would be it. Someone, I assume the university president, stood up there at the memorial assembly today and just read a prepared statement… surely he had expensive advisers telling him to do that, but if you ask me he lost credibility by being a PR robot instead of a human.

(Couldn’t tell who he was because we were watching al-Jazeera English on a little TV from across the room, their graphics are hard to read anyway and I couldn’t make ‘em out at all this time – but he was onstage in a suit and speaking before the President, he must have been someone important.)

]]> By: Jennifer http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68258 Jennifer Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:01:46 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68258 For some unknown reason, I watched Paula last night. Boy did she frost my ass. I had to switch the channel after she "suggested" what some of the witnesses might be trying to say. I yelled something about leading the witness and changed the channel. Also, I don't know who it was, but the journalist who had the balls to suggest the police chief was not showing enough emotion should have felt the brunt of all the emotion he was trying to keep in check. For some unknown reason, I watched Paula last night. Boy did she frost my ass. I had to switch the channel after she “suggested” what some of the witnesses might be trying to say. I yelled something about leading the witness and changed the channel.

Also, I don’t know who it was, but the journalist who had the balls to suggest the police chief was not showing enough emotion should have felt the brunt of all the emotion he was trying to keep in check.

]]> By: Connie http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68231 Connie Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:32:45 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68231 Yes, Ashley, of course you win. But all is relative, and for Indy it has still been a bad year so far. Yes, Ashley, of course you win. But all is relative, and for Indy it has still been a bad year so far.

]]> By: Peris http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68217 Peris Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:39:18 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68217 Commercial TV news is for children, complete with pretty pictures, catchy titles and theme music. What would Walter Do? is what you should ask (or Chet and David). What we have here is not going away, as long as we keep watching it. Fortunately, we now have channels of immediacy other than TV ones. Oh, and Sauza is my little helper--a real windbreaker on a gusty day! Commercial TV news is for children, complete with pretty pictures, catchy titles and theme music. What would Walter Do? is what you should ask (or Chet and David). What we have here is not going away, as long as we keep watching it. Fortunately, we now have channels of immediacy other than TV ones.

Oh, and Sauza is my little helper–a real windbreaker on a gusty day!

]]> By: Ray http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68215 Ray Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:33:14 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68215 I'm currently self-medicating with a mix of antihistamines, ice cream, and the occasional putting of my fist through some inanimate object that looks like it will make a satisfying crunching sound. I’m currently self-medicating with a mix of antihistamines, ice cream, and the occasional putting of my fist through some inanimate object that looks like it will make a satisfying crunching sound.

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68207 Dorothy Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:40:17 +0000 http://nancynall.com/2007/04/17/the-cruelest-month/#comment-68207 Raising a hand here for Effexor. Although mine was prescribed for hot flashes, it's usually used for depression. Perhaps it's helpigng me in that department, but I'm not sure. Life's been moving at a wild speed around me lately and I think I need all the drugs I can get. I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease last week, and am going with the RAI treatment to knock out part or maybe all of my thyroid. My husband's had one job interview and is flying to Ohio for another on Sunday. We're probably going to be relocating to either Mt. Vernon, OH or Lynchburg, VA. It causes me too much sleeplessness thinking about these impending changes. As far as the Virginia Tech situation, I have to honestly say I'm not sure how the t.v. anchors/reporters are supposed to look, if they aren't allowed to have sad, furrowed brows. I don't mean to be argumentative, but how else are they going to look on camera? They look serious most of the time anyway, and this was an awful, awful thing to happen. Brian Williams on NBC mentioned he's the dad of a college student and could identify with what parents were going through. I felt the same way - I could not really get thru the day yesterday until I spoke to my son on OSU's campus, even though he was hundreds of miles away. I know it's troubling the way the t.v. media respond to this kind of thing. But it's here and it's not going away, and I think it does not do much good to criticize them. I think energies would be better directed towards gun control, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm writing my congressman and Senator. Raising a hand here for Effexor. Although mine was prescribed for hot flashes, it’s usually used for depression. Perhaps it’s helpigng me in that department, but I’m not sure. Life’s been moving at a wild speed around me lately and I think I need all the drugs I can get.

I was diagnosed with Graves’ Disease last week, and am going with the RAI treatment to knock out part or maybe all of my thyroid. My husband’s had one job interview and is flying to Ohio for another on Sunday. We’re probably going to be relocating to either Mt. Vernon, OH or Lynchburg, VA. It causes me too much sleeplessness thinking about these impending changes.

As far as the Virginia Tech situation, I have to honestly say I’m not sure how the t.v. anchors/reporters are supposed to look, if they aren’t allowed to have sad, furrowed brows. I don’t mean to be argumentative, but how else are they going to look on camera? They look serious most of the time anyway, and this was an awful, awful thing to happen. Brian Williams on NBC mentioned he’s the dad of a college student and could identify with what parents were going through. I felt the same way – I could not really get thru the day yesterday until I spoke to my son on OSU’s campus, even though he was hundreds of miles away.

I know it’s troubling the way the t.v. media respond to this kind of thing. But it’s here and it’s not going away, and I think it does not do much good to criticize them. I think energies would be better directed towards gun control, and that’s what I’m going to do. I’m writing my congressman and Senator.

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