Comments on: Slick. http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=slick one writer's daily download Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:54:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: coozledad http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177591 coozledad Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:35:56 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177591 We're still trying to figure out who the conservatives are here in old North Carolina. Are they the ones who want to continue the Plessy vs. Ferguson tradition, or are they merely hardened anti-Semites, who lost the war with Adolf Hitler. I have a hard time figuring it out down here, because there's so much crossover. I used to consider myself a conservative, until I realized it was code for a kind of bland appeal to a sunny pre-WWII racism, where we could count on our white allies to preserve the white wedge against that insidious black tide. We’re still trying to figure out who the conservatives are here in old North Carolina. Are they the ones who want to continue the Plessy vs. Ferguson tradition, or are they merely hardened anti-Semites, who lost the war with Adolf Hitler. I have a hard time figuring it out down here, because there’s so much crossover.
I used to consider myself a conservative, until I realized it was code for a kind of bland appeal to a sunny pre-WWII racism, where we could count on our white allies to preserve the white wedge against that insidious black tide.

]]> By: LA Mary http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177570 LA Mary Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:44:04 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177570 Dorothy, bring Augie and we can meet at the Huntington Beach Dog Beach. No leashes required. Dorothy, bring Augie and we can meet at the Huntington Beach Dog Beach. No leashes required.

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177555 Dorothy Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:24:10 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177555 Well it would be the week before Thanksgiving if I come, and the election would be over. So one of us would have bragging rights, I suppose. Well it would be the week before Thanksgiving if I come, and the election would be over. So one of us would have bragging rights, I suppose.

]]> By: Danny http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177530 Danny Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:12:03 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177530 <i>Maybe we can do lunch one day! And let’s agree not to talk politics!</i> November? Cool. Let me know and I can give youz guyz some tips on good stuff to do too. And not talk politics. In November? Hmmm... Just kidding. Maybe we can do lunch one day! And let’s agree not to talk politics!

November? Cool. Let me know and I can give youz guyz some tips on good stuff to do too.

And not talk politics. In November? Hmmm… Just kidding.

]]> By: Dorothy http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177529 Dorothy Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:00:39 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177529 Danny you live in San Diego? I might be out there in November! My hubby is waiting for approval to attend an engineering class there that week. Since I've never been further west than Wichita (in 1979!) I am hoping to go along. I'll keep busy exploring the area and looking for quilt shops and yarn shops. Maybe we can do lunch one day! And let's agree not to talk politics! Danny you live in San Diego? I might be out there in November! My hubby is waiting for approval to attend an engineering class there that week. Since I’ve never been further west than Wichita (in 1979!) I am hoping to go along. I’ll keep busy exploring the area and looking for quilt shops and yarn shops. Maybe we can do lunch one day! And let’s agree not to talk politics!

]]> By: WhiteBeard http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177528 WhiteBeard Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:13:30 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177528 From hot oil to politics in Connecticut, President Bush visited my neighbor on Friday with 450 other guests and all I got to see of him was the helicopters constantly flying over our house. The Kent hillside estate of Henry Kissinger butts up against our 36-acre wood lot in Warren at the town boundary so that makes him a neighbor, an unseen neighbor but still a neighbor. But what fascinated me about the whole shebang was my freelance newspaper visual coverage of the president's visit (4 videos, 62 photos) linked at http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-bush0426.artapr26,0,6781261.story that shows what a newspaper can do in this ever-challenging news arena. The only fault I could find was that one video was sometimes identified as being a protest in Kent, the adacent town, when it was actually in downtown Warren. Not a sprawling downtown, mind you, a church, a liquor store, a town hall soon to be replaced by the Taj Mahal of town halls, a deli, an antique store, one traffic light, an elementary school, a sports field, a pottery shop (oops, that went out of business) and a thriving library. I have had some indirect dealings with the Kissingers. When his security detail decided that his blueberry patch that earned much money for a church was a danger because they could not let all those berry-picking strangers get so close to the boss, they decided to cut down the hundreds of blueberry bushes. The church people were shocked and I tried to interest my newspaper in doing a story but was rejected so I called CBS in New York and got "Hey, we like it." They did a great video, the wire services picked it up along with other newspapers, including Paris Match in France and the Kissinger spokeswoman was constantly saying "Of course, Dr. Kissinger likes blueberries." The upshot was that the bushes were dug up carefully and donated to the preppie Kent School and after three years were producing record crops again. Linked at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E5D61138F932A1575AC0A965948260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/K/Kissinger,%20Henry%20A. From hot oil to politics in Connecticut, President Bush visited my neighbor on Friday with 450 other guests and all I got to see of him was the helicopters constantly flying over our house. The Kent hillside estate of Henry Kissinger butts up against our 36-acre wood lot in Warren at the town boundary so that makes him a neighbor, an unseen neighbor but still a neighbor. But what fascinated me about the whole shebang was my freelance newspaper visual coverage of the president’s visit (4 videos, 62 photos) linked at http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-bush0426.artapr26,0,6781261.story that shows what a newspaper can do in this ever-challenging news arena. The only fault I could find was that one video was sometimes identified as being a protest in Kent, the adacent town, when it was actually in downtown Warren. Not a sprawling downtown, mind you, a church, a liquor store, a town hall soon to be replaced by the Taj Mahal of town halls, a deli, an antique store, one traffic light, an elementary school, a sports field, a pottery shop (oops, that went out of business) and a thriving library.
I have had some indirect dealings with the Kissingers. When his security detail decided that his blueberry patch that earned much money for a church was a danger because they could not let all those berry-picking strangers get so close to the boss, they decided to cut down the hundreds of blueberry bushes. The church people were shocked and I tried to interest my newspaper in doing a story but was rejected so I called CBS in New York and got “Hey, we like it.“
They did a great video, the wire services picked it up along with other newspapers, including Paris Match in France and the Kissinger spokeswoman was constantly saying “Of course, Dr. Kissinger likes blueberries.” The upshot was that the bushes were dug up carefully and donated to the preppie Kent School and after three years were producing record crops again. Linked at http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E5D61138F932A1575AC0A965948260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/K/Kissinger,%20Henry%20A.

]]> By: Danny http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177525 Danny Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:41:56 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177525 Had to be away yesterday. I did a round trip from San Diego to Seattle and back (redundant how I put that, but it still sounds better) with a meeting sandwiched in between. I am still ragged, but the coffee is helping. Yesterday, I didn't have coffee until I arrived in Coffee Mecca. As soon as I got off the plane, I headed to a terminal kiosk with a green and white sign displaying some watery tart with long hair (strategically placed) and huge hips. Ah to drink from the fount. Actually, I got caffeine jitters from not enough sleep and too much business on my mind. Oh, well. Good to be back, even if Great White Sharks are eating my neighbors a few miles from here. <i>Terrific olive oil find, Nancy. You’ll probably want to chase it with the favorite drink of this blog site; Obama Kool-Aid.</i> Terry, resist the urge to be a sniper. Most of the folks here are cool even if you don't like who they are voting for. Don't make me embarrassed to be conservative. Had to be away yesterday. I did a round trip from San Diego to Seattle and back (redundant how I put that, but it still sounds better) with a meeting sandwiched in between. I am still ragged, but the coffee is helping.

Yesterday, I didn’t have coffee until I arrived in Coffee Mecca. As soon as I got off the plane, I headed to a terminal kiosk with a green and white sign displaying some watery tart with long hair (strategically placed) and huge hips.

Ah to drink from the fount. Actually, I got caffeine jitters from not enough sleep and too much business on my mind. Oh, well.

Good to be back, even if Great White Sharks are eating my neighbors a few miles from here.

Terrific olive oil find, Nancy. You’ll probably want to chase it with the favorite drink of this blog site; Obama Kool-Aid.

Terry, resist the urge to be a sniper. Most of the folks here are cool even if you don’t like who they are voting for. Don’t make me embarrassed to be conservative.

]]> By: Danny http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177523 Danny Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:31:41 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177523 <i>What are you saying? That library news isn’t front-page important? Where I come from people can get arrested if they don’t return their books (41.943.61, Theft of Library Materials).</i> Ahem.... Fort Wayne may <i>think</i> that library stories are front page news, but, <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080426-9999-1n26shark.html" rel="nofollow">this is how</a> we do it in San Diego. The famous quote from Jaws comes to mind, "I think you are going to need a bigger boat." What are you saying? That library news isn’t front-page important? Where I come from people can get arrested if they don’t return their books (41.943.61, Theft of Library Materials).

Ahem.…

Fort Wayne may think that library stories are front page news, but, this is how we do it in San Diego.

The famous quote from Jaws comes to mind, “I think you are going to need a bigger boat.”

]]> By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one) http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177520 Jeff (the mild-mannered one) Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:21:39 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177520 I waited out of deference to our blogmistress, but if she's not linking this Jon Carroll column, i will: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/17/DD86105US2.DTL&hw=jon+carroll&sn=008&sc=266 Two words: color fan. Two (or maybe three) words: household projects. I waited out of deference to our blogmistress, but if she’s not linking this Jon Carroll column, i will:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/17/DD86105US2.DTL&hw=jon+carroll&sn=008&sc=266

Two words: color fan.

Two (or maybe three) words: household projects.

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2008/04/25/slick/comment-page-1/#comment-177458 Dexter Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:37:07 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1771#comment-177458 I am educated by Zingerman's of Ann Arbor regarding olive oil. I won't bore anyone with the few facts I recall, but I do know that Romans imported Spanish olive oil, and the best olive oil comes from Espana. That's all I buy. Zingerman's sends teams to Spain to decide which oils to import that particular year, and they inspect the olives before and during harvesting. My last big olive oil investment was for a jug of Luis Herrera, Almazari Aceite de Lagrima, January Harvest of that year. Stone crushed unpressed freerun juice of Manzanilla and Cornicabra olives from Murcia Province's high, remote Valle La Jimena. That's in Spain, of course. The information was copied from the bottle I have. Remember HBO's "Rome"? Cleopatra and Marc sitting around dipping bread into oil? I do that all the time, too. A friend who's Italian used to talk about "getting that hot oil" . I guess that means for bread dipping, but maybe it's for another gastronomic delight. Anyway, he always said he needed "that hot oil" to keep himself regular. What's wrong with Metamucil? I am educated by Zingerman’s of Ann Arbor regarding olive oil. I won’t bore anyone with the few facts I recall, but I do know that Romans imported Spanish olive oil, and the best olive oil comes from Espana. That’s all I buy.
Zingerman’s sends teams to Spain to decide which oils to import that particular year, and they inspect the olives before and during harvesting.
My last big olive oil investment was for a jug of Luis Herrera, Almazari Aceite de Lagrima, January Harvest of that year.
Stone crushed unpressed freerun juice of Manzanilla and Cornicabra olives from Murcia Province’s high, remote Valle La Jimena. That’s in Spain, of course. The information was copied from the bottle I have.
Remember HBO’s “Rome”? Cleopatra and Marc sitting around dipping bread into oil? I do that all the time, too.
A friend who’s Italian used to talk about “getting that hot oil” . I guess that means for bread dipping, but maybe it’s for another gastronomic delight. Anyway, he always said he needed “that hot oil” to keep himself regular. What’s wrong with Metamucil?

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