Comments on: How it went. http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/ one writer's daily download Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:36:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182625 nancy Fri, 09 May 2008 14:14:29 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182625 No, I wasn't insulted at all. Actually, what I forgot to mention was your use of the word "bog." With all these David Mitchell novels on the nightstand, I'm getting acquainted with lots of British slang terms I'd never heard before, and "bog" was one. Funny to hear it used casually a few days later, for the first time in my life. No, I wasn’t insulted at all. Actually, what I forgot to mention was your use of the word “bog.” With all these David Mitchell novels on the nightstand, I’m getting acquainted with lots of British slang terms I’d never heard before, and “bog” was one. Funny to hear it used casually a few days later, for the first time in my life.

]]> By: MichaelG http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182612 MichaelG Fri, 09 May 2008 12:44:11 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182612 Nothing to be insulted about, Nance. I was making a mild joke. It's well known that some men read the sports section on the pot. This applies more to workplaces than restaurants. Nobody really thought that women brought the paper to the potty much less the society pages. After surveying about your 968th restroom anything that seems amusing is welcome. Besides, they don't even have society pages anymore, do they? Except in those slick city and regional magazines. Nothing to be insulted about, Nance. I was making a mild joke. It’s well known that some men read the sports section on the pot. This applies more to workplaces than restaurants. Nobody really thought that women brought the paper to the potty much less the society pages. After surveying about your 968th restroom anything that seems amusing is welcome. Besides, they don’t even have society pages anymore, do they? Except in those slick city and regional magazines.

]]> By: Jolene http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182610 Jolene Fri, 09 May 2008 12:38:07 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182610 Morning, everyone. I happened across another <a href="http://obsidianwings.blogs.com/obsidian_wings/2008/05/close-my-eyes-i.html#more" rel="nofollow">commentary </a> on the NPR piece re the (apparently) transgender kids. Thought you might want to check it out. Some interesting observations by the blogger, hilzoy, and interesting comments by her readers as well. Morning, everyone. I happened across another commentary on the NPR piece re the (apparently) transgender kids. Thought you might want to check it out. Some interesting observations by the blogger, hilzoy, and interesting comments by her readers as well.

]]> By: nancy http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182604 nancy Fri, 09 May 2008 12:14:31 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182604 Michael, there's a restaurant near Mt. Pleasant with an empty frame in front of the urinals. Every day, the staff puts in the day's sports page. There's a lower-down urinal for boys, and that's where they put the comics page. And, yes, the ladies' stalls have Features. I'd be mildly insulted if I were looking for something to be insulted about, but mostly I'm just amused. And the food is good. Michael, there’s a restaurant near Mt. Pleasant with an empty frame in front of the urinals. Every day, the staff puts in the day’s sports page. There’s a lower-down urinal for boys, and that’s where they put the comics page.

And, yes, the ladies’ stalls have Features. I’d be mildly insulted if I were looking for something to be insulted about, but mostly I’m just amused. And the food is good.

]]> By: Dexter http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182484 Dexter Fri, 09 May 2008 05:04:07 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182484 All the while as I watched the boat being launched , I thought of J.P McCarthy. He always made a huge deal out of boat day. He had people on his show talking about boat day just before the calendar so proclaimed it had arrived. He would get detailed weather reports from first Mal Sillers and later John McMurray, as boaters wanted to know . J.P. has been gone for thirteen years now; I tried to listen to Paul W but quickly abandoned WJR in the mornings. J.P. was usually a little late getting his show rolling and frequently we would get an extra cycle of news before he arrived. J.P. and his Rolodex containing numbers of presidents and senators and experts and interesting folks surely made my 50 minute commute a richer experience. That Rolodex is probably is some radio museum now...it should be. I miss J.P.'s St. Paddy's show the most. I guess no one can replace people like J.P. and Neal Shine. All the while as I watched the boat being launched , I thought of J.P McCarthy. He always made a huge deal out of boat day. He had people on his show talking about boat day just before the calendar so proclaimed it had arrived.
He would get detailed weather reports from first Mal Sillers and later John McMurray, as boaters wanted to know .
J.P. has been gone for thirteen years now; I tried to listen to Paul W but quickly abandoned WJR in the mornings.
J.P. was usually a little late getting his show rolling and frequently we would get an extra cycle of news before he arrived. J.P. and his Rolodex containing numbers of presidents and senators and experts and interesting folks surely made my 50 minute commute a richer experience.
That Rolodex is probably is some radio museum now…it should be. I miss J.P.’s St. Paddy’s show the most.
I guess no one can replace people like J.P. and Neal Shine.

]]> By: MichaelG http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182428 MichaelG Fri, 09 May 2008 01:30:11 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182428 I've been in the L. A. area for a couple of days. It seems I missed some excellent sessions at NN.c. The rental car people gave me a Passat. I was most favorably impressed, Nance, it's a really, really nice car. One of the neat things I did while in cool, cloudy Southern California was to survey restrooms for access compliance. During one fun packed morning, in the course of which we trooped through about 8000 restrooms, a great philosophic question posed itself to the members of our all male crew: While in the bog, do women read the newspaper society pages the way men read the sports pages? This also raises the question of how the electronic media will respond to the male need for sports pages in the loo. Great video. I was just wondering where the fire boat escort complete with all the spectacular water plumes might have been. Somehow I missed it. Seriously, I enjoyed the movie. This blog is taking on whole new dimensions and I love it. Somehow, with all the blogs I cruise, this is the best -- my "home blog". I’ve been in the L. A. area for a couple of days. It seems I missed some excellent sessions at NN.c.

The rental car people gave me a Passat. I was most favorably impressed, Nance, it’s a really, really nice car.

One of the neat things I did while in cool, cloudy Southern California was to survey restrooms for access compliance. During one fun packed morning, in the course of which we trooped through about 8000 restrooms, a great philosophic question posed itself to the members of our all male crew: While in the bog, do women read the newspaper society pages the way men read the sports pages?

This also raises the question of how the electronic media will respond to the male need for sports pages in the loo.

Great video. I was just wondering where the fire boat escort complete with all the spectacular water plumes might have been. Somehow I missed it. Seriously, I enjoyed the movie. This blog is taking on whole new dimensions and I love it. Somehow, with all the blogs I cruise, this is the best — my “home blog”.

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182390 brian stouder Thu, 08 May 2008 23:43:06 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182390 Great video! It seemed like Spring was here last Sunday, and election day was sunny and beautiful....but since then (just like in the video) it's all "Who'll stop the rain?" Looking at beautiful vessels flitting about as the wind crosses the water, I sometimes think I'd like to be a sailor, and then - upon reflection - I realize all I really wanna be is a passenger! Great video! It seemed like Spring was here last Sunday, and election day was sunny and beautiful….but since then (just like in the video) it’s all “Who’ll stop the rain?”

Looking at beautiful vessels flitting about as the wind crosses the water, I sometimes think I’d like to be a sailor, and then - upon reflection - I realize all I really wanna be is a passenger!

]]> By: Jolene http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182379 Jolene Thu, 08 May 2008 23:06:31 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182379 I agree, Nance, that both sets of parents were doing what they thought was best for their sons, but I couldn't help but think that Bradley's parents, despite the best will in the world, were acting with the outcome they wanted in mind rather than focusing on the facts at hand. Ordinarily, a goal is a good thing, but I don't think reshaping another individual's identity--that which we know about ourselves without being told--is a good goal. I agree, Nance, that both sets of parents were doing what they thought was best for their sons, but I couldn’t help but think that Bradley’s parents, despite the best will in the world, were acting with the outcome they wanted in mind rather than focusing on the facts at hand. Ordinarily, a goal is a good thing, but I don’t think reshaping another individual’s identity–that which we know about ourselves without being told–is a good goal.

]]> By: Jeff (the mild-mannered one) http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182317 Jeff (the mild-mannered one) Thu, 08 May 2008 19:37:41 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182317 Alex, that's the point -- the doc in the first case seems to be so into a "model" he can't see the forest for the . . . um, Dr. Freud, your witness. Anyhow, practice some medicine, doctor. First, do no harm -- when you're trying so hard to fix someone you don't notice the harm you're adding, it's time to go back to Hippocrates. Alex, that’s the point — the doc in the first case seems to be so into a “model” he can’t see the forest for the . . . um, Dr. Freud, your witness. Anyhow, practice some medicine, doctor. First, do no harm — when you’re trying so hard to fix someone you don’t notice the harm you’re adding, it’s time to go back to Hippocrates.

]]> By: alex http://nancynall.com/2008/05/08/how-it-went/#comment-182312 alex Thu, 08 May 2008 19:30:09 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=1785#comment-182312 Nance, that's why I'm perplexed that they didn't have the kids' chromosomes checked. They might very well be chicks with dicks. For real. Nance, that’s why I’m perplexed that they didn’t have the kids’ chromosomes checked. They might very well be chicks with dicks. For real.

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