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Comment on Baseball, Airplanes, and Metaphysics by C Semrad

C Semrad — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:46:25 +0000

I lived in northwestern Ohio area [Toledo] in the 1970′s & used to hang out at the university there – they had a library & a big-screen color TV in the student union, which I did not. I met a real Lawson-ite, and older, 60′s-ish gentleman by the name of “Tom”, who also used to hang around the student union. Tom had many tales of his experiences with ‘Lawsonomy” dating back to the Great Depression days, and had known Alfred Lawson personally. A bit eccentric but very personable, Tom always carried with him an original copy of the book “Lawsonomy”, as well as various copies of the Lawson ‘newspaper’ that were originally published in the 1920′s – 30′s, which he gladly handed out to anyone with whom he would come in contact.
In fact, when I knew him, Tom had a complete set of these newspapers at his apartment [from where I know not]. Over a period ~7 years, I heard many a story of Alfred Lawson, his adventures, his philosophy and views on life, society and the ‘laws of the universe’. Your biography of Lawson is quite good and comports well with what I learned from Tom. Its good that minor historical figures such as this are ‘immortalized’ via the internet, as they add considerable ‘flavor’ to the history of the US, the airplane, and social movements of the first half of the 20th century. Kudos!

Comment on What’s Made Pewaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) by carrie cavalier

carrie cavalier — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:38:49 +0000

can you get candy raisens any where??? cecavalier@earthlink.net, carrie is my name. I was born in waukesha. wis, live in Burbank, california. my cousin in Milwaukee tried to find them for me. She passed away of a brain tumor in April of 2011. She promiced me she would get them for me!1 I used to go to the 5 and dime with my grandma to get them when i was a kid. I am still addicted!!

Comment on Marmite, Mar Bright by Tracey at Small Bright Pebbles

Tracey at Small Bright Pebbles — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:04:46 +0000

For a few years in the first half of the 20th century, Vegemite was renamed 'Parwill', which was a strange punning reference to Marmite: its marketing slogan was 'Marmite but Parwill' (Ma might but Pa will). Apparently the new name did nothing to boost sales, and eventually the name Vegemite was restored.

Comment on Would I Lye? by Sera Nguyen

Sera Nguyen — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:27:52 +0000

These eggs are often used as an ingredient for congee or porridge. They taste better that way. However, I’m trying to look for information about health issues with these eggs. Lye is said to be harmful if swallowed. I wonder what’s the effect here.

Comment on Of Lemmings and Sheep by infomantic

infomantic — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:39:25 +0000

Oh, dear stranger, your specious analysis is hard to take seriously. The article you comment upon so verbosely never stated that lemmings don’t die in migration. In fact it explicitly says the opposite. It also states that the myths around lemmings contravene the observation of scientists. Science has shown that the common idea of lemming committing mass suicide is completely laughable, specious, if you prefer. It’s not exactly revisionism if you correct false opinion with real life fact, but whatevs.

Nice bizarre referencing of spinach. Does your Holocaust reference invoke Godwin’s Law?

Comment on Of Lemmings and Sheep by Adam

Adam — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:08:42 +0000

Good description. I’ve come into contact with this revisionist interpretation before. My main question is, “Why would anyone believe that any of this was denied by the so-called mythmakers?” After all, selective filming is at least as old as nature documentaries. The statement that lemmings do not die even while migrating seems as specious, and as easy to falsify, as a statement that sheep do not fall or that foxes never enter henhouses. I suppose we should just say “natural causes” for the lemming deaths too? I mean, no one denies that cattle can drown. No one denies that gazelles are mortal too. So why do lemmings all of a sudden get the historical revisionist treatment? It resembles Holocaust denial, this unseemly haste to extinguish a simple truth.

Sometimes myths aren’t just myths because they are tales retold. Sometimes there actually is a reason for the myths. Now if you were going to say, “spinach itself is healthy but not as much as 1950s housewives thought,” you’d be making a point, not about the 1950s or about mothers in general, but about technology and the media’s influence on society. Yet somehow, when scientists observe the senseless deaths of lemmings, they’re creating “myths” that aren’t true? It’s very hard to take such a specious analysis seriously.

Comment on Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Ice by Wydarzenia i komentarze, 29 maja 2011r « Monitorpolski's Blog

Wydarzenia i komentarze, 29 maja 2011r « Monitorpolski's Blog — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:49:41 +0000

[...] Grad wielkości melona w Oklahomie Nie wiadomo czy jest to grad czy już meteoryt lodowy, tzw. „megacryometeoryt”. Regularny kształt bryły jest nieco podejrzany, bowiem rzadko się to zdarza, a szczególnie tej wielkości. Jednak tej wielkości grad nie jest wyjątkiem. Jak wspomniano w Wikipedii, 3 kilogramowe bryły przez 10 dni bombardowały Hiszpanię w 2000 roku, podczas gdy niebo było bezchmurne. Niektóre bryły ważą do kilkudziesięciu kilogramów. Rekord w USA zanotowano w 2003 roku w Nebrasce – była to bryła o prawie półmetrowym obwodzie! (http://www.inspirationline.com/Brainteaser/hail.htm) Rekordowej wielkości grad spadł na dealera Mercedesa w Brazylii – ok. 50 kilogramów! W Oakland w Kalifornii zanotowano nawet bryłę o ciężarze ponad 100 kg, choć trudno w to uwierzyć (http://infomantic.net/2010/06/07/goodness-gracious-great-balls-of-ice/). [...]

Comment on Baseball, Airplanes, and Metaphysics by Great Depression Facts

Great Depression Facts — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:34:29 +0000

Very interesting man but I think his economical views would of had a good long term outcome.

Comment on It’s Getting Hot In Herre by Liar, Liar, World’s on Fire « This Machine…

Liar, Liar, World’s on Fire « This Machine… — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:58:39 +0000

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Comment on When Galaxies Collide by kizill

kizill — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:51:18 +0000

this article was great I mean i actually enjoyed reading this not just becuase im curious about space and stars but because of the way you wrote it actually made reading fun which for is notoriously boring
thanks bruv i hope you do more stuff on space and stars
Safe.