Comments on: Door slammin’ http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/ America's favorite blog Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:00:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Richard Harland Smith http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37855 Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:59:45 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37855 If the word "puce" doesn't bring them into the theater in droves, all is lost. If the word “puce” doesn’t bring them into the theater in droves, all is lost.

]]> by: dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37412 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:06:04 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37412 Oh joy! My local PBSKids digital channel is showing "Bone of Arc" this afternoon. It's no Paradise Hotel, of course, but it's a chance to admire the work of Jeanne Simpson when she (and we all) were a lot younger. It's also another chance to repeat my occasional rant that PBS needs to make the entire Wishbone series available on DVD soon. My great-nephews will age out of the target demographic soon. Oh joy! My local PBSKids digital channel is showing “Bone of Arc” this afternoon. It’s no Paradise Hotel, of course, but it’s a chance to admire the work of Jeanne Simpson when she (and we all) were a lot younger.

It’s also another chance to repeat my occasional rant that PBS needs to make the entire Wishbone series available on DVD soon. My great-nephews will age out of the target demographic soon.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37390 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:36:07 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37390 Possible Sunday evening launch. Here's hoping. Possible Sunday evening launch. Here’s hoping.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37379 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:27:03 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37379 Aunt Sam, I'm in. Thanks for the link. cooper, my friend spaced out on launch day, in this case because of fatigue. He's not a spacer-outer, just working extended hours - and glad to be working, of course. Still, I will have to exact some sort of revenge. That was a beautiful launch. Fuel problem for tonight's launch, and no word yet on re-schedule. My brother is down, and this was going to be his first chance to see a shuttle light up the night sky on ignition so suddenly and brightly that it is hard to imagine. It is genuinely amazing. Aunt Sam, I’m in. Thanks for the link.

cooper, my friend spaced out on launch day, in this case because of fatigue. He’s not a spacer-outer, just working extended hours - and glad to be working, of course. Still, I will have to exact some sort of revenge. That was a beautiful launch.

Fuel problem for tonight’s launch, and no word yet on re-schedule. My brother is down, and this was going to be his first chance to see a shuttle light up the night sky on ignition so suddenly and brightly that it is hard to imagine. It is genuinely amazing.

]]> by: Jerry, The King of Comedy!!! http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37364 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:53:57 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37364 Holy cow! Is it Tuesday again already? Gladys, you're going to have to stop putting so much mescaline in my martinis. Oy, my head! http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/03/10/tomo/index.html Holy cow! Is it Tuesday again already? Gladys, you’re going to have to stop putting so much mescaline in my martinis. Oy, my head!

http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/03/10/tomo/index.html

]]> by: Arte J. http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37362 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:26:30 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37362 Well, Miss Ormphby, I don't have a camellia, but would you like to see my petunia? How about my latest lottery ticket? How about all these pretty stars circling around my head? Well, Miss Ormphby, I don’t have a camellia, but would you like to see my petunia? How about my latest lottery ticket? How about all these pretty stars circling around my head?

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37360 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:52:42 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37360 Dee, at least you have Carl Kasell's voice on your answering machine. How many of us have that? Sure as Hell ain't me. I miss Red too. Dee, at least you have Carl Kasell’s voice on your answering machine.
How many of us have that?
Sure as Hell ain’t me.

I miss Red too.

]]> by: dee http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37359 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:21:27 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37359 Every time I see a camellia I think of Red. And I second the recommendation for Bob Edwards' XM radio show. The Sunday edition broadcast on NPR is kind of a "best of" form the previous week. The format on XM is perfect for Bob -- he gets to really take time with his guests. My local NPR station will continue to get my pledge for WWDTM, Car Talk, Diane Rehm and Talk of the Nation Science Fridays. But the quality of everything else has diminished in the last few years. I think Morning Edition jumped the shark a few years ago when they spent a good ten minutes doing a story on whether four blades in a razor actually made a difference. Every time I see a camellia I think of Red. And I second the recommendation for Bob Edwards’ XM radio show. The Sunday edition broadcast on NPR is kind of a “best of” form the previous week. The format on XM is perfect for Bob — he gets to really take time with his guests.

My local NPR station will continue to get my pledge for WWDTM, Car Talk, Diane Rehm and Talk of the Nation Science Fridays. But the quality of everything else has diminished in the last few years. I think Morning Edition jumped the shark a few years ago when they spent a good ten minutes doing a story on whether four blades in a razor actually made a difference.

]]> by: Roger http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37357 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:09:52 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37357 Pat! I'm with you. I think Steve, and also Andrea Seabrook, just giggle too much to be taken seriously as journalists. Bob Edwards has a program on XM Radio that is broadcast by our local NPR station - 2 hours on Sunday afternoon. He still has the voice and still the excellent questions for his guests. Pat! I’m with you. I think Steve, and also Andrea Seabrook, just giggle too much to be taken seriously as journalists.

Bob Edwards has a program on XM Radio that is broadcast by our local NPR station - 2 hours on Sunday afternoon. He still has the voice and still the excellent questions for his guests.

]]> by: It's Pat! http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37352 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:38:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2009/03/03/door-slammin/#comment-37352 By the way, reading about Red got me reading about Bob Edwards, who I really miss on NPR. I still am upset Steve Upspeak or whatever the hell his name is replaced him. He's rude and arrogant. By the way, reading about Red got me reading about Bob Edwards, who I really miss on NPR. I still am upset Steve Upspeak or whatever the hell his name is replaced him. He’s rude and arrogant.

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