tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post5252967872443433886..comments2023-07-03T06:51:05.962-07:00Comments on O Dock: Support Your Local RiverO Dockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-63777929045538079252009-09-25T08:15:52.739-07:002009-09-25T08:15:52.739-07:00I think what's making history is what he didn&...I think what's making history is what he didn't keep in his jeans.<br /><br />Anyway you will be pleased to know that Levi is continuing the Johnston family tradition of naming their kids with a view to future sponsorship deals. The Johnston/ Palin baby's middle name is Easton, in honor of Levi's favorite hockey-equipment company.<br /><br />9/25/09 8:14 AMTillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-43630106480754331772009-09-25T08:14:43.597-07:002009-09-25T08:14:43.597-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-51782442894679013792009-09-24T14:59:25.602-07:002009-09-24T14:59:25.602-07:00I think what's making history are his genes.I think what's making history are his genes.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-31380851343758519072009-09-24T14:07:16.786-07:002009-09-24T14:07:16.786-07:00And then Sarah Palin's almost-son-in-law's...And then Sarah Palin's almost-son-in-law's father named his son after his favorite jeans and the rest is history.tillermanhttp://propercourse.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-80684630786028601022009-09-23T23:31:00.365-07:002009-09-23T23:31:00.365-07:00There used to be a show like that called Connectio...There used to be a show like that called <i>Connections</i>, that I totally loved. If I remember correctly, the dry-humoured Brit narrating it was James Burke.<br /><br />Yeah, my <a href="http://itsfiveoclocksomewhere.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-loved-that-car.html" rel="nofollow">car got totaled</a> two years ago because the Earth is spherical. (No, I haven't traced out the whole chain of causal factors online yet, but maybe I should.)<br /><br />Meanwhile, those blue jeans ... Levi Strauss' real genius was responding to the needs of a customer who had trouble with the pockets always ripping off. He went to a nearby blacksmith to get rivets put into the jeans to hold the pockets on, and <i>voila</i>, an American icon.Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201269435839112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-15746245783092950942009-09-23T14:46:35.038-07:002009-09-23T14:46:35.038-07:00Seemingly unrelated oddities? You mean like a 1950...Seemingly unrelated oddities? You mean like a <a href="http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2009/09/little-weed.html" rel="nofollow">1950's TV program for kids, Tom DeLay, wildflower gardening and back pain</a>? <br /><br />Nah, nobody could find connections between things like that.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-52180081022125940732009-09-23T14:12:37.711-07:002009-09-23T14:12:37.711-07:00JP, I think you have a great idea for a TV series....JP, I think you have a great idea for a TV series. We could trot around the globe, finding seemingly unrelated oddities and then stitch them together to show the connections. But we'd have to find some chap with a dry sense of a humor and a British accent to narrate it. Hmm...<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-15145952697727975802009-09-23T12:45:57.092-07:002009-09-23T12:45:57.092-07:00One of the secrets of a good post is to get three ...One of the secrets of a good post is to get three or so subjects that would be ok-ish on their own and find the connection that makes them a story and hence interesting - and yup, you've done just that. <br /><br />Maybe you should consider a career in a newspaper or something?<br /><br />The downside of doing this is that you use up three possible ideas in one post...aahhh!!<br /><br />(the word verification here is shicketi which if it isn't a word *should* be)JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10749223049615363296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-91235159946716487902009-09-23T12:06:51.129-07:002009-09-23T12:06:51.129-07:00Haha, I've been on that bridgeHaha, I've been on that bridgeZenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10787377470200331937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-70405269198015840162009-09-23T10:48:09.491-07:002009-09-23T10:48:09.491-07:00Just as many New Yorkers have never been to the to...Just as many New Yorkers have never been to the top of the Empire State Building, I must confess, there are some historic sites along the river I haven't been to, including Malakoff.<br /><br />Strange, but since we got the boat, we explore less close to home and spend more time in the Bay.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-59708163466238914212009-09-23T10:21:45.738-07:002009-09-23T10:21:45.738-07:00Bonnie, my inlaws live next to malakoff state park...Bonnie, my inlaws live next to malakoff state park. Beautiful country up there.EVK4https://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-44144833805180268692009-09-23T06:39:59.026-07:002009-09-23T06:39:59.026-07:00Nice. Boy, still remember visiting the Malakoff Di...Nice. Boy, still remember visiting the Malakoff Diggings when my dad was stationed in Mare Island.bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.com