tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post5003471884173080302..comments2023-07-03T06:51:05.962-07:00Comments on O Dock: Cheers!O Dockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-3927513439798142552013-01-07T14:43:48.332-08:002013-01-07T14:43:48.332-08:00I didn't think about my reply too much, but fi...I didn't think about my reply too much, but figured the British must have found a way to make a tasty drink out of fermented grass roots, as they've done with just about everything else that grows on those sodden islands.<br /><br />Maybe that's what they make Marmite from.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-85260313030466690432013-01-07T13:08:59.370-08:002013-01-07T13:08:59.370-08:00Silage shots!Silage shots!Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-31207990243650645782012-12-30T07:10:14.466-08:002012-12-30T07:10:14.466-08:00Feliz Navimas, Amigos!!!Feliz Navimas, Amigos!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-27362401249486573912012-12-29T12:28:49.372-08:002012-12-29T12:28:49.372-08:00Neither.
You ferment them.Neither.<br /><br />You ferment them.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-77296483580694143992012-12-29T12:15:21.616-08:002012-12-29T12:15:21.616-08:00How can grass roots warm your heart? Do you eat th...How can grass roots warm your heart? Do you eat the roots or stuff them inside your shirt?Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-44158597645790788592012-12-29T11:41:50.447-08:002012-12-29T11:41:50.447-08:00Thanks, JP.
I think the war is being gradually co...Thanks, JP.<br /><br />I think the war is being gradually countered by a growing concern for the needs of our Spanish-speaking population here in the States.<br /><br />There's a heart-warming grassroots campaign to put the <i>mas</i> back in Christmas.<br><br><br /><br />O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-74157883324912693672012-12-29T08:40:14.693-08:002012-12-29T08:40:14.693-08:00Very nice video! Puts my little tree to shame. So ...Very nice video! Puts my little tree to shame. So what was that about a war on Christmas, Roland Hedley?<br /><br />Remember that 2013 is a brand new year, potential full of good things. Look at London: in 2011 we had riots and looters but in 2012 a golden summer of wonder (official)JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475536270807856327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-43805737109595734782012-12-28T23:14:28.354-08:002012-12-28T23:14:28.354-08:00Thanks about the video.
My news is coming mainly ...Thanks about the video.<br /><br />My news is coming mainly from online sources now, too. I seem to watch TV news clips only if they've been linked to elsewhere.<br /><br />I think what bothered me most about the grinch is that pundits - broadcast or online - hammered away relentlessly about laws and regulations they think would fix things. But I feel our problems are more cultural than legal and would require a lot more than legislation to fix.<br /><br />Maybe working on a video that evokes a simpler, more perfect time was a means of escape for me.<br /><br />The bottle of Zinfandel that my wife and I polished off certainly was.<br><br><br />O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-52824362024509454542012-12-28T02:01:50.015-08:002012-12-28T02:01:50.015-08:00I like the video; nicely done.
As far as the grin...I like the video; nicely done.<br /><br />As far as the grinch is concerned, more and more I've taken to getting my news in text form rather than radio, TV or video (think Marshall McLuhan, a focus of several of my design school classes). And when the media is in full-on melt-down mode, I switch over to my classical guitar collection. Works for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-58914425665194506032012-12-26T00:59:46.559-08:002012-12-26T00:59:46.559-08:00Thanks for the kind words, Carol Anne.
There are ...Thanks for the kind words, Carol Anne.<br /><br />There are homes in this area with a lot more lights, but somehow, the ones with fewer are often more impressive. Some have no lights on the house at all, but only in the landscaping.<br /><br />I think the size of the house numbers is indirectly related to the age of the neighborhood. These lots were drawn up in the 1930s - 40s, I think, when land cost a lot less than today. By today's standards, the lots are deep and the houses set farther back from the street. So a larger number is required to be visible from the street.<br /><br />This was also a time before the Levitt brothers taught us how to design neighborhoods. It's nice walking down a street where every house was designed by a different architect.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-84323834246112170162012-12-26T00:34:02.477-08:002012-12-26T00:34:02.477-08:00I agree with Bonnie about the alterna-tree. Tres c...I agree with Bonnie about the alterna-tree. Tres chic.<br /><br />Meanwhile, that's a stunning slideshow. Those light displays prove that you can have a great display without getting garish. Perhaps that's why I like the display at the Mormon temple in Mesa -- much drama, no schlock.<br /><br />Something else I noticed -- all of those houses have prominently displayed address numbers, at least 6 inches high. Now that Gerald's gotten EMT certification and is working with emergency services people, one of his pet peeves is houses with either no number, or a number so hard to see that it's useless. Does the city or the neighborhood have a regulation requiring legible numbers?Carol Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201269435839112134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-24025561299455773582012-12-24T21:45:37.109-08:002012-12-24T21:45:37.109-08:00Thanks for the good words. Compliments passed.
It...Thanks for the good words. Compliments passed.<br /><br />It's good to blog again, I think, but this is seriously cutting into my power naps.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-6207512653819765912012-12-24T15:49:27.794-08:002012-12-24T15:49:27.794-08:00Merry Christmas, even if not the merriest ever.
...Merry Christmas, even if not the merriest ever. <br /><br />Love the alternative Christmas tree - think this one's my favorite yet! Please pass along my compliments to the extremely creative creator. <br /><br />And nice to see you're back. You & Carol Anne - great week for my favorite blogs reappearing! <br /><br />Off to TX in the AM!<br />bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794351142636136626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-47824938535300740022012-12-24T10:50:58.720-08:002012-12-24T10:50:58.720-08:00Have a holly jolly Christmas, Mitch. But watch out...Have a holly jolly Christmas, Mitch. But watch out for Bumbles.wygithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13348273840413479965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-15323792845618537112012-12-24T10:27:42.331-08:002012-12-24T10:27:42.331-08:00Thanks, Joe. There'll be plenty of time for sn...Thanks, Joe. There'll be plenty of time for snark after the holidays.<br /><br />And if you wait until after New Year's, snark is half off.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-13984547895592507362012-12-24T10:04:43.823-08:002012-12-24T10:04:43.823-08:00I have nothing snarky to say, great post. Have a M...I have nothing snarky to say, great post. Have a Merry Christmas!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00087089319937016247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-17504633236386934282012-12-24T08:35:34.297-08:002012-12-24T08:35:34.297-08:00I think the first candles weren't lit for Chri...I think the first candles weren't lit for Christ's sake, Panda.<br /><br />Folks were putting up trees and lighting candles on the longest night of the year way before the Christians got involved.<br /><br />And being only human, if Friedrich had two candles on his tree, then Wolfgang wanted three candles.<br /><br />Give the idea a few hundred years to percolate, and you end up with what we've got today.<br /><br />I think one of the best things to come of all this is that you can now buy candles for half off if you wait until after New Year's.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740572667294775424.post-62380144593118295912012-12-24T06:24:41.832-08:002012-12-24T06:24:41.832-08:00Awe jeeze Edith (as Archy used to say) we'll h...Awe jeeze Edith (as Archy used to say) we'll have to fire up another coal plant to run this thing.<br /><br />Why can't you people just be happy with lighting a candle for Christ's sake?Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.com