tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post9030536602501878306..comments2024-01-29T17:34:57.576-07:00Comments on A Blister to My Eye: DentedDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-43578183036090204752007-12-29T14:26:00.000-07:002007-12-29T14:26:00.000-07:00I found it by following a click back from this blo...I found it by following a click back from this blog, but I didn't know why that blog had a link to this one. As fish, you hid your appearance from the world, so I didn't make the connection.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-31047811103279915262007-12-29T13:47:00.000-07:002007-12-29T13:47:00.000-07:00oh, had you found it already? and why wouldn't you...oh, had you found it already? and why wouldn't you have guessed? I'm not that strange-looking. :)~grace~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00293854820902893514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-53454722488652353082007-12-29T11:27:00.000-07:002007-12-29T11:27:00.000-07:00So you're 1001 Monkeys! I would not have guessed....So <I>you're</I> 1001 Monkeys! I would not have guessed.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-79380306524070057642007-12-29T10:50:00.000-07:002007-12-29T10:50:00.000-07:00I think we should just invest in reindeer and slei...I think we should just invest in reindeer and sleighs. Preferably ones that fly. Good luck with that partial you aren't thinking about. ;)<BR/><BR/>/the blogger who will soon no longer be known as Fish<BR/><BR/>p.s. I got to stand inside a dalek the other day. it was pretty much amazing.~grace~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00293854820902893514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-72323737096850899302007-12-28T21:26:00.000-07:002007-12-28T21:26:00.000-07:00What's disturbing is that last year was also snowi...What's disturbing is that last year was also snowier than normal. Maybe we're just experiencing two unusual years, or maybe this is the new normal.<BR/><BR/>But of course we won't know until we can look back over the long term. Twenty years from now, we'll know if this year and last year were exceptions. So hold on. And buy snow shoes.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-74382445569831357502007-12-28T21:17:00.000-07:002007-12-28T21:17:00.000-07:00I think it's nice that the main roads are plowed, ...I think it's nice that the main roads are plowed, however, it'd be nice to not need four wheel drive on the residential roads.... just a thought.<BR/><BR/>Saying that, it's been snowier than it normally is, so I hear.Lahdeedahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08310770349703287189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-57793037230733461722007-12-26T22:12:00.000-07:002007-12-26T22:12:00.000-07:00The Denver city government has assured us that thi...The Denver city government has assured us that this year we won't have unplowed, ice-choked streets, the way we did last winter.<BR/><BR/>They do seem to be doing a better job on the main streets this year, but the sidestreets, such as the one where our accident happened, are just as unplowed and messy as before.<BR/><BR/>Many years ago, an incumbent Denver mayor was defeated by a young upstart named Federico Pena (later Bill Clinton's Sec'y of Transportation, I think it was) because of voter anger over unplowed streets. For a while, subsequent mayors were scrupulous about getting the streets plowed, no matter what else they screwed up. The lesson seems to have faded.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-42748380767200324752007-12-26T19:55:00.000-07:002007-12-26T19:55:00.000-07:00See,I'm just getting used to the how-to-drive-on-u...See,<BR/><BR/>I'm just getting used to the how-to-drive-on-unplowed-icy-snowy-roads... however, I DO know to go slow, and um, never put on the brakes when you start sliiiidddinnnggg... ahhhhh.....Lahdeedahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08310770349703287189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-9944266196044342782007-12-26T15:28:00.000-07:002007-12-26T15:28:00.000-07:00What I said is unfair, I realize. If it were my ki...What I said is unfair, I realize. If it were my kid, I'd have zoomed over immediately, too. And except for the driving-too-fast-on-ice-and-skidding-into-other-people's-cars part, she seemed like a nice kid, and her father seemed like a nice guy.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-12032393646263121922007-12-26T15:23:00.000-07:002007-12-26T15:23:00.000-07:00She's a college girl whose parents live in the nei...She's a college girl whose parents live in the neighborhood and whose father showed up promptly in case his little girl was in trouble, so she didn't seem like the type to get tased. Well, except to the extent that we all are in the Fourth-- in contemporary America.<BR/><BR/>I suppose we can expect to see a lot more spiffy taser action in airports, now that TSA is planning to have its armed, uniformed thu-- agents casually engaging travelers in conversation and staring into their eyes to see if they can detect the faintest flash of fear or apprehension.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-61912934815234355812007-12-26T14:47:00.000-07:002007-12-26T14:47:00.000-07:00I suppose it's too much to hope that the police dr...I suppose it's too much to hope that the police dragged her out of the SUV, tased her into unconsciousness, and then threw her in a black helicopter to be taken away for extraordinary rendition.<BR/><BR/>Oh, wait, that's right, she was just menacing her neighbors with a lethal weapon, not doing something <B>really</B> bad like illegally downloading MP3's.Daniel Dvorkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01899158517966852736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-37441326222912074072007-12-26T08:29:00.000-07:002007-12-26T08:29:00.000-07:00Slipped that in subtly, didn't I? :)I'll be drivi...Slipped that in subtly, didn't I? :)<BR/><BR/>I'll be driving over the Post Office (slooooowly!) today to mail it, after which I'll forget all about it and won't even bother checking e-mail or snail mail for a response. Ho hum.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274485227373284224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33824560.post-65791409840368043352007-12-26T06:45:00.000-07:002007-12-26T06:45:00.000-07:00Well frock me, that sucks!But hey, a partial!Well frock me, that sucks!<BR/><BR/>But hey, a partial!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286520897538327919noreply@blogger.com