Mickey Z
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Sunday, November 27, 2005
Sizzling up a Sunday Cyber-Stew
that limmy.com stuff happens to be from this fair city!
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/27 at 08:37 AMI immediately thought of you when I saw it, Michael.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 08:44 AMi don’t know him or anythign. there are nearly a million of us here!
try this one.... http://www.chunkideas.com/snowball the accents are turned up to the broadest. pull the hand back and hit the windows.
will be considered offensive
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/27 at 08:47 AMI loved tossing the snowballs, Michael, but I had NO idea what was beng said. Please translate.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 08:53 AMthe ones that aren’t bay windows in the middle...top left
glasgow has a very strong dialect. not always used....
phonetically…
whit dae ye hink your day-in .
= what do you think your are doingon the right in the middle…
gonna lee us a-lane
going to leave us alone? as in please leave us alone
i could go on but we’d be here all day. tell you what...i will do a special post at thumpng the tub. RE scottish dialect. i haven’t done a literary one in a while anyway.
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/27 at 09:00 AMThanks. What’s being said when the snowball is released?
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 09:02 AMi can’t really work that out. i think its just ‘f*ckin’ or maybe ‘f*ck ye’
some people speak that way but not everyone. but everyone can dip in and out of it if they feel like it if u know what i mean. sometimes its useful to make yourself unintelligible!
also, its a parody. its exxagerated for comic effect but you would probably have to be from here to get whta it is they are doing.
Posted by michael on from scotland 11/27 at 09:07 AMI like it. My kind of silliness/interactive fun. Thanks, Michael.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 09:15 AMthis is crazy
http://www.backingblair.co.uk/long_shot/Posted by michael on from scotland 11/27 at 10:05 AMGood morning Michael and Mickey...The sun is shining on the snow today...very pretty.
This morning on C-span book TV, James Loewen was interviewed. He talked about his new book, “Sundown Towns”. It was very interesting. He mentioned many places in the US, including Ashland, Oregon. In the past I have written to, and e-mailed C-span requesting that they bring on some of my favorite authors. I am not sure how effective this is, but today I will contact them again. Maybe there is a way that we can get Mickey on air. Mickey is not only an author but also maintains this site. That gives C-span 2 reasons to have him on. I have not checked out my idea with Mickey but don’t think that he would object.
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Suggest Events: Submit a public event that you think C-SPAN should cover -Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 11/27 at 11:03 AMMickey, ABC news is reporting that the first statue of Bruce Lee has just been erected in Bosnia....
Posted by RMJ on from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 11/27 at 11:09 AMThank you, Rosemarie. That’s very generous of you and, of course, I’d be thrilled if your efforts got me on C-Span. Much appreciated.
As for Bruce Lee in Bosnia, I’m not big on statues per se...but it’s great that his influence continues to transcend language and generations.
Thanks again, RMJ (and anyone else who contacts C-Span).
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 11:17 AMHey all,
Here’s a must-read for anyone who plans to see the Wal-Mart film: Beyond Walmart - http://tinyurl.com/a66c3
MZ - Weren’t you on C-SPAN once before?
Weather right now in Houston: 82F, mostly sunny, light winds.
Posted by RT on from Houston, Tejas 11/27 at 02:42 PMHi Mickey, Rosemarie, Michael & RT -
Michael, your “Clown Army” post & pic, yesterday, were wonderful. Thanks. Sorry I didn’t get back to you… life has been a bit stressful of late.Great to see those amazing quotes again, Mickey. And, the thought of seeing you on C-Span is a mighty interesting one. I very much hope it happens…
Rosemarie - fascinating stuff, this study of “sundown towns.” I went to Amazon to read the summaries and reviews, just now. Remarkable and insightful work.
I’m not at all surprised to hear that Ashland is included. It’s about 45 minutes from here. Beautiful, wealthy little town - home of the Shakespeare Festival, and various very expensive galleries and shops and eateries… Lots of authors and artists live there as well. It’s a lap of liberal luxury. That it is a “Sundown Town,” just confirms what I’ve been thinking, as I grumble to myself…
You know, I felt similarly out of place as my wife and I traveled from Schenectady to Maine, some years ago. From somewhere in Central or Western Vermont, all the way into Maine, I don’t think I saw a single black person anywhere. We passed through dozens of towns and many, many hours of driving. Just white people and an occasional Hispanic-looking face… I wonder if New Hampshire is a Sundown State?Reading about Loewen at Amazon reminded me of something I read a long time ago, which really shook me up. I searched around a little bit, and found one story about the incident. Here’s the link - it’s a frightening - tho brief read, about a mostly black section of Tulsa, Ok:
RT - a fine article. Capitalism itself is the problem, of course, though retaining or re-creating thousands of little locally owned shops, or community owned businesses, is certainly a giant step in the right direction.
The author’s reference to “standardized testing,” and the consequent elimination of interesting and unusual courses throughout public schools in America, was certainly a tiny wake-up moment for me. Of course! Their supposed drive toward “excellence,” is simply a mask for what they’re actually about - the relentless attempt to render an entire population ignorant of any and all knowledge that might prove accurate, enlightening, meaningful… truly useful…
Thanks, man.Posted by joe on from Oregon 11/27 at 04:12 PMHi everyone. RT, you’re right. I was on Book TV last year. That’s what makes it more frustrating to have my recent talks rejected for filming. Did I already get my 15 minutes? I think my latest book is the most accessible I’ve ever done and thus it would be crucial to reach a wider audience now...with a message that isn’t so easily dismissed as “anti-American.”
I liked the article you linked to, RT. Interesting to see Target mentioned. When my rich kickboxing clients shop at Target, they laughingly call it Tar-jay (French-style pronunciation).
Hey Joe. I like Loewen’s work a lot. Lies My Teacher Told Me is essential reading, as far I’m concerned.
Unusually mild in Astoria. It’s almost December and it may hit 60 degrees tomorrow.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 04:35 PMMickey - thought you were on before, and I’ll do my part to see that you’re on again (thanks RMJ for the contact info)
Speaking of 50AR, the fact that it IS accessible is precisely why I am buying the book for some of my friends and family for X-mas. P.S. - Happy 40th Michele!
Joe - I agree. But even on the non-standardized tests/courses (and even on the upper university level), it is still a problem, of course. In fact, it had much to do with the demise of my own “college career”.
To cite one example, I wrote a research paper on globalization for an upper-level Economic Geography class (back in ‘98). Unfortunately, I made the mistake of being far too critical, and showing its horrible effects on the third world - “free trade” agreements and all. The returned paper read something like “well researched, well argued… but not quite what we’re looking for in this class”. And it was also “one-sided” and “narrow” because I didn’t show the BENEFITS of corporate globalization… good grief!
I did however receive a passing grade on the paper, a 70. Note that I entered the University with a 3.8 GPA (for 60 credit hours). In other words, an “A student”, and the paper was probably the best I had ever written, and I barely passed. THAT was the real lesson to be learned, if you ask me…
Shortly after, I was no longer compelled to “play the game” of higher education (sic) anymore. I withdrew from the university the following semester, late in my Junior year (after my disillusionment with the whole system). By then my GPA had sliiped down to 3.0. But with minor exceptions, that’s our educational (read doctrinal) system at work.
To all: sorry for story-telling on Sunday…
Posted by RT on from strangest state in USA 11/27 at 06:55 PMHi Mickey - I’ll look into that book, right now, thanks.
Hey, RT -
I was pointing at “public schools,” because most kids are legally required to be there, and to swallow the mainstream hogwash. They can’t quit, as such, and generally a transfer to another school changes nothing.I agree that most universities are incredibly biased toward our corporate reality, as well. I got out, too, after several years of knocking about, in different schools…
Sadly, after a long public school experience, most college students are so comfortably ignorant of their ignorance, that it never occurs to them to look beyond the offical syllabus / reading lists.Posted by joe on from Oregon 11/27 at 09:12 PMRT: Your story can be viewed as an ingredient in today’s cyber-stew. How’s that? Thanks for joining in. You always have so much to add.
Joe: You won’t regret checking out that Loewen book.
9:17 in Astoria. I just snuck in some work on my November Novel. I just might pull this off.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 09:18 PMJoe - Duly noted. Comfortably ignorant of their ignorance - that’s so true, and a great way to describe the phenomenon.
Just imagine if historical, social and economic texts in public schools were as accurate and honest as the ones commonly found in mathematics and the hard sciences; I think the world would be a much different place.
MZ - November Novel?
Posted by RT on from The Bayou City 11/27 at 09:59 PMRT, a bunch of us here at the site took on this challenge: http://www.nanowrimo.org. Crazy, but fun.
10:05...signing off, my fellow Expendables.
Posted by Mickey Z. on from Astoria 11/27 at 10:05 PM
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