How did Samuel Clemens do all his long-distance traveling?
I think you already know the answer.
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A joke for the day
Thursday, November 28, 2013
A joke from my dad
By Michael Leddy at 7:41 AM comments: 3
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Paterfamilias repurposing
My dad too likes to repurpose household items as “supplies.” These paper-clip cups once capped shaving-cream cans.
My dad continues on the mend. Please send good vibrations his way.
Orange Crate Art repurposings
Bakeware : Box flap : Dish drainer : Doorstop : Tea tin
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Progress, slow, and more of it
About yesterday’s post: my dad Jim is in the hospital. After many difficult days, he is making slow progress, and more of it every day. Please send good vibrations his way. Thanks.
My dad’s most recent Orange Crate Art appearance took the form of a seasonally-themed joke. There are many other appearances. Just search for dad or James Leddy or Jim.
By Michael Leddy at 8:22 AM comments: 1
Monday, November 25, 2013
Making Slow Progress
Many things to work on. Key word: Progress. Adjective: Slow.
Postcard available from Hold the Mustard Photo Cards.
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Friday, November 22, 2013
November 22, 1963
[Photograph by Art Rickerby. From the Life Photo Archive.]
I remember being let out of school early (second grade). I remember standing in the doorway between my brother’s bedroom and mine and being aware that everything was now sad in a way that was beyond any previous sadness. And I remember seeing Lee Harvey Oswald shot on television — that is what’s most vivid. What do you remember?
By Michael Leddy at 12:13 AM comments: 2
Thursday, November 21, 2013
The Margaret Mary Vojtko story
L. V. Anderson looks into “what really happened to Margaret Mary Vojtko” and concludes that “better benefits and job security would not have altered many of the personal factors that precipitated Vojtko’s crisis.” Even so, Anderson says, the use of adjunct labor in higher education is “a scourge.”
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Death of an adjunct
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New directions in carpeting
Item #2013-N. “Autumn Medley.” For porch or patio. An innovation in outdoor carpeting. Miracle material renews itself as you work, play, relax. Stains and spills disappear like magic. Installs in seconds.
By Michael Leddy at 8:29 AM comments: 1
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
The Tie Bar
For a long time, I wore a tie only rarely. But a year or so ago, I realized that my ties are now vintage ties. And I started wearing them on teaching days. It’s fun, and now when I wear a shirt with an open collar, it feels like something is missing. I bought a couple of square-end knit ties at Macy’s — ridiculously expensive. I found a few more at a Goodwill — they look a little sad. And then Elaine discovered The Tie Bar. A great selection, $15 a tie, any tie, with a flat $5.99 for shipping. And many square-end ties, the ties I like best.
I’ve posted the front and back of this card not only for your information but for mine. When the card itself has vanished and a tie has broken out in spots, these instructions will be here.
By Michael Leddy at 10:48 AM comments: 1
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
From The Onion? No, The Times.
Marie Myung-Ok’s New York Times column The Internet: A Welcome Distraction has at least one Onion-worthy sentence:
I have come to realize that my writing brain has been waiting for something exactly like today’s dizzyingly overfull, warp-speed Internet.But she’s not writing a parody. The sentence that really got me thinking though is this one:
Jonathan Franzen found the Internet such a threat that he disabled it by plugging an Ethernet cable into his computer with super glue.Damn that Franzen. He must be using one powerful computer.
By Michael Leddy at 8:15 AM comments: 0
Monday, November 18, 2013
Hi and Lois watch
[Hi and Lois, November 18, 2013.]
Escher-like constructions have appeared in Hi and Lois before:
an impossible hot-dog cart, an all-in-one wall. My best explanation for the wall in this panel (other than Escher or “sloppy”): the Flagstons are part of a museum installation. That’s not an exterior wall behind Hi: it’s a gallery wall with trompe l’oeil curtains and window.
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