tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post7393755556457147637..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Lots of bleaknessUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-80479671823864874562022-11-11T08:24:28.610-08:002022-11-11T08:24:28.610-08:00Hadn't really thought of it before, but dammit...Hadn't really thought of it before, but dammit, you're right and me too. Most radio today isn't worth hearing, but at least the old tech let you listen. Part of the reason I never listen to radio at home any more is because my current radio, and *every* radio I've bought since the 1990s, gets worse reception than the radios I listened to when I was 12. When I do listen to radio, Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-79394191807852204382022-11-11T07:33:47.264-08:002022-11-11T07:33:47.264-08:00I had a little silver transistor with a one-seded ...I had a little silver transistor with a one-seded earphone when I was about 8-12. I used to listen to Phillies games, old time radio reruns, and the occasional Dr Ruth.<br /><br />Fast forward about 20 years, and 2500 miles to San Francisco. The radio at my work couldn't get the Giants games, so I bought the same fricking model of transistor, and started bringing it to work every day.Captain Hampocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849547698251622931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-10866184672360212762022-11-11T00:59:12.608-08:002022-11-11T00:59:12.608-08:00I do miss the transistor radio era. A radio, in a ...I do miss the transistor radio era. A radio, in a box the size of your hand, but we thought it was tiny and marvelous. Mine was under the pillow too, listening to rock'n'roll on KJR Seattle Channel 95, and Pilots baseball on KVI, and talk radio from wherever I could pull it in.<br /><br />KJR went all-sports, the Pilots went to Milwaukee, and talk radio went to hell when Rush Limbaugh andDoug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-70068673720119111212022-11-10T13:23:37.280-08:002022-11-10T13:23:37.280-08:00I've always been an audio guy; a little TV wit...I've always been an audio guy; a little TV with dinner from time to time, but mostly music and talk on the airwaves and webwaves. More Vin Scully and less Fred Sanford. More Jean Shepherd and less Martin & Lewis. Yes, my references are dated -- why do you ask?<br /><br />The transistor came into wide use five or seven ears after I was born. Ten years after I was born I got my first Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-58922104256473547172022-11-10T12:26:45.333-08:002022-11-10T12:26:45.333-08:00Woah! Being The Podcast Guy was a good thing?!
Ro...Woah! Being The Podcast Guy was a good thing?!<br /><br />Ronson's output is so random, I also forget about him. I don't think I've ever read one of his books or seen one of his movies when they were new or even within 2 or 3 years of being made. Suddenly he just shows up with a podcast about pornography or a documentary about Stanley Kubrick's boxes. Would recommend both of thosegranvillehttp://justadude.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-73066698364709083292022-11-08T08:17:10.662-08:002022-11-08T08:17:10.662-08:00I'd forgotten the name Jon Ronson. I read The ...I'd forgotten the name Jon Ronson. I read The Psychopath Test and some of his shorter pieces and followed him for a while a decade ago, but knowing how way leads onto way, I lost track of him. Thanks for mentioning the podcast. The computer with all the podcasts I followed crashed and burned, and I lost all my favorites and podcasts. I'll add Mr Ronson's name back to my recovery list.johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-22295583404546967542022-11-07T20:20:30.428-08:002022-11-07T20:20:30.428-08:00I'd forgotten the name Frank Schaeffer, but hi...I'd forgotten the name Frank Schaeffer, but his story is unforgettable. Yeah, the church never cared at all about abortion until the '70s as I recall, when Republicans launched their takeover of Christianity. I will seek out that podcast, thanks. Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-4546564116326657352022-11-07T18:00:39.882-08:002022-11-07T18:00:39.882-08:00Re: "What we can learn from fifty years of an...Re: "What we can learn from fifty years of anti-abortion propaganda," I swore I'd never be the guy that went around the internet recommending podcasts, but Jon Ronson (whose documentaries I like) had one called "Things Fall Apart" with obscure little bits of history. I never finished listening as I'm not much of a podcast guy either but there was an early episode was granvillehttps://justsomedude.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-19882114611906535822022-11-07T09:00:20.551-08:002022-11-07T09:00:20.551-08:00Only if the dice doesn't exist either.Only if the dice doesn't exist either.Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-29847320807712770612022-11-07T04:55:29.122-08:002022-11-07T04:55:29.122-08:00My brother, your ability to make time go backward ...My brother, your ability to make time go backward coupled with your correct quotation of Einstein's response to the quantum mechanics boys (usually "with the Universe" is added, and it is both incorrect and inelegant) qualifies you to win a toaster that both ejects toast and fails to. You have to actually butter it to determine its existence.<br /><br />And can a god that does not johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-88268985248545327392022-11-07T01:58:24.395-08:002022-11-07T01:58:24.395-08:00I hadn't even glanced at the video, only liste...I hadn't even glanced at the video, only listened, so I can't explain Rod's hair or child or hairy child.<br /><br />For years I worked with a guy named Terrie Stewart, and one afternoon his brother came to the office to pick him up. "This is my brother Rodney," said Terry, and I had to tell him, yes, I do think you're sexy.<br /><br />Another reliable source said "Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-8990534769959919142022-11-06T11:56:46.667-08:002022-11-06T11:56:46.667-08:00Spring back, fall forward. I do. You can gain a li...Spring back, fall forward. I do. You can gain a little ground that way.<br /><br />jtbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-56458341353227049162022-11-06T11:53:56.928-08:002022-11-06T11:53:56.928-08:00I must have been drunk this morning when I typed m...I must have been drunk this morning when I typed my comment, although I thought I stopped drinking sometime during the Clinton administration. Yes, the question is about God wearing one of those green visors that are fashionable in Nevada and shuffling a deck of 52 cards. Specifically, how long will it take to shuffle the deck in all possible sequential combinations? Maybe I was just sleepy johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-77285180245682802932022-11-06T09:09:18.743-08:002022-11-06T09:09:18.743-08:00Question: If God started shuffling a deck of cards...Question: If God started shuffling a deck of cards at the big bang, creating a new order every second, how long would it take to shuffle all the cards?<br /><br />Question: Why is Rod Stewart singing "Forever Young", who cuts his hair, and why is he standing in front of a pre-War left-hand drive car holding a child?<br /><br />I know this comment isn't about movies, but I don't johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.com