Comments for Talk Wordy to Me

Comment on The violence of hate by Jose M. Blanco

Jose M. Blanco — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:29:06 +0000

Great post. I read the rolling stone article and it made me sick that the school administrators were so cowed into doing NOTHING that the kids felt helpless. America is better than that. I consider myself a conservative. There’s NOTHING about being conservative that is compatible with hate, violence, and its corresponding stupidity. It’s a tragedy that the most vulnerable suffer. Again, great post. Bigotry in any form is not acceptable.

Comment on The violence of hate by Brian White

Brian White — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:35:12 +0000

Exactly! Here’s the verses Jesse is talking about:

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[a] 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Comment on The violence of hate by Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:23:33 +0000

Funny how Jesus came to a very similar conclusion. (Matthew 22:34-40)

Comment on A wild ride through Pennsyltucky by darleneaubol

darleneaubol — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:10:57 +0000

That was a nice review!

Darlene Aubol/Darlene Underdahl

Comment on Try not to get merked this weekend by vince

vince — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:31:52 +0000

i had heard that the word was derived from the word Merken, which is a type of wig. i’m going to use a tangent of gangster rap here, but “push your wig bacK” or getting shot in the head is another way of saying murdered. getting Merked, meant your wig (which is on your head, duh) got taken off, assuming by bullet

Comment on Being arrested is the whole point of civil disobedience by cara (@carathebruce)

cara (@carathebruce) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:28:38 +0000

too true. that’s why i don’t think a little strife is such a bad thing; it teaches you what’s important, and what you’re willing to sacrifice. and if you’re not able to give up small freedoms in the battle for winning larger ones you shouldn’t even be in the same room as the negotiation table, let alone demanding a seat. very well written, brian, and a timely reminder on the purpose of raising some civil hell.

Comment on Feeling up my wrists by David Craig

David Craig — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:27:31 +0000

Probably the voice recognition was responsible for the “what” for “when” in this sentence:

“But one problem I’m still having is that what I want to use a computer at home…”

Comment on Feeling up my wrists by Erin Brenner (@ebrenner)

Erin Brenner (@ebrenner) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:48:49 +0000

Brian, I’m sorry you’re still struggling with this. I’ve had similar issues for, um, well, I wouldn’t want to discourage you from remaining in the fabulous world of editing.

Anytime I have an issue with hand or wrist pain, I find it generates from my shoulders and spine. I see a chiropractor weekly to have everything put back in place, but I find doing the following helps me:
–Yoga, at least daily. Stretch everything out and stay flexible.
–Taking frequent breaks. I try to get up once an hour or so. When I do, it helps. However, I don’t often remember to get up!
–Varying my workstation. I work exclusively on laptops. I vary from sitting at a desk, standing at another desk, and sometimes sitting elsewhere with the computer on my lap. I find two-hour blocks in any one position help me the most.

I don’t know if any of that will help you, but it can’t hurt to try!

Comment on Feeling up my wrists by Mark Allen

Mark Allen — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:03:16 +0000

Are you certain you didn’t actually say “breasts”?

Can you ever really be certain?

Comment on Anger Down Under, and patriotic vomiting by Karl

Karl — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:11:27 +0000

The story about the Prime Minister is completely made up. Historically, soccer hasn’t been such a popular sport in Australia and it’s unlikely a Prime Minister would have been surprised or angry about the team being beaten by England. Also, the story you’ve quoted is the only entry on the entire Aussie Slangs site.

Here’s the best answer: http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/txt/s1512900.htm

The idea is that your mouth is so dry that your saliva has turned to chips – i.e. something dry and brittle. Somehow the phrase came to address anger rather than thirst and, as an Australian subeditor, I can confirm this is now the common and accepted usage.