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Mark Schweickart

Dave & Mike - so glad you were amused. To be clear, I certainly did not write this. I wish I had. It was just a facebook re-post that my wife sent me, but a damn wonderful one. And I too did not know what a chiasmus was. And I had to think about the last one for a while before I got the joke about hyphenated and non-hyphenated ("non-hyphenated" being the word with a hyphen, and "hyphenated" being the one without). Sorry, I know I shouldn't explain a joke, but I thought others might be scratching their heads on that one also.

David Mitchell

Oh Mark,

I thought the hyphenated one was one of the best.

I would like to meet the person that wrote that.

Timothy Lavelle

Was Sr Antonio the tall young one who taught geometry? That was a good class where I actually enjoyed learning something. Pythagoras, you wild man you.  She and Sr Gilmary are good memories for me. 

Mark, google "eggcorn". Intensive purposes. Your article is so good. Great choice to pass along. I honestly enjoyed diagramming sentences once upon a,  and the first thing was to identify the adjectives and adverbs and so on as you remember. Yeah, interesting...I loved the noun turning down the conjugation addicted verb! But a turkey flying in a strong wind...love that.    

Michael McLeod

I'd say Mark's post was useful for all intensive porpoises. 

David Mitchell

 Mike,

the ones swimming off the end of my dock are not so intensive. 

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Tim's post reminds me of a conversation with Keith Groff some years back. Keith has taught English, Writing, and Lingusitics and I don't know what all, literally around the world. He was telling me one time about a period when he was a Prof. at Boise State.

(that was all before Eastern Oregon, Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Philadelphia, and finally Franklin Univ in Columbus as their founding Dean of the new School of Arts and Sciences - you should see his C.V. !!) 

He was saying how often he received compliments from his own fellow professors (at Boise State), and was repeatedly asked how he became so good with grammar, sentence strucure, etc. And he told me he always gave the same answer; "I was taught by Dominican nuns".

David Mitchell

Just splicing a few thougths together from differenct posts here.

I wonder if Pythagorus went back in the pool before 30 minutes was up after lunch?

I just know that Sister Norbertine was quite adament about the square of the hypotenuse - cause that's just the way she rocked!

John Maxwell

David Mitchell

Thanks Jack.

At least someone is trying to break the sad silence.

Here's my attempt at some good cheer.

Happy Birthday Larry

David Mitchell

Maybe we could all use a little pick-me-up?

"Playing for Change" is sort of a World Peace Through Music kinda thing.        Found this about 6 years ago. Almost forgot about it.

Enjoy.

John Maxwell

Mark Schweickart

Jack -- I think I can speak for Jim, Mike and Dave, who along with myself seem to hog the cyber airwaves here, and say that we agree with you, and in fact, like you, have many times complained that we are not getting enough other voices on the site. So to all of you readers-only out there, let me join Jack, and urge you to please write something. Although I will take exception to Jack's wanting to hear about recipes for curried apricots. I am sure we can do better than that.

And in violation of this newly-called-for discontinuation of the non-stop call-and-response among the aforementioned hogpen-ees, I would like to thank Dave for that video of Stand By Me. That was a terrific.

Okay, so now I will shut up for a few days and see how it goes.

Everyone into the hogpen! The mud and slop need replenishing. Plus it is a great way to wallow away a few minutes each day.

Michael McLeod

Sure, I'll take a break.

But I'll first chime in with another theory about why some folks are more likely to turn up here than others. Actually I will just speak for myself: It's just easier for me to comment here than it might be for others because I'm here in my office most days at the keyboard anyway -- and I like writing just for the hell of it, as opposed to writing to get paid. It's a nice change of pace and limbers up my overtaxed neural pathways.

Also living away from home for so long it's great to be connected to Columbus in some way.

But as Philip Roth once said: "Goodbye, Columbus!"

For the time being, anyway.

Kathleen Wintering (Nagy)

2019 Happy Birthday, Bill Lehner! Kathy W.

Kathleen Wintering (Nagy)

Dave, I think I remember that a gerund ends in " ing' and  is used as a noun???  KW.

David Mitchell

Thank you Kathy.

You remind me of an interesting quote from a well known journalist in Denver years ago. His name was Gene Amole and he did interviews and played classical music on a local public radio station. He also wrote a column for one fo the Denver newspapers. He told a story about his first job with the paper as a young staff writer. His first boss told him to always make sure his desk was close to a Catholic girl on the staff, because they always know how to spell and use correct grammar.

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I think the reason for so many posts from a certain group is related to the distance from Columbus, but only includes those far away members who were in attendance at th 50th. I believe Pythagorus would have written the equation as follows:

50th + J.B. X  #(Mi-C) + ikb = VV

where;

J.B. = that girl from Bexley

#Mi-C = number of miles from Columbus

ikb = idle keyboards

VV = (verbage volume) 

* I just know how desperately Mike loves to have averything expressed algebraically

David Mitchell

Or is it simply that the 6 of us have big mouths?

Michael McLeod

One last thing:

https://www.facebook.com/colbertlateshow/videos/436850290227740/

Fred Clem

Does everyone recall that hot, crowded gymnasium, June 5, 1966.  Those caps & gowns added to the discomfort.  Happy 53rd Anniversary to all!

A more important anniversay is tomorrow.  Many of us have relatives that were involved in the Normandy invasion.  A big salute to The Greatest Generation!

Mark Schweickart

Dave – that Catholic girl sitting next to you in algebra would have leaned over to tell you that you misspelled "verbiage" in you formula explanation.  Oh no, I just broke my vow of silence! Sorry, everyone. Zip. zip.

Oh, and Fred – my Dad was at Normandy, but thankfully not in the first wave.... Sorry, I did it again. Boy this vow of silence stuff is harder than giving up watching television for Lent.

David Barbour

Fred,  I remember distinctly, if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have ever found out if I had graduated!

After three years of summer school, I'd had enough.

D.B.

David Mitchell

Mark,

I love this game. You corrected my misspelling with a sentence containing a misspelling. 

I know, I know, you were in a hurry to tune in Jeopurdy.  (Did I get that right?)

Francene Maple (Kriegel)

So... are the ten days almost up.....Not much action on the web page.  

I am wondering if anyone else thinks about uprooting from the place where thay have lived all their adult years.  I have lived in Findlay Oh for 43 years.  Most of my friends are here.  I have an active life... but I am not near any relatives, not near my daughter and grandson.  We all know how life and health can change in a minute.  I am concerned about how I will cope if something happens to my mind or body, and I need help.   I think there is nothing holding you here, you can move anywhere.  However I just don't know how easy it would be for me to make new friends.        ..Oh, I'm not ready yet, penty of time to decide.  But then one more year ticks by and no decision has been made.  It is hard to think of ourselves as "Old" but the reality is we are.  I like to think I am "middle age"... however I don't think I will make it to 142 !  So I guess that makes me old.  

Musings of an old woman !

Michael McLeod

popping in just long enough to say: hi Francine. You are not alone. My mom used to say: "getting old isn't for chickens." And I think someone like you could make friends fast. And they would be the lucky ones.

David Barbour

Francene,  its a crap shoot, for sure.  I think the key word is living- are you living the way you want?

Would you be living somewhere close to family?  Friends mean a lot and can be difficult to replace.

We are in an age of easy communication, enjoy that and know you can summon relatives when 

really necessary.

Staring at four walls doesn't appeal to me, I'd wither away without Lake Erie!

David B.

David Barbour

Very nice article in the NYT this morning.  Do not click on thiis unless you are a ravlng liberal!

Clare, don't read this on your phone, you'll be crosseyed.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/magazine/gender-nonbinary.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

My apologies to our blessed conservative classmates.

David B.