tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post4914113739128910320..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: The New York Times Cracks Me UpElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-27608405707608435932008-01-31T16:45:00.000-05:002008-01-31T16:45:00.000-05:00I’ll be hornswoggled, too. I just like the sound ...I’ll be hornswoggled, too. I just like the sound of the word and have since the first time I heard it. It has that onomatopoeic tone about it, such that you can probably get away with using it even if neither you nor the person you’re talking to knows what it means.<BR/><BR/>While we’re at it, I’ll be flummoxed, too. It’s another great word if you pronounce it phonetically (though that may not be scrupulously correct). It has the added virtue of rhyming with <I>lummox</I>, at least the way my father pronounced the latter, as he used it to deride me affectionately when I did something clumsy as a kid. <BR/><BR/>But enough about me. Are there more words like this? If we find enough of them, it might be possible to have long, enjoyable conversations without anybody actually knowing what any of it meant. Being able to do that could be useful skill in <A HREF="http://blogs.britannica.com/blog/main/2007/06/from-contemplative-man-to-flickering-man/" REL="nofollow">the postliterate age</A> to come.Tom Panelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043077227993571019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-56115338369795371522008-01-19T16:36:00.000-05:002008-01-19T16:36:00.000-05:00Sloan is not so much a child pornographer as someo...Sloan is not so much a child pornographer as someone who has used the Web to distribute porn to children. Insiders do get a chuckle, but the public may well get the impression that Sloan's reputation has been wrongfully besmirched.<BR/><BR/>Weird immature lunatic that I am :-) , I might as well extract full entertainment value from my attorneys' very reasonable fees....Bill Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14550157556545540714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-57424666428044211912008-01-16T06:51:00.000-05:002008-01-16T06:51:00.000-05:00good job, alert readers!good job, alert readers!Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-6274094531529340432008-01-15T22:17:00.000-05:002008-01-15T22:17:00.000-05:00I'll be hornswoggled if the pictures are not of li...I'll be hornswoggled if the pictures are not of lisa+and+merab,+coney+island and alex,+snorkel+2.<BR/><BR/>I thought Mr. Sloan sold himself short with his statement.<BR/><BR/>--Granny O'DoulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-8957025571892356242008-01-15T19:50:00.000-05:002008-01-15T19:50:00.000-05:001. Merab Gagunashvilli (Sp?), and Elizabeth Paetz,...1. Merab Gagunashvilli (Sp?), and Elizabeth Paetz, in Cony Island?<BR/><BR/>2. Alexander Shabalov<BR/><BR/>If I am right do I win a prize? Just kiddingShaun S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16617040139791406897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-13298063719966971052008-01-15T18:39:00.000-05:002008-01-15T18:39:00.000-05:00Few journalists can resist the urge to let their i...Few journalists can resist the urge to let their interview subjects hang themselves with their own rope. A punchy quote makes a great end to an article; a left-field batshit loony quote, even better.<BR/><BR/>In the journalists' defense, without quotes like these, you can't fully convey the tone of the conflict and the personalities involved. From what I know about Sam Sloan and what I've heard about this USCF imbroglio, I'd bet money that there are entire universes of weirdness, immaturity and lunacy simmering under the surface of this story, just waiting to come to a boil. The USCF and the chess-playing world probably owe this reporter a debt of gratitude for his <I>restraint</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com