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Comment on Annals of innuendo and ambiguity: from 10PerCent by arnold zwicky

arnold zwicky — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:59:59 +0000

From Ann Burlingham on Facebook, about #1:

what a picture!

My response:

And the *clothes*, honey, to match the wallpaper! Dirty-louche body and gesture, absurdly faggy clothing.

Comment on Passions by arnold zwicky

arnold zwicky — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:06:20 +0000

From Christopher Walker on Facebook:

one of my bosses seemed quite crestfallen when I suggested that insubstantial reward systems are actually demotivating.

Comment on Passions by Robert Coren

Robert Coren — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:26:33 +0000

*Everything* Wally says or does is with malice aforethought.

Comment on Define “garbage” by Robert Coren

Robert Coren — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:25:22 +0000

I, of course, saw “a litter of sleeping bags on the floor” and imagined that an adult sleeping bag had just given birth.

Comment on Define “garbage” by Damien Hall

Damien Hall — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:12:26 +0000

Thanks for this! Procrastination brings me the unlooked-for benefit of finding that for some North Americans there is a distinction between _garbage_ and _trash_ (which, as you note, from across the Atlantic usually just seem as if they are synonymous with each other, and both synonymous with our _rubbish_).

Specifically, it illuminates an episode that occurred with my Philadelphia landlord in 2004. I was asked to sign a rental contract that, in the bit about the condition you should leave the room in when you left, certainly listed both garbage and trash among the things you shouldn’t leave; I think waste may also have been mentioned. Anyway, as I didn’t think there was a distinction between _garbage_ and _trash_, and I didn’t want to be caught out by any nicety I didn’t understand, I asked my landlord to delete all but one of these apparent synonyms. He did so, and I signed happily, understanding that I had still signed an agreement not to leave any unwanted materials at all in the room. I think the document may have been from a template provided by the City of Philadelphia.

Comment on Dr. Zippy by Passions | Arnold Zwicky's Blog

Passions | Arnold Zwicky's Blog — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:29 +0000

[…] then in connection with a Zippy strip with three medical patients in it, I focused on patient and its […]

Comment on Define “garbage” by arnold zwicky

arnold zwicky — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:32:45 +0000

For Palo Alto, what is not recyclable, compostable plant waste, hazardous waste, or large rubbish/junk is garbage: used facial tissues, pizza boxes, styrofoam, bubble mailers, tea bags, etc.

Comment on Define “garbage” by Julian Lander

Julian Lander — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:22:32 +0000

I’m completely confused by the Palo Alto system, no doubt because of terminology. To me, “garbage” is food waste. What do you do in Palo Alto with small, non-recyclable waste? Things like used facial tissues, or pizza boxes (which can’t be recycled because of the grease), of styrofoam? Is that “garbage,” or has Palo Alto done away with all such things?

Comment on Sex sells by Jocelyn Limpert

Jocelyn Limpert — Mon, 20 May 2013 00:22:24 +0000

As to “agapanthus,” I think a lot of people love your wonderful flower photos — they are always beautiful and often remind us of what we wished we, too, had or remind us of living in Palo Alto years ago and wishing we were still there!!!

Comment on Photography in San Francisco II: Garry Winogrand by Street Photography From Garry Winogrand

Street Photography From Garry Winogrand — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:15:49 +0000

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