Bob S H
@bobshill98.bsky.social
A Crown Graphic? Cool!
January 2, 2026 at 6:52 PM
A Crown Graphic? Cool!
I was always completely cynical about the suppression of phonics. It helped kids with analytical minds learn to read very quickly, and there's a certain kind of teacher who thinks anybody getting ahead of the class is a sin.
January 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
I was always completely cynical about the suppression of phonics. It helped kids with analytical minds learn to read very quickly, and there's a certain kind of teacher who thinks anybody getting ahead of the class is a sin.
"We aim to please. You aim, too, please." Seen in the restroom of a appliance dealership, 1973.
January 2, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"We aim to please. You aim, too, please." Seen in the restroom of a appliance dealership, 1973.
There has to be a general name for this attitude: the idea that it's right there on the page in black-and-white and clearly accessible to anyone who trains their eyes on the words-- especially obsessed hobbyists reading at the kitchen table at 2:00 AM. "Literalism" doesn't catch it.
December 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There has to be a general name for this attitude: the idea that it's right there on the page in black-and-white and clearly accessible to anyone who trains their eyes on the words-- especially obsessed hobbyists reading at the kitchen table at 2:00 AM. "Literalism" doesn't catch it.
Congratulations, this is really an awesome goal achieved.
December 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Congratulations, this is really an awesome goal achieved.
Congratulations! I remember when these came out. There was a segment about them on "60 Minutes" in the US. I think we were just starting to see PCs in a lab environment at work and dial-up for work.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Congratulations! I remember when these came out. There was a segment about them on "60 Minutes" in the US. I think we were just starting to see PCs in a lab environment at work and dial-up for work.
Mealworms. That's the ticket.
December 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Mealworms. That's the ticket.
Uff da, what a year. Merry Christmas guv.
December 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Uff da, what a year. Merry Christmas guv.
If you are going to be petty you might as well go big.
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you are going to be petty you might as well go big.
I think they would look pretty good at night on end tables in an otherwise dark living room. Not really daytime furniture. These two have been beautifully kept.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I think they would look pretty good at night on end tables in an otherwise dark living room. Not really daytime furniture. These two have been beautifully kept.
X-ray machines (fluoroscopes, I guess) in shoe stores. Not quite as loony but holy cow.
December 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X-ray machines (fluoroscopes, I guess) in shoe stores. Not quite as loony but holy cow.
So what I'm saying is that he in effect assumed his conclusions by the very approach he took.
December 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
So what I'm saying is that he in effect assumed his conclusions by the very approach he took.
But that's insane all by itself. The Bible isn't a long list of "teachings" it's very old literature in many genres edited over the centuries in a fascinating layering of meanings and even if you believe literally in the miracles and divine communications you need trained theologians... Oh fuck it.
December 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
But that's insane all by itself. The Bible isn't a long list of "teachings" it's very old literature in many genres edited over the centuries in a fascinating layering of meanings and even if you believe literally in the miracles and divine communications you need trained theologians... Oh fuck it.
"That's different; we're professional politicians." (A totally made-up quote from nobody in particular.)
December 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"That's different; we're professional politicians." (A totally made-up quote from nobody in particular.)
I do like the vibe of that cossack jacket and cap.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I do like the vibe of that cossack jacket and cap.
It isn't really that long ago in the US: 'The Iceman Cometh'. And The Iceman was the nickname of NBA player George Gervin. He was my gen, and I damn well knew that an iceman wasn't a guy carved from ice, he *brought* the ice.
December 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It isn't really that long ago in the US: 'The Iceman Cometh'. And The Iceman was the nickname of NBA player George Gervin. He was my gen, and I damn well knew that an iceman wasn't a guy carved from ice, he *brought* the ice.
They missed an opportunity. They should have called him Rusty Stove. Says a guy who has seen none of the series.
December 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
They missed an opportunity. They should have called him Rusty Stove. Says a guy who has seen none of the series.
I have read a handful of hers as an adult and find her very Protestant. Not much overt religiosity but some people have traded their souls for a transient personal advantage and after that, it sucks to be them. The POV of ATTWN is a soul on the cusp of hell a la Jonathan Edwards.
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I have read a handful of hers as an adult and find her very Protestant. Not much overt religiosity but some people have traded their souls for a transient personal advantage and after that, it sucks to be them. The POV of ATTWN is a soul on the cusp of hell a la Jonathan Edwards.
I also loved the themes of all those shows: Taxi, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, Rockford Files, of course Cheers. They all had a kind of gentleness about them.
December 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I also loved the themes of all those shows: Taxi, St. Elsewhere, Hill Street Blues, Rockford Files, of course Cheers. They all had a kind of gentleness about them.
I loved St. Elsewhere but thought the ending was a prime example of a crappy cheat. I just pretend it doesn't exist. For sitcoms, Taxi.
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I loved St. Elsewhere but thought the ending was a prime example of a crappy cheat. I just pretend it doesn't exist. For sitcoms, Taxi.
I remember Stephen King saying that sooner or later you have to open the closet and show the reader what's in there.
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I remember Stephen King saying that sooner or later you have to open the closet and show the reader what's in there.
Twin Peaks was full of Northwestern attitudinal in-jokes and vibe signalling. Shows try to do that with Boston and typically fail. Cheers was OK, Spenser was OK. (Gleefully opening cans of worms.)
December 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Twin Peaks was full of Northwestern attitudinal in-jokes and vibe signalling. Shows try to do that with Boston and typically fail. Cheers was OK, Spenser was OK. (Gleefully opening cans of worms.)