L. Marcus Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Thanks, and the same to you. With any luck, I should graduate in January 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 So LM, you going to see Thor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Is thorazine named for Thor? And if so, does that make it the pharmaceutical equivalent of hitting the malady with a big thrown hammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Is thorazine named for Thor? And if so, does that make it the pharmaceutical equivalent of hitting the malady with a big thrown hammer? For that analogy, radiotherapy might fit better. So LM, you going to see Thor? Unknown. Perhaps next weekend ... This weekend I'm working evening shift at the neurology ward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 Radiotherapy? Are you thinking of thorium? Thorium is defnitely named after the Norse hammer guy. Thorazine is one of those mysterious pharmaceutical names that make no sense whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 For that analogy, radiotherapy might fit better. Unknown. Perhaps next weekend ... This weekend I'm working evening shift at the neurology ward. cool hope you enjoy the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueCloud2k2 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 I had a middle-school aged kid call me a "dirty Jew" at the pharmacy this week -- totally out of the blue. I suspect it was the kippa and tzitzit that gave me away. Anyhow, his aunt - who looked absolutely mortified - tore into him in a rapid-fire, napalm-hot Spanish. I told him, "Young man, if you want to play the dozens you're going to have to up your game." He had no idea what the dozens were. I did not say, "your mother mistook you for afterbirth and left you for the strays." When the aunt apologized to me I bows and said, "Madame, you appear to have things well in hand." Which she did. Literally. Ear cartilage really bends between the fingers. When she made him apologize, I told him: "Being a minority does not render you immune to bigotry and racist hatred." He looked shocked. In truth, when he said it, I almost laughed. And, I almost felt for the little bastard -- it was clear he'd get worse at home. I am proud to be a Jew, and like most committed Jews I have a Jesuitical obsession with cleanliness. Or, should I say Mosaic? Well, there's one for the books -- welcome to the inner city. I have never met a Jewish person I did not like. I not sure if it because we have similar senses of humor or because my own worldview is closer to Judaism than Christianity? *shrug* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 When I was but a youth, I decided to become a cultured and sophisticated gentleman. I found I had a genuine appreciation for classical music and fine art. I studied hard and learned many of the classics. I abstained from alcohol for many years, as drinking and smoking were against my principles. I still don't smoke, but I've learned to appreciate good wine. Then I realized what I've become. Good God, I'm Frasier Crane! What about Niles? but then, both don't do TKD, so you are safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 I want Superior Spider-Man to go away. Could be worse. Could be Mother Superior Spider-Man. BoneDaddy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Yeah, but I still want to be able to buy Spider-Man comics for my kids, and Octavius is a prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 HEY, CAN WE WRITE ENTIRE POSTS IN ALL CAPS USING THE NEW FORUM SOFTWARE?! Rats. My daily ration of "Likes" hasn't recharged yet. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Be civilized -- don't do all-caps. bigbywolfe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 14, 2013 Report Share Posted November 14, 2013 Eh, Peter Parker died to me during OMD, so I'm not really upset about the whole SpOck thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 There's trouble a-brewin' in the Ukraine, as you probably have heard. I read a little gem just now (no link, because of Swedish) that said that Vesti, a Russian TV program about quite contemporary things, accuse our foreign minister of fomenting unrest as revenge for the loss of the Battle of Poltava in 1709. I just can't stop snickering. ... That seems to be reaching a bit far back, but as an American I have an attenuated sense of history, I am told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Only a very minute, tiny, and wee minority (read: white supremacists) even care about Poltava any more. It feels like the accusation is more of a symptom of Russia's spiral downwards into autocracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 Surely you would not dare criticize Czar Vladimir I of the House of Putin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 2, 2013 Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 ... Not one democratic bone in his body ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Poltava was Charles' fault, not the Russians'. Throughout the entire campaign the latter were the picture of a minimally competent army, led by a czar who would probably have benefited greatly from therapy if not psychotropic drugs. The only way Charles could have lost would have been to get overconfident and march his army way far away from any logistical or military support, delegate command to obviously incompetent subordinates, and launch a frontal assault against fortified lines at three to one odds. So that's what he did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 He didn't believe in the no-win scenario, did Charlie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well, in his defense, the Russians up to that point were *so* bad that the campaign played out like an accidental, strategic rope-a-dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 The thing is, between Narva and Poltava, Peter had, what eight years to reform his army. He certainly couldn't do worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 This is Peter the Great we're talking about. He certainly could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 He'd have your beard for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 More than my beard, I'd wager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Perhaps if he was in a funny mood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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