Day: September 23, 2022

Weekend Plans Post: Finally Autumn winegums

Weekend Plans Post: Finally Autumn

Jaybird September 23, 2022

Holy cow, is it Autumn already? Indeed it is.

POETS Day: Sir Walter Ralegh

Ben Sears September 23, 2022

I went with Sir Walter Ralegh because that’s the way he spelled it most commonly during the...

Class, Behavior, and Just Dessert Class

Class, Behavior, and Just Dessert

Jaybird September 23, 2022

"They don’t get to call themselves ‘middle class’ anymore!” is a conversation that shows up from time...

Oh Man! Fixing The Car Mar-a-lago Affidavit

Oh Man! Fixing The Car

Clare Briggs September 23, 2022

Always an adventure

Jaybird in reply to John Puccio on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?From what I understand, the original pitch for Stranger Things was a bunch of clips from a half doze…
DensityDuck in reply to Jaybird on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreThere are plenty who consider "we tried and failed" to be morally justifiable in a way that "we didn…
John Puccio in reply to Andrew Donaldson on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Similar to Band of Brothers.
Slade the Leveller on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaWe had to have a plumber out yesterday evening because some numbnuts in an apartment above us has be…
Philip H on From the NY Times: 400K Manufacturing Jobs Unfilled, KindaAt 4% unemployment nationally these jobs will remain difficult to fill.
John Puccio in reply to Jaybird on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Stranger Things was an extremely derivative sci-fi show aimed at kids. Parents watched it because of…
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?Until Prestige Television, you could be in Cleveland (friggin' Cleveland) for the big presentation a…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreIf it's sticky then maybe we'll regress back to the mean and we won't have to worry about anything.…
Jaybird in reply to DensityDuck on From City Journal: Blue States Used to Lead in Education. Not AnymoreWhat happens when you end up with a Baltimore? Point out that, even with Baltimore, Maryland has som…
Jaybird in reply to Andrew Donaldson on Is Prestige TV Losing Its Prestige?If I were trying to define "Prestige Television", I'd probably ask for an example of Ten (or Twenty)…