tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post7086449485405818163..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Just A ThoughtRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-48505642349044590792009-03-21T21:22:00.000-04:002009-03-21T21:22:00.000-04:00California sent Babs Boxer a few years ago... so w...California sent Babs Boxer a few years ago... so we have the equestrian angle covered.Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-90426877663821840252009-03-20T22:38:00.000-04:002009-03-20T22:38:00.000-04:00Carteach0, I have been trying ever since you comme...Carteach0, I have been trying ever since you commented to think of <I>any</I> way in which a man of your hobbies and vocation could be even close to "swimming through the fog," and I cannot conceive of it. You flatter us -- and hugely short-change yourself.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-53662463425247283772009-03-20T12:24:00.000-04:002009-03-20T12:24:00.000-04:00Only if TripleCrown is a kind of bourbon.Only if TripleCrown is a kind of bourbon.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-70967181041570759652009-03-20T09:44:00.000-04:002009-03-20T09:44:00.000-04:00Will we get a Triple Crown winner in the Senate be...<I>Will we get a Triple Crown winner in the Senate before the final curtain?</I><BR/><BR/>We already have multiple instances, I think. Well, multiple instances of half a one, anyhow.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-19702192225797890552009-03-20T08:54:00.000-04:002009-03-20T08:54:00.000-04:00You know I had to double-check the spelling of "Ti...You know I had to double-check the spelling of "Tiberius" when they brought out that after shave? I first heard of him in Lutheran Sunday school, where for some reason it was always "Tiberias." A Greek thing, maybe? <BR/><BR/>I once commented on VFTP that the damnedest thing about "the matter of Rome" is that you can make it mean about any thing you're after--Adams famously shot Jefferson down on that, in their dotage letters. So many latter-day commenters are trying, for reasons of their own, to save the Empire. Even those longing for the Late Republic are a hard-edged lot.<BR/><BR/>I was taught that the first book in Latin is Cato Elder's <I>de Agri Cultura</I>, on how to manage a slave plantation. If Michelle Obama isn't perusing a good translation now, she's missing a lick. <BR/><BR/>In your heart you know he's right: Carthage really must be destroyed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-55676261554174738922009-03-20T05:54:00.000-04:002009-03-20T05:54:00.000-04:00You and your cohort (Tall one, L, etc) have minds ...You and your cohort (Tall one, L, etc) have minds that work differently than mine. Where I swim through fog, blundering my way through the day, you folks seem to operate in the clear. I envy that.<BR/><BR/>Good point in this post too. Shame folks didn't consider it before November.<BR/><BR/>Oh... I cast Pelosi in the role of Brutus.Carteachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468700184940877315noreply@blogger.com