http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/ rock out to the apparatus Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:59:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2291 John Vidale Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:35:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2291 Just don’t mention that I voted for him. Just don’t mention that I voted for him.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2290 yami Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:18:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2290 That’s good to know. I’ll be sure to bring up Reagan sometime, preferably at a pub, just to make sure you’re not milquetoast-imposter-imposters. That’s good to know. I’ll be sure to bring up Reagan sometime, preferably at a pub, just to make sure you’re not milquetoast-imposter-imposters.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2289 John Vidale Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:59:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2289 Why? If we’re so personable and tactful, why did we choose academic careers? I think you’re confusing us with true milquetoasts, whereas we’re imposters. Why? If we’re so personable and tactful, why did we choose academic careers? I think you’re confusing us with true milquetoasts, whereas we’re imposters.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2288 yami Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:41:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2288 I suspect you’re both too tactful for that to be a very entertaining argument, though. I suspect you’re both too tactful for that to be a very entertaining argument, though.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2287 John Vidale Tue, 02 Aug 2005 15:50:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2287 Exemplary compared to current leadership, but don’t tell Michael I’d ever even relatively praise Reagan, he has a very durable memory, and doubt he would be as charitable. Exemplary compared to current leadership, but don’t tell Michael I’d ever even relatively praise Reagan, he has a very durable memory, and doubt he would be as charitable.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2286 yami Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:20:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2286 It was really the characterization of post-WWII US foreign policy as “exemplary” that raised my eyebrow - if only Time-Traveling Zombie Reagan would ask my advice, oh, the things I would say! It was really the characterization of post-WWII US foreign policy as “exemplary” that raised my eyebrow - if only Time-Traveling Zombie Reagan would ask my advice, oh, the things I would say!

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2285 John Vidale Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:51:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2285 “Not that fighting blither with blather is an effective strategy” Quite right. Bush has not yet asked me what to do next, and I doubt he will, hence my attempt to remain milquetoasted on politics. “Not that fighting blither with blather is an effective strategy”
Quite right. Bush has not yet asked me what to do next, and I doubt he will, hence my attempt to remain milquetoasted on politics.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2284 yami Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:50:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2284 I’m not sure I see the benefit of maintaining milquetoastness in the face of such blithering, really. Not that fighting blither with blather is an effective strategy either… I’m not sure I see the benefit of maintaining milquetoastness in the face of such blithering, really. Not that fighting blither with blather is an effective strategy either…

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2283 John Vidale Mon, 01 Aug 2005 23:14:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2283 Your post on LJ didn’t last long. It’s hard to stay milquetoastish when our President is blithering around. I’ll try harder. We’ll see how Snape turns out, maybe you’re right, but he’s my favorite character, so I hope not. Your post on LJ didn’t last long. It’s hard to stay milquetoastish when our President is blithering around. I’ll try harder.
We’ll see how Snape turns out, maybe you’re right, but he’s my favorite character, so I hope not.

]]> http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2282 yami Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:16:00 +0000 http://greengabbro.net/2005/07/31/oh-yes-minnesota/#comment-2282 They were only just beginning to catch my scent; had I been accompanied by an official Guinness Book agent, I might’ve had a good shot. They were only just beginning to catch my scent; had I been accompanied by an official Guinness Book agent, I might’ve had a good shot.

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