tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post477897545673279665..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Imagined ConversationsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-15696307899357843882017-10-20T01:38:27.847-04:002017-10-20T01:38:27.847-04:00One advantage of staying up all night arguing with...One advantage of staying up all night arguing with a character from a book is that the character will rarely surprise you with a completely unexpected line of thought. (Although that's happened to me a couple of times.)jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73388691264999628202017-10-19T21:06:30.869-04:002017-10-19T21:06:30.869-04:00I've had the same thing happen: rehearse an a...I've had the same thing happen: rehearse an argument and the other party doesn't follow the script. I don't know if I'm better off rehearsing <i>something</i> so I have something fresh in my mind to draw from--I suspect usually I am. The situations haven't been so pivotal that I get "words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict." Though every now and then...<br /><br />BTW, back when Meeting of Minds came out, I liked the show a lot. Allen seemed to try to have everybody have a "good for them" and a "whoa, what?" moment from the audience. But I don't know if I would like it again.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-88125848462690381892017-10-19T17:08:57.452-04:002017-10-19T17:08:57.452-04:00Almost 100% unrelated-
"To Thine Own Self B...Almost 100% unrelated- <br /><br />"To Thine Own Self Be True" - It's funny, Ben and I were discussing this week if that's the most misquoted/misunderstood line in the past 50 years, or perhaps "I took the one less traveled". The impetus for this was an especially lame commercial advertising some expensive product with lines from "The Road Not Taken" mixed in. Truly cringeworthy.<br /><br />"To Thine Own Self Be True" is probably the misquoted slogan for Boomers and "I took the one less traveled" for Gen Xers. It's likely generational.GraniteDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851407860883846133noreply@blogger.com