tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post3799492982128124465..comments2023-12-17T19:35:07.459-08:00Comments on Bouphonia: Friday Hope BloggingPhilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-37226921849556526562010-06-22T18:18:19.974-07:002010-06-22T18:18:19.974-07:00Come back, Phila! You've hit the bigtime!
htt...Come back, Phila! You've hit the bigtime!<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://crooksandliars.com/bluegal/mikes-blog-round-46</a><br /><br />And I'm jonesin' pretty bad for my Friday fix.<br /><br />Hope you're OK.chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05203633769014796067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-68682373647046594612010-06-20T16:39:40.788-07:002010-06-20T16:39:40.788-07:00that was even better than the angriest dog.
and i...that was even better than the <a href="http://www.davidlynch.de/chevalangry2.jpg" rel="nofollow">angriest dog</a>.<br /><br />and i am sure you are aware, the angriest dog was very angry.<br /><br />he didn't die til he finally broke his leash.<br /><br />oh lord, how long?charleyhttp://stolen-charley.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-46482919622752852192010-06-06T10:15:49.717-07:002010-06-06T10:15:49.717-07:00Entry for next week (if you haven't already ha...Entry for next week (if you haven't already had it; I have gotten behind in reading thanks to new job): <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/06/large-blue-butterfly-conservation-endangered?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter" rel="nofollow">Big Blue Butterfly</a>, extinct in Britain since 1979, is making a comeback. Apparently it <i>was</i> really pining for the fjords... :)xannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-68103086249004833072010-06-06T00:59:07.342-07:002010-06-06T00:59:07.342-07:00oh, i don't know - "oleo-triumphalism&quo...oh, i don't know - "oleo-triumphalism"<br />is kinda growing on me<br /><br />or spreading...<br /><br />and, you have to admit that introducing an oleaginous texture into the rhetoric is more than appropriateTacitus Voltairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541877885827767416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-23076002628689383532010-06-05T23:03:50.304-07:002010-06-05T23:03:50.304-07:00Besides, "oleo-triumphalist" doesn't...<i>Besides, "oleo-triumphalist" doesn't sound as good. (Although oleocracy does have a nice ring to it, I have to admit.)</i><br /><br />I can't believe it's not butter!Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-31885473087935354692010-06-05T15:14:25.797-07:002010-06-05T15:14:25.797-07:00TV,
True enough. On the other hand, terms like pe...TV,<br /><br />True enough. On the other hand, terms like petro-dollars, petrocracy, petro-fiefdom etc. are pretty common in journalism and academia, and who am I to gainsay newly minted tradition?<br /><br />Besides, "oleo-triumphalist" doesn't sound as good. (Although oleocracy does have a nice ring to it, I have to admit.)Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-43206827506555684652010-06-05T13:38:21.620-07:002010-06-05T13:38:21.620-07:00/ pedant on
"petro-" is a greek root me.../ pedant on<br /><br />"petro-" is a greek root meaning, of course, 'rock'. the term petroleum translates to 'rock oil'<br /><br />since we are talking about rock art and petro-triumphalism in the same post, arrant pedants like myself can disingenuously claim to be confused<br /><br />also, too, you get extra pedant points if you pronounce it "pee-dant"<br /><br />/ pedant offTacitus Voltairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541877885827767416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-38357914939444016212010-06-05T08:52:11.864-07:002010-06-05T08:52:11.864-07:00Animated petro-triumphalist propaganda is my forte...Animated petro-triumphalist propaganda is my forte....ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-33539683917002106112010-06-05T08:37:44.880-07:002010-06-05T08:37:44.880-07:00Good choice of movie, though I have to say I was h...<i>Good choice of movie, though I have to say I was hoping the man would turn green and the dogs would settle down instead of eating him up.</i><br /><br />East German cartoons weren't big on happy endings, for some reason. Almost all the ones I've seen are pretty dour.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-87566996823575042872010-06-05T08:17:04.186-07:002010-06-05T08:17:04.186-07:00Good choice of movie, though I have to say I was h...Good choice of movie, though I have to say I was hoping the man would turn green and the dogs would settle down instead of eating him up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8695598.post-82961274403258390872010-06-04T19:27:49.560-07:002010-06-04T19:27:49.560-07:00And what may be the world's oldest rock art:
...And what may be the world's oldest rock art:<br /><br />I think I still have that album cover....Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com