To be replayed for every idiot Republican that makes a teleprompter dig about Obama.

Romney is such a tool. He's your man, Republicans, own it:

Nice. Romney read aloud the teleprompter note "[end of quote]," invalidating one of his side's favorite digs at Obama. bit.ly/OxNwah
— James Urbaniak (@JamesUrbaniak) July 11, 2012

You've got to click the link to see the video. It's priceless.

Will you hypocrites stop now? Forever?

Not that the Snowbilly Grifter's notes on her hand hadn't made this an untenable criticism long ago ...

Also, the fact that THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH USING A TELEPROMPTER TO BEGIN WITH, JUST LIKE THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING WRONG WITH USING PREPARED NOTES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKING SINCE THE INVENTION OF PUBLIC SPEAKING.

♫ La Campanella - Adam Gyorgy (2007) ♫

Heard this on the way home from work and thought, "This fella seems to know a thing or two about ticklin' the eighty-eights." Can't be certain, but it sounded like he plays this a lot faster on his new release. (RIYL your music with lots of notes, played fast.)

Two classical music posts in a row. That's a first. The closest I've come to any kind of reference to classical music on here 'til now has probably been to mention what a great movie Amadeus is. Gyorgy, by the way, plays some Mozart on that new album.

Tune in again in ten years or so, classical music lovers, when I re-post this as part of my #tenyearslater series! It's likely to be slim pickings for you around here 'til then.

Nyd musikken

VIDEO: Why can’t it be like this more often? Sadly, that was rhetorical. | The Political Carnival:

To see such expressions of gentle surprise and sheer joy from people is so unusual in these times of extreme polarization.

Nyd musikken. Enjoy the music.

Tim McCarver is what he is.

Ford C. Frick Award-Winner Tim McCarver Mocked A Cancer Charity During Tonight's Broadcast: 

Injury

Insult

During a discussion of the previously-dreadlocked Darnell McDonald's new home on the Yankees, McCarver became stupefied by the idea a charity might actually want someone's hair, later asking "How much business does Locks of Love do?"

Watching the Sox lose, lose, and lose to the Yankees makes me irritable. Add Buck & McCarver to the equation drives me to drink.

(While this was sitting in my draft tray McCarver must've got word what a jerk he'd made himself look like and apologized profusely. Also, just now, the Red Sox took the lead, so my mood is improving.)

When did the "long s" fall out of fashion? ſ

Evan Soltas: The Math Behind The Culture:

ſ via Wikipedia

Consider the long s, that archaic letter which looked like an f or integral sign. It once appeared in words where an s fell at the beginning or middle of a word.


Using Google's N-gram tool, we can pinpoint the moment that the long s fell out of style: 1800.

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