tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post5742583149318560921..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "People Like Certainty Better Than The Truth"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-49125096264748994742010-07-21T07:29:51.837-07:002010-07-21T07:29:51.837-07:00Great post!
Applicable even to this day, especial...Great post!<br /><br />Applicable even to this day, especially when it comes to religion and/or politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-76191305795312914612010-07-21T07:28:11.075-07:002010-07-21T07:28:11.075-07:00Congratulations, once again you’ve morphed into my...Congratulations, once again you’ve morphed into my favorites Richard Armour and Peter De Vries.<br /><br />Another victory for Barry Scheck and the Innocence Project?<br /><br />“15 out of 19 people revolve around the Sun.” - Mel Brooks, the 2,000 Year-Old Man. (Not sure if the numbers are right, but who’s counting?”)<br /><br />This, of course, has broader implications, like for example, in volleyball, when the other side loses its serve and the ball comes back to you, they tell everybody to “rotate.” Well, wait a minute. Wouldn’t “rotate” be each of the 6 (or 9) players staying in his or her same spot and simply turning around in place 360 degrees? When all 6 (ok, or 9) players move over clockwise one space, wouldn’t that be “revolve?” Albeit around an <i>imaginary</i> center point. Why the orbit is even elliptical, just like the moon’s! Which of course poses several additional questions. 1) In the Southern Hemisphere, do the players rotate/revolve <i>counter</i>clockwise? 2) Isn’t indoor beach volleyball an oxymoron? Really. 3) In two-woman beach volleyball (I mean, who watches the men) what’s the difference between rotate, revolve and just changing places? 4) Who says everything has to revolve around Simon Cowbell? And 5) Karch Kiraly is simply unacceptable as a name. <br /><br />You know the entire solar system is going to hell in a hand basket if you saw Buzz Aldrin choosing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Moon Walk yesterday morning as a spokesmodel on The Price is Right with Drew Carey. I am not making this up. I appreciate the <i>everyman</i> persona compared to Armstrong’s (in Sarah Palin’s words) “reclusiativity;” but still, a new low in book tour activity.<br /><br />Incidentally, you had us at “Have a wonderful Italian day.”A. Buck Shortnoreply@blogger.com