P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

Link-o-Rama

March 7, 2021

* Thank you Semi-Rad: Self-Medicating Media: Relax in Online Ambiance Rooms
Also: Amazing Maps
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* Thank you to my retired journalist chat room: Zippy Q&A
Also: John Boehner on Ted Cruz
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*Thank you Vicki: “I gotta catch a flight.”
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*Thank you Daniel Dern for (apropos of Mein Hut Der Hat Drei Ecken); Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen in a rousing modern version (I still remember the Andrew Sisters version), plus an AMAZING video of Herb Alpert’s Puttin On The Ritz. and fond memories of Jean Shepherd, semi-singing, on his radio show, The Bear Missed The Train/Please let me explain
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*Thank you to an old and dear friend for John Oliver asks: How is This Still a Thing, about Daylight Savings Time. Turns out I knew farmers hated it, because my grandparents were farmers and hated it. While they didn’t have cows, my grandmother grew up with them, and said, bluntly, “Cows don’t care what it says on the clock. You still have to milk them at the same time.”

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DST exists because if it didn't, the sun would rise at 3:30 in the morning. And that would suck. One of the best summers I ever spent was in Michigan, where there was still a glow in the sky at 10pm. If I had a choice, it'd be DST all year-round. Bleep the kids who have to wake up for school in the dark. I want to sleep in.

Posted by: Robert E. MalchmanMarch 09, 2021 at 11:31 AM

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