Comments on: Strange deaths http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 16:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Quiggin http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/comment-page-1/#comment-67859 John Quiggin Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:58:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/#comment-67859 Actually, jeremy, my newest child is 15, but the change in attention was something that struck me so forcibly at the time I've never forgotten it. But thanks for the congratulations anyway. Actually, jeremy, my newest child is 15, but the change in attention was something that struck me so forcibly at the time I’ve never forgotten it. But thanks for the congratulations anyway.

]]> By: Jayanne http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/comment-page-1/#comment-67847 Jayanne Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:16:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/#comment-67847 Oh no not again -- I mean, sorry about the blank post; my RSI and software problems combined are wrecking my web posts and e-mails at the moment... re-write >Maybe this is happening all the time it's cyclical. (I'm glad I'm not the only person who hadn't read Dangerfield!) Oh no not again—I mean, sorry about the blank post; my RSI and software problems combined are wrecking my web posts and e-mails at the moment…

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>Maybe this is happening all the time

it’s cyclical. (I’m glad I’m not the only person who hadn’t read Dangerfield!)

]]> By: Jayanne http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/comment-page-1/#comment-67846 Jayanne Thu, 14 Apr 2005 19:13:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/#comment-67846 By: Jeremy Osner http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/comment-page-1/#comment-67813 Jeremy Osner Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:55:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/#comment-67813 I guess I have not been paying attention -- this is the first I have grokked you have a new child. Congratulations! I guess I have not been paying attention—this is the first I have grokked you have a new child. Congratulations!

]]> By: Ben Alpers http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/comment-page-1/#comment-67798 Ben Alpers Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:08:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/#comment-67798 Dangerfield's title is one of the most riffed-on in all of modern historiography. I even think Vann Woodward's path-breaking <i>Strange Career of Jim Crow</i> is meant to invoke it. I'm sure the web has accelerated the uses of this trope. Here, for example, is <a href="http://kenmacleod.blogspot.com/2004_11_01_kenmacleod_archive.html" rel="nofollow">"The Strange Death of Socialist Scotland"</a>. Dangerfield’s title is one of the most riffed-on in all of modern historiography. I even think Vann Woodward’s path-breaking Strange Career of Jim Crow is meant to invoke it. I’m sure the web has accelerated the uses of this trope. Here, for example, is “The Strange Death of Socialist Scotland”.

]]> By: Harry http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/comment-page-1/#comment-67797 Harry Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:07:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2005/04/14/strange-deaths/#comment-67797 Its the new baby phenomenon, John. I read Dangerfield when I was 16, 25 years ago, and have noticed people talking about strange deaths every week since. Its getting tiring.... Its the new baby phenomenon, John. I read Dangerfield when I was 16, 25 years ago, and have noticed people talking about strange deaths every week since. Its getting tiring….

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