Comments on: Five Things http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:39:04 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eszter http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182511 Eszter Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:55:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182511 I got tagged last Sunday, but didn't get around to posting until today. My responses are up on <a href="http://www.esztersblog.com/2006/12/22/the-five-things-you-didnt-know-about-me-meme/" rel="nofollow">my personal blog</a>. Quick summary: 1. CT, TX, HI, MA, NY, NJ, IL, CA 2. Dan Rather 3. REM 4. Japanese 5. Cornell I got tagged last Sunday, but didn’t get around to posting until today. My responses are up on my personal blog. Quick summary:

1. CT, TX, HI, MA, NY, NJ, IL, CA
2. Dan Rather
3. REM
4. Japanese
5. Cornell

]]> By: Mark Thoma http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182436 Mark Thoma Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:12:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182436 Wow. Lots of Eugenians here. Me too. Mark Thoma Economist's View Wow. Lots of Eugenians here. Me too.

Mark Thoma
Economist’s View

]]> By: Christopher M http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182397 Christopher M Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:25:59 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182397 French horn in Neutral Milk Hotel. French horn in Neutral Milk Hotel.

]]> By: Chris Sims http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182394 Chris Sims Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:27:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182394 But everyone knows everything about me! Oh well, I'll think of something. But everyone knows everything about me!

Oh well, I’ll think of something.

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182393 John Emerson Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:04:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182393 Or "the narcissism of small differences". Google joggled my memory wrongly. Or “the narcissism of small differences”. Google joggled my memory wrongly.

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182392 John Emerson Wed, 20 Dec 2006 04:02:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182392 What people really don't know is that Eugene, OR is primarily a refuge for Sixties survivors. Or was, anyway, the last time I passed through. File under "The tyranny of small differences". McManus should show up soon. What people really don’t know is that Eugene, OR is primarily a refuge for Sixties survivors. Or was, anyway, the last time I passed through.
File under “The tyranny of small differences”. McManus should show up soon.

]]> By: Kenny Easwaran http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182367 Kenny Easwaran Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:35:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182367 Doesn't Belle and Sebastian sometimes use french horn? Doesn’t Belle and Sebastian sometimes use french horn?

]]> By: Matthew http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182359 Matthew Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:17:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182359 Go Sheldon! Go Ducks! Go Sheldon! Go Ducks!

]]> By: Glenn Fleishman http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182356 Glenn Fleishman Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:28:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182356 Yes, you were the postman! Strange little one-act I quite liked, which I understand now was a metaphor for how the state used scarcity as a weapon of control, forcing self-sacrifice on those least able to afford it. Um, something like the U.S. now, I think. Yes, you were the postman! Strange little one-act I quite liked, which I understand now was a metaphor for how the state used scarcity as a weapon of control, forcing self-sacrifice on those least able to afford it. Um, something like the U.S. now, I think.

]]> By: John Holbo http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182349 John Holbo Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:55:49 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182349 Glad to meet you, jen. Right now I'm actually back in Eugene, just West of you - over by Churchill, actually. Russell, oh yeah I did marching band. It was ok. Band camp and all that. Not quite ready for "American Pie" primetime, my experience was. But ok. The song is Justin Timberlake, "Sexy Back". Glad to meet you, jen. Right now I’m actually back in Eugene, just West of you – over by Churchill, actually.

Russell, oh yeah I did marching band. It was ok. Band camp and all that. Not quite ready for “American Pie” primetime, my experience was. But ok.

The song is Justin Timberlake, “Sexy Back”.

]]> By: jen http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182346 jen Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:26:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182346 I live across the soccer field from SEHS, grew up down in Cottage Grove, though I'm a few years younger than you are. I live across the soccer field from SEHS, grew up down in Cottage Grove, though I’m a few years younger than you are.

]]> By: Russell Arben Fox http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182339 Russell Arben Fox Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:57:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182339 Did you ever do marching band? My wife played French horn during the same period of her life--junior high and high school--and she really got into it. I played the violin, which isn't too useful in marching band settings, so I was stuck in orchestra, and my feelings towards the instrument were probably about the same as yours, John. Though my parents never pushed me into the violin; it was just an odd, determined choice I made, which I stuck with despite not really liking it through college. To further demonstrate my nerdiness, I have no idea what song you've transformed in #4 above. Did you ever do marching band? My wife played French horn during the same period of her life—junior high and high school—and she really got into it. I played the violin, which isn’t too useful in marching band settings, so I was stuck in orchestra, and my feelings towards the instrument were probably about the same as yours, John. Though my parents never pushed me into the violin; it was just an odd, determined choice I made, which I stuck with despite not really liking it through college.

To further demonstrate my nerdiness, I have no idea what song you’ve transformed in #4 above.

]]> By: cowiche http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/comment-page-1/#comment-182338 cowiche Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:55:17 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/12/19/five-things/#comment-182338 Hey, I know some people who went to South Eugene. Didn't they have a good tennis team? Hey, I know some people who went to South Eugene. Didn’t they have a good tennis team?

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