Comments for Enjoy Mock Duck http://www.mockduck.net Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Comment on Bit Part by Ivan http://www.mockduck.net/2011/12/15/bit-part/comment-page-1/#comment-11832 Ivan Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:45:27 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5278#comment-11832 I miss being able to elbow my way to the front of the airplane-boarding line. Having baby twins creates a gold-medallion-pass effect for a few years. Of course we have now basically decided to avoid ever flying with them and just drive great distances... I miss being able to elbow my way to the front of the airplane-boarding line. Having baby twins creates a gold-medallion-pass effect for a few years. Of course we have now basically decided to avoid ever flying with them and just drive great distances…

]]> Comment on Adventures In German Language by johnny0 http://www.mockduck.net/2012/01/11/adventures-in-german-language/comment-page-1/#comment-11774 johnny0 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:42:06 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5317#comment-11774 Strangely, the *only* other language that <a href="http://burritojustice.com/2010/01/18/retro-future-neon-bart-excitement/" rel="nofollow">the Pointer Sisters "Eleven Twelve" song</a> works in IS GERMAN. Japanese and Spanish peter out around 9 or so, while French makes a valiant effort but stretches "douze" across several syllables like a guy running for home knowing he won't make it. Strangely, the *only* other language that the Pointer Sisters “Eleven Twelve” song works in IS GERMAN. Japanese and Spanish peter out around 9 or so, while French makes a valiant effort but stretches “douze” across several syllables like a guy running for home knowing he won’t make it.

]]> Comment on Adventures In German Language by johnny0 http://www.mockduck.net/2012/01/11/adventures-in-german-language/comment-page-1/#comment-11773 johnny0 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:40:35 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5317#comment-11773 Strangely, the *only* other language that <a href="http://burritojustice.com/2010/01/18/retro-future-neon-bart-excitement/" rel="nofollow">the Pointer Sisters "Eleven Twelve" song</a> works in IS GERMAN. Japanese and Spanish peter out around 9 or so, while French makes a valiant effort but stretches "douze Strangely, the *only* other language that the Pointer Sisters “Eleven Twelve” song works in IS GERMAN. Japanese and Spanish peter out around 9 or so, while French makes a valiant effort but stretches “douze

]]> Comment on Memory: Weirdly Boring by Betsey Mayer http://www.mockduck.net/2011/10/25/memory-weirdly-boring/comment-page-1/#comment-11076 Betsey Mayer Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:56:00 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5177#comment-11076 Personally, I'm glad that for your memory shot you were sitting in the chair and looking at the sofa, not the other way around, as by sharpening his claws, the cat has almost completely destroyed the arm of the armchair. So maybe you picked the more attractive features. Visual editing skills at work. Personally, I’m glad that for your memory shot you were sitting in the chair and looking at the sofa, not the other way around, as by sharpening his claws, the cat has almost completely destroyed the arm of the armchair. So maybe you picked the more attractive features. Visual editing skills at work.

]]> Comment on Vector Memory Lane by tk http://www.mockduck.net/2011/11/29/vector-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-10655 tk Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:52:22 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5227#comment-10655 We had an Atari 2600 and a Colecovision. There was some game for girls they made for Colecovision that my sister was hella into. First time I've ever heard of the Vectrex. Based on the people in the ad, it looks like it came with Adderall. We had an Atari 2600 and a Colecovision. There was some game for girls they made for Colecovision that my sister was hella into.

First time I’ve ever heard of the Vectrex. Based on the people in the ad, it looks like it came with Adderall.

]]> Comment on Solarium and Vodka by Dima http://www.mockduck.net/2011/11/17/solarium-and-vodka/comment-page-1/#comment-10529 Dima Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:39:41 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5219#comment-10529 Its funny but when I have caught a cold in Regensburg some years ago I felt very similar to what you describe in your U-bahn experience, but I actually felt like this for whole week and doesn't matter where I was… in Prague I can imagine I will feel somehow ok to have even nose bleed in public spaces. … also first day in Regensburg had to clean my shoes, even soles not to dirty the walking areas on the streets: it was in winter, and Kyiv or Odessa in winter are the places where it doesn't make sense to clean shoes till summer, unless you have a car :) Its funny but when I have caught a cold in Regensburg some years ago I felt very similar to what you describe in your U-bahn experience, but I actually felt like this for whole week and doesn’t matter where I was… in Prague I can imagine I will feel somehow ok to have even nose bleed in public spaces.
… also first day in Regensburg had to clean my shoes, even soles not to dirty the walking areas on the streets: it was in winter, and Kyiv or Odessa in winter are the places where it doesn’t make sense to clean shoes till summer, unless you have a car :)

]]> Comment on From random ……….. to planned by Grandjoe http://www.mockduck.net/2011/11/15/from-random-to-planned/comment-page-1/#comment-10485 Grandjoe Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:03:36 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5201#comment-10485 A propos of Dan's noses bleed, I myself am subject to frequent nosebleeds, and think that I've learned to cope with them quite well. (By the way, a doctor has determined that the bleeding starts at the nostril, not at the brain.) So I'm wallking along, draw a finger under my nose to wipe away some sniffle, and to my horror--the horror never goes away--see blood on my finger instead. Without breaking step (Sherman's troops marching through Georgia were said to snatch, kill, and pluck a chicken without breaking step), I give the troublesome nostril a couple of squirts from my bottle of Aprhin, which is sold to dry up sinuses, and, by constricting the blood vessels, reduces bleeding. A cotton ball stuffed up the nostril after the Aphrin further staunches the flow of blood and allows me to carry on. Needless to say, I carry Aphrin and cotton balls with me at all times. The only remaining problem is the embarrassment of the cotton sticking out of my nose. A few days ago, I had come to Harvard Square to do some errands. Before I could do them, a nosebleed came on, which I staunched the usual way. Now I hesitated to confront a sales person with a piece of cotton, bloody around the edges, in my nose, But then my thoughts were providentially assisted by something that had happened just minutes before the nose bleed. Walking thorugh a narrow passage, I had seen a young man lurching ahead of me. His gait was quite out of control (paraplegia?); he managed to make progress by hauling himself along a railing. I decided not to pass him, preferring to keep him company briefly, and so purge some of the embarrassment, even aversion, which, I'm sorry to say, the sight of someone's disability can arouse in me. So when I was delberating, after staunching the nose bleed, whether to go shopping, I made the connection: Now I was one of the afflicted! I would be giving the sales person a chance to deal cognitively with the slightly bloody cotton in my nose. Look at it that way, Dan. And sales people, I must say, didn't blink an eye. A propos of Dan’s noses bleed, I myself am subject to frequent nosebleeds, and think that I’ve learned to cope with them quite well. (By the way, a doctor has determined that the bleeding starts at the nostril, not at the brain.)

So I’m wallking along, draw a finger under my nose to wipe away some sniffle, and to my horror–the horror never goes away–see blood on my finger instead. Without breaking step (Sherman’s troops marching through Georgia were said to snatch, kill, and pluck a chicken without breaking step), I give the troublesome nostril a couple of squirts from my bottle of Aprhin, which is sold to dry up sinuses, and, by constricting the blood vessels, reduces bleeding. A cotton ball stuffed up the nostril after the Aphrin further staunches the flow of blood and allows me to carry on. Needless to say, I carry Aphrin and cotton balls with me at all times.

The only remaining problem is the embarrassment of the cotton sticking out of my nose. A few days ago, I had come to Harvard Square to do some errands. Before I could do them, a nosebleed came on, which I staunched the usual way. Now I hesitated to confront a sales person with a piece of cotton, bloody around the edges, in my nose, But then my thoughts were providentially assisted by something that had happened just minutes before the nose bleed. Walking thorugh a narrow passage, I had seen a young man lurching ahead of me. His gait was quite out of control (paraplegia?); he managed to make progress by hauling himself along a railing. I decided not to pass him, preferring to keep him company briefly, and so purge some of the embarrassment, even aversion, which, I’m sorry to say, the sight of someone’s disability can arouse in me.

So when I was delberating, after staunching the nose bleed, whether to go shopping, I made the connection: Now I was one of the afflicted! I would be giving the sales person a chance to deal cognitively with the slightly bloody cotton in my nose. Look at it that way, Dan. And sales people, I must say, didn’t blink an eye.

]]> Comment on Memory: Weirdly Boring by krafty http://www.mockduck.net/2011/10/25/memory-weirdly-boring/comment-page-1/#comment-10208 krafty Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:19:44 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=5177#comment-10208 There is a theory that even when you are actually sitting there in the room, you are not retaining, in a "moment to moment" sense, memories of those familiar objects; even in the present, you're filling in the details with stock memories. This becomes apparent when something unusual happens in the background and people retain no recollection of it; when you ask them to describe it, they "remember" the stock image, not the bird (or burglar) moving through the frame. There is a theory that even when you are actually sitting there in the room, you are not retaining, in a “moment to moment” sense, memories of those familiar objects; even in the present, you’re filling in the details with stock memories. This becomes apparent when something unusual happens in the background and people retain no recollection of it; when you ask them to describe it, they “remember” the stock image, not the bird (or burglar) moving through the frame.

]]> Comment on Something About King Tubby by Dan http://www.mockduck.net/2011/02/05/something-about-king-tubby/comment-page-1/#comment-10169 Dan Sun, 23 Oct 2011 19:04:02 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=4332#comment-10169 Hi Marybeth, The article link is here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/29/design-legacy-a-social-history-of-jamaican-album-covers/ Regards, Dan Hi Marybeth,

The article link is here: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/07/29/design-legacy-a-social-history-of-jamaican-album-covers/

Regards,
Dan

]]> Comment on Something About King Tubby by marybeth bonfiglio http://www.mockduck.net/2011/02/05/something-about-king-tubby/comment-page-1/#comment-10167 marybeth bonfiglio Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:45:08 +0000 http://www.mockduck.net/?p=4332#comment-10167 wow. would love to read that finished 3rd article. sounds pretty interesting....a long time lover of the album art you speak of. bless up mb wow. would love to read that finished 3rd article. sounds pretty interesting….a long time lover of the album art you speak of.
bless up
mb

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