tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33026160.post8611505060931721707..comments2024-01-27T10:30:40.878-08:00Comments on Grow This: The Grand Unified Theory of GardensWeeping Sorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05617503185773155102noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33026160.post-16037611693592204582008-07-29T10:43:00.000-07:002008-07-29T10:43:00.000-07:00Hmmm... my kids just call them 'the naughts'. Cons...Hmmm... my kids just call them 'the naughts'. Considering certain definitions, I agree.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17527514833267869251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33026160.post-9445247046116890162008-07-26T05:52:00.000-07:002008-07-26T05:52:00.000-07:00I'm with Martha - we need a catchy shorthand to de...I'm with Martha - we need a catchy shorthand to describe these times. <BR/><BR/>Since I've been getting dirty for a long time, I figure one of these days, I'll start feeling wise!!!kate smudgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564410520744285676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33026160.post-12954884569783728082008-07-25T06:46:00.000-07:002008-07-25T06:46:00.000-07:00Wouldn't it be nice to have sample lives to choose...Wouldn't it be nice to have sample lives to choose from like in the Myth of Er? Then you could choose to "live strenuously" (top pick by The Interpreter) and not be sucked into living complacently, which seems (to me) to be the true root of all evil. Whenever I used to complain about weeding or mowing chores, I remember one of my elders saying something like "idle hands do the devil's work." It's not easy, though, to just sip and not gulp from the waters of Lethe and take regular turns at the compost pile. Great post, WS.walk2writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13501812375142037251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33026160.post-17739500106759861562008-07-24T12:10:00.000-07:002008-07-24T12:10:00.000-07:00Anonymous,Duh! I don't take myself too seriously, ...Anonymous,<BR/>Duh! <BR/>I don't take myself too seriously, and thus I don't take Richard Rorty seriously either. Besides, the Onion is often as accurate at the NYT but without the self-righteousness.Weeping Sorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617503185773155102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33026160.post-21082760069757488482008-07-24T04:40:00.000-07:002008-07-24T04:40:00.000-07:00Kinda like "pre-Apocalyptic," but it needs a snazz...Kinda like "pre-Apocalyptic," but it needs a snazzy shorthand, like PoMo for Post-Modern. Imagination fails me, as PrePoc is missing something....Martha in Michiganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01337334262585721896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33026160.post-33824801893198996972008-07-23T16:21:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:21:00.000-07:00Uh, that Rorty quote is from the Onion.Uh, that Rorty quote is from the Onion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com