tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post116996234733525945..comments2023-04-05T02:22:21.739-07:00Comments on St. Blaize: Six Surprising ThingsBlaizehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033894901666324351noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-8121443383367059072009-05-09T13:56:00.000-07:002009-05-09T13:56:00.000-07:00unsurprised, but bemusedunsurprised, but bemusedTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07983636727138050462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170391877797970612007-02-01T20:51:00.000-08:002007-02-01T20:51:00.000-08:00Yeah, replicating Q.E.'s signature. What a party t...Yeah, replicating Q.E.'s signature. What a party trick, huh?<BR/><BR/>And to bitterbetty: sometimes I still buy a Cosmo magazine, but I knew I was getting older when all I really wanted was a subscription to Better Homes and Gardens.Blaizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033894901666324351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170306497209356952007-01-31T21:08:00.000-08:002007-01-31T21:08:00.000-08:00I like the Laurie Anderson reference."Oh Superman"...I like the Laurie Anderson reference.<BR/>"Oh Superman" reminds me of my dad.<BR/><BR/>When I broke up with my live in boyfriend i wouldn't let him tell me his new address or phone number.. because I was afraid I would fire bomb his further adventures in dating. I think Laurie Anderson could have helped me out there.<BR/><BR/>I also bathed less than daily around that age. But I think my mom ( a third grade teacher).. checked up on the underwear deal.<BR/><BR/>I think if you said you subsribed to Star, I would have been surprised at that.You can call me Betty, or Bethany, or Beth ...Just don't call me late for dinner.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04105440452868506777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170304358613394362007-01-31T20:32:00.000-08:002007-01-31T20:32:00.000-08:00What you didn't mention was the fact that you ofte...What you didn't mention was the fact that you often replicate the Queen's signature at parties and small gatherings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170135476907343652007-01-29T21:37:00.000-08:002007-01-29T21:37:00.000-08:00I think the teacher was weird, too.I think the teacher was weird, too.Green Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979217319265622671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170072224779630762007-01-29T04:03:00.000-08:002007-01-29T04:03:00.000-08:00Oh, Blaize. You never disappoint. I just didn't r...Oh, Blaize. You never disappoint. I just didn't read closely.<BR/><BR/>As for Mrs. McClenndon, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt ... even if it still seems odd and not entirely proper to speak of underpants at school.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure I'm not the only one that is glad you aren't pedestrian. :)futuregirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838888056940421285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170052087631793382007-01-28T22:28:00.000-08:002007-01-28T22:28:00.000-08:00I'm sorry to disappoint, but the document was only...I'm sorry to disappoint, but the document was only SIGNED by Elizabeth. She had a scribe (i.e. secretary) to actually write the thing. Interestingly, if she HAD written it, it would have probably been in italic, which looks a lot like modern cursive. <BR/><BR/>Most upper class people wrote in italic at the time, although the Earl of Shrewesbury wrote in The Most Atrocious Secretary Hand in the Universe (tm). My friend Nick and I, since we were both pretty good at reading it, tried to decipher some of his letters to his wife. Endearingly, they all started with "My owne sweet harte." But even with both Nick and I working as hard as we could, we would only be able to read about half of one page after a couple of hours of work. It didn't help that the Earl (or tearle, as I have seen it in other documents) had spelling that was even more wildly variant than was usual at the time, and would spell the same word in three different ways in the course of as many sentences. <BR/><BR/>Studying Renaissance manuscripts has ruined me. I still tend to want to spell "subtle" as "sutile," and on my shopping lists I call lettuce "salletts."<BR/><BR/>On another note, Mrs. McClenndon was one of my favorite teachers, except for the whole underpants business.Blaizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033894901666324351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170051487622833172007-01-28T22:18:00.000-08:002007-01-28T22:18:00.000-08:00Enjoy, I did. :)The only thing that was fully surp...Enjoy, I did. :)<BR/><BR/>The only thing that was fully surprising is that you can read secretary hand and that you've handled a document written by Elizabeth I. Mostly because I didn't know there was something such as secretary hand.<BR/><BR/>Well, the underpants thing was surprising, but not about you. What kind of teacher talks with little kids about their underpants? It gives me the shivers.<BR/><BR/>In your case, you'd have to do a list that started with ... <BR/><BR/>1) Jennifer Aniston is my role model.<BR/><BR/> ... if you wanted to surprise us. :)futuregirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838888056940421285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170012881320866442007-01-28T11:34:00.000-08:002007-01-28T11:34:00.000-08:00See? I know my audience. I just wonder if there is...See? I know my audience. I just wonder if there is ANYTHING I could do that would surprise you. Maybe become a high-power executive with a cell phone, a BMW, and an expensive wardrobe of power suits? Well, that's not going to happen, so I guess I just have to remain unsurprising.Blaizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033894901666324351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170005245971542122007-01-28T09:27:00.000-08:002007-01-28T09:27:00.000-08:00now, if you two were singing to billy joel AND eat...now, if you two were singing to billy joel AND eating crisco, THEN i would be concerned...ruby-crowned kinglettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10840067675245737972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21067230.post-1170004273525086382007-01-28T09:11:00.000-08:002007-01-28T09:11:00.000-08:00For me these aren't weird or surprising, but I enj...For me these aren't weird or surprising, but I enjoyed them anyway. :)Green Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979217319265622671noreply@blogger.com