Two things I'm reminded of: when I was a kid, my father was a pharmacist. He used to bring home little dropper-bottles of mercury for my sister and me to play with! We rolled it around on the tabletop, had little battles with the rolling balls of mercury - scary to think about now!
Also, your Cyrano reference reminds me of a time when I showed Babette's Feast to a group at church, and everyone made and brought a plate of food to share that was featured in the movie. That was a memorable movie event.
I thought it was odd Tim was referencing both Babette's Feast and a church supper at the same time! Glad you liked the post - I was just beyond the 'rolling the mercury around' stage in school ... which I would have LOVED to do. Oh, well ...
Perhaps there’s been a slow, undetected mercury vapor emission from some volcanic source in the US over the past few years to account for our recent paroxysms of seeming national psychosis.
The Oracle at Delphi inhaled toxic volcanic fumes to give readings/predictions for the future ... whatever's being inhaled in the US is reverting people to the past. It's the 21st Century here in England - why is it the 18th in the USA?
The guardrails have come off. There are no longer any trusted moderating influences on essentially anything. American individualism is now at full siren: my belief is the truth. Period. And my sources needn’t be validated. My belief is the validation. Across the ideological spectrum. Hence an unprecedented tribalism. We’re like Westeros.
Two things I'm reminded of: when I was a kid, my father was a pharmacist. He used to bring home little dropper-bottles of mercury for my sister and me to play with! We rolled it around on the tabletop, had little battles with the rolling balls of mercury - scary to think about now!
Also, your Cyrano reference reminds me of a time when I showed Babette's Feast to a group at church, and everyone made and brought a plate of food to share that was featured in the movie. That was a memorable movie event.
Bryan, this is Peggy commenting, not Tim!
I thought it was odd Tim was referencing both Babette's Feast and a church supper at the same time! Glad you liked the post - I was just beyond the 'rolling the mercury around' stage in school ... which I would have LOVED to do. Oh, well ...
Perhaps there’s been a slow, undetected mercury vapor emission from some volcanic source in the US over the past few years to account for our recent paroxysms of seeming national psychosis.
The Oracle at Delphi inhaled toxic volcanic fumes to give readings/predictions for the future ... whatever's being inhaled in the US is reverting people to the past. It's the 21st Century here in England - why is it the 18th in the USA?
The guardrails have come off. There are no longer any trusted moderating influences on essentially anything. American individualism is now at full siren: my belief is the truth. Period. And my sources needn’t be validated. My belief is the validation. Across the ideological spectrum. Hence an unprecedented tribalism. We’re like Westeros.