tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post5636766196209898590..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Happy Birthday, Katie-Bar-The-Door!Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-8113997710901290292013-09-09T08:15:04.013-04:002013-09-09T08:15:04.013-04:00Who, I may be the only person out here who cares a...Who, I may be the only person out here who cares about this, but I care deeply.<br /><br /><br />Some of the smallest things in life can be such great fun, can't they. . . ?mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-24272507944815060302013-09-06T12:51:25.885-04:002013-09-06T12:51:25.885-04:00Well, drat. I was hoping that some rule somewhere ...Well, drat. I was hoping that some rule somewhere regarding collective nouns might save me, but, well, no. It appears they only help with institutions and <a href="http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/collective-nouns?page=all" rel="nofollow">" animate nouns"</a> (alive, such as for example, mules: (“the pack of mules is about to stomp me”). But although grammar won’t allow me to treat our changing perspectives as a collective group to which we can all point & recognize with a singular verb, we <i>could</i> cut to the chase and just say “our changing perspective” (singular) to get that feeling directly while making my ear almost as happy as does the too-seldom heard Who Am Us Anyway, to wit: “Our [shared but always] changing perspective on age is amazing. <br /><br />Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-15052947709454694322013-09-06T00:13:53.494-04:002013-09-06T00:13:53.494-04:00But query whether *is* is not actually permissible...But query whether *is* is not actually permissible here -- my admittedly battered ear tells me that it should be. I will be back with a more definitive & ... considered ... answer ... well, to be honest, I always have loved the Broncos, so go ahead & shoot me, it won't ruin my day ... mananaWho Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-44997681491768289232013-09-04T16:30:49.079-04:002013-09-04T16:30:49.079-04:00... our changing perspectives are. . .
jeez... <i>our changing perspectives <b>are</b></i>. . .<br /><br /><br />jeezmister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-58513390684143586332013-09-03T11:06:49.317-04:002013-09-03T11:06:49.317-04:00Happy, happy, Birthday. 50 is the new 25. Just go ...Happy, happy, Birthday. 50 is the new 25. Just go with it.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-48610725499403172672013-09-03T08:20:17.358-04:002013-09-03T08:20:17.358-04:00Who -- our changing perspectives on age is amazing...Who -- our changing perspectives on age is amazing. To wit, a true story:<br /><br />Back in the late 1990s, my 97-year-old grandmother and I attended the funeral of her sister-in-law, my great-aunt. They had been friends for over 90 years. I knew that my great-aunt's death at age 94 would affect my grandmother deeply.<br /><br />Seeing as how they'd been born and raised in rural Missouri, the funeral was of course open-casket.<br /><br />My grandmother leaned over the casket, and sadly said: <i>so young. . . .</i><br /><br />And my grandmother didn't do irony.mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-53554447913598755842013-09-03T08:20:05.032-04:002013-09-03T08:20:05.032-04:00K-T-B-t-D, you continue to rawk.
You can quote me...K-T-B-t-D, you continue to rawk.<br /><br />You can quote me.mister muleboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367123802128879318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-31939161104665439762013-09-02T23:00:14.226-04:002013-09-02T23:00:14.226-04:00Oh to be 70 again!Oh to be 70 again!Who Am Us Anyway?https://www.blogger.com/profile/08260586634760800759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-82101347640033638172013-09-01T10:22:00.751-04:002013-09-01T10:22:00.751-04:00Happy Birthday to the inspiration for so much grea...Happy Birthday to the inspiration for so much great writing on film.<br /><br />Though I keep hearing Christopher Guest in my head yelling "Not to 50!"Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com