tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769246818135102880.post4159111713971310817..comments2023-07-16T20:34:59.414+10:00Comments on Taking Things Seriously: Easter for grownups ...Bruce Yabsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10091471695711534450noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769246818135102880.post-86990941786827997462008-03-27T16:52:00.000+11:002008-03-27T16:52:00.000+11:00Yeah, that Onion article is pretty brutal. I prefe...Yeah, that Onion article is pretty brutal. I prefer their one-line (or even three word) items --- on the less-is-more theory --- but there is a certain purity to articles like this which stick a knife in, twist it, and then twist it again, and again, and ...<BR/><BR/><EM>BTW - Taking what things seriously?</EM><BR/><BR/>Well, my <A HREF="http://taking-things-seriously.blogspot.com/search/label/first%20post" REL="nofollow">first post</A> tried to answer that at one level; the blog's subtitle / topic-list tries to answer it at another. Beyond this, I guess I want to claim that it's intentionally ambiguous. <BR/><BR/>And if one's going to take things-in-general seriously (too seriously?), the least one can do is have a sense of humour about the fact.<BR/><BR/>So are you back from your blogging hiatus for good?Bruce Yabsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10091471695711534450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-769246818135102880.post-68900475112606039492008-03-27T16:23:00.000+11:002008-03-27T16:23:00.000+11:00Sorry. I couldn't resist a quote from The Onion:ht...Sorry. I couldn't resist a quote from The Onion:<BR/><BR/>http://www.theonion.com/content/news/daddy_put_in_bye_bye_box<BR/><BR/>After weeks of being sleepy all the time and never finishing his din-din at night, area daddy Howard Lewis was put in a bye-bye box early Monday morning so that he could go on a vacation with the birds and clouds in the sky.<BR/><BR/>"I love my daddy. He's the best," said Ryan Lewis, 5, after watching the box get dropped inside a cool underground fort full of dirt and sand.<BR/><BR/>BTW - Taking what things seriously?Ebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18305070461972884964noreply@blogger.com