Comments on: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 44 http://thewvsr.com/your-end-of-week-topic-dump-vol-44/ Ridiculous adventures in suburbia. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:46:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: johnthebasket http://thewvsr.com/your-end-of-week-topic-dump-vol-44/comment-page-3/#comment-31902 johnthebasket Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:02:11 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=6717#comment-31902 Gretchen: The same way one stays still during "Don't Let's Start." Let your neurons dance, but ask your muscles to sit this one out. Frankly, my biggest problem is "New York City" which, perhaps interestingly, was written by an all-female band from Vancouver BC called Cub. John and John do it better than Cub. They heard it on the radio while traveling through Washington and pulled over and transcribed the lyrics. They didn't get them quite right, placing Bob Dylan's residence in the Empire State Building, but they came close. Anyway, in the MRI you can't fall asleep without messing up the image, so Montavani and Hall and Oats are out. jtb Gretchen: The same way one stays still during “Don’t Let’s Start.” Let your neurons dance, but ask your muscles to sit this one out. Frankly, my biggest problem is “New York City” which, perhaps interestingly, was written by an all-female band from Vancouver BC called Cub. John and John do it better than Cub. They heard it on the radio while traveling through Washington and pulled over and transcribed the lyrics. They didn’t get them quite right, placing Bob Dylan’s residence in the Empire State Building, but they came close. Anyway, in the MRI you can’t fall asleep without messing up the image, so Montavani and Hall and Oats are out.

jtb

]]> By: Gretchen http://thewvsr.com/your-end-of-week-topic-dump-vol-44/comment-page-3/#comment-31901 Gretchen Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:13:18 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=6717#comment-31901 JTB: How exactly does one stay still during "Ana Ng"? ;) JTB: How exactly does one stay still during “Ana Ng”? ;)

]]> By: johnthebasket http://thewvsr.com/your-end-of-week-topic-dump-vol-44/comment-page-3/#comment-31900 johnthebasket Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:00:29 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=6717#comment-31900 Gretchen, Xanax is a pretty subtle med. I've never heard of anyone having a negative reaction to it. It's not time-release, so you can break one in half if you want to test the homocidal potential of you or the med. I would drive (or be driven) quite a distance to avoid the tube. If it's like a hundred miles for you, then that's probably too far. Actually, with Xanax (or a prior generation med, like valium) you'll probably do OK in the tube. Somehow you seem less neurotic than me. I actually flunked my first open MRI because I was shaking. I accidentally took an underdose. Since then, nary a wiggle. I generally play They Might Be Giants because they cram a lot of minutes on their CDs, and because they're fun and really good. Of course, tastes vary. jtb Gretchen,

Xanax is a pretty subtle med. I’ve never heard of anyone having a negative reaction to it. It’s not time-release, so you can break one in half if you want to test the homocidal potential of you or the med.

I would drive (or be driven) quite a distance to avoid the tube. If it’s like a hundred miles for you, then that’s probably too far. Actually, with Xanax (or a prior generation med, like valium) you’ll probably do OK in the tube. Somehow you seem less neurotic than me. I actually flunked my first open MRI because I was shaking. I accidentally took an underdose. Since then, nary a wiggle. I generally play They Might Be Giants because they cram a lot of minutes on their CDs, and because they’re fun and really good. Of course, tastes vary.

jtb

]]> By: Swami Bologna http://thewvsr.com/your-end-of-week-topic-dump-vol-44/comment-page-3/#comment-31899 Swami Bologna Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:45:29 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=6717#comment-31899 Though, after some Wikipedia consultation, I realize neither of us is completely correct, Tim. Apparently there are two kinds of dwarfism: "Disproportionate dwarfism is characterized by one or more body parts being relatively large or small in comparison to those of a normal adult, with growth abnormalities in specific areas being apparent. In cases of proportionate dwarfism, the body appears normally proportioned, but is clearly abnormally small." Though, after some Wikipedia consultation, I realize neither of us is completely correct, Tim. Apparently there are two kinds of dwarfism:

“Disproportionate dwarfism is characterized by one or more body parts being relatively large or small in comparison to those of a normal adult, with growth abnormalities in specific areas being apparent. In cases of proportionate dwarfism, the body appears normally proportioned, but is clearly abnormally small.”

]]> By: Swami Bologna http://thewvsr.com/your-end-of-week-topic-dump-vol-44/comment-page-3/#comment-31898 Swami Bologna Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:42:39 +0000 http://thewvsr.com/?p=6717#comment-31898 Tim: You've got it backwards. It's midgets who are miniature people. It's dwarves who have regular-size heads and regular-size torsos, but tiny little arms and legs. Tim: You’ve got it backwards. It’s midgets who are miniature people. It’s dwarves who have regular-size heads and regular-size torsos, but tiny little arms and legs.

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