tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post2251620118943407321..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: No thanksgiving for me this year, but some traditions are important anywaychris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-12526294476007065012014-11-28T20:38:24.832-05:002014-11-28T20:38:24.832-05:00Somehow, I had never heard Alice's Restaurant ...Somehow, I had never heard Alice's Restaurant all the way through until sometime this year. It's great.DawnMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-47508717025289114952014-11-28T09:41:58.184-05:002014-11-28T09:41:58.184-05:00I can't remember having listened to Alice'...I can't remember having listened to Alice's Restaurant in years. I probably heard it at some point, but I didn't remember it.<br /><br />The bit with the psychologist reminded me of <a href="http://physicshead.blogspot.com/2007/09/feynman-gets-psychiatric-exam.html" rel="nofollow">Richard Feynman's description of being evaluated in <i>Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!</i></a>, which had the opposite result. :PPackbathttp://packbat.net/w/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-32601200141387020282014-11-27T21:58:06.449-05:002014-11-27T21:58:06.449-05:00Fittingly, I read this post while eating pumpkin p...Fittingly, I read this post while eating pumpkin pie. (My family honours our heritage by celebrating the Thanksgiving of our birth country in addition to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28Canada%29" rel="nofollow">that of our home</a>.)<br /><br />Re: weather, that's why I like the timing of Canadian Thanksgiving better. Harvest festivals shouldn't be held in late November: the harvest is over, it's winter now.<br /><br />Your post...last year? *checks* no, <a href="http://stealingcommas.blogspot.com/2012/11/how-many-things-in-world-are-18-minutes.html" rel="nofollow">two years ago</a>, was the first time I'd ever heard of "Alice's Restaurant". This year I've actually encountered it a couple other places as well, such as the delightful "<a href="http://popsonnet.tumblr.com/post/103754007355/alices-restaurant" rel="nofollow">Pop Sonnets</a>" blog. Thanks to you, I was able to guess what song the sonnet was translating only two lines in.<br /><br />(I am also thankful for the Textarea Cache Firefox add-on, which has saved this comment <em>twice</em> now.)Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.com