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[revtj]

Bored at Work? Me too...

[keltic63]

jumping into the stream of consciousness.....

[dewdrop_world]

Durer's Rhinoceros is a fascinating bit of art/science history... he never saw the animal itself, and had only written testimony by which to fabricate this image.



I saw this at the British Museum in London this past July.

James

[Zerbie]

And when I was in high school I went to see a production of "Rhinoceros" by, I believe, Ionesco, in French, by Princeton University students on the Princeton Campus. I can't remember if that was an AP French Class school trip, or if I was just being precocious.

A few years later, I used to have opera rehearsals right down the street from that same theater, in a building that was recently re-named after Jimmy Stewart.

(How was that?)

[keltic63]

Originally Posted by Zerbie

And when I was in high school I went to see a production of "Rhinoceros" by, I believe, Ionesco, in French, by Princeton University students on the Princeton Campus. I can't remember if that was an AP French Class school trip, or if I was just being precocious.

A few years later, I used to have opera rehearsals right down the street from that same theater, in a building that was recently re-named after Jimmy Stewart.

(How was that?)

Jimmy Stewart's hometown is Indiana Pennsylvania. There is a large state university there (IUP) and my daughter is a freshmen music major there.

[HarmlessEccentric]

Originally Posted by keltic63

Jimmy Stewart's hometown is Indiana Pennsylvania. There is a large state university there (IUP) and my daughter is a freshmen music major there.

I have lived in both Indiana and Pennsylvania. I have fond memories of my childhood near Erie, Pennsylvania. I'd love to go back there, someday, and ride the roller coaster at the crappy little amusement park.

As for Indiana, I have at least one black acquaintance who refused to even consider buying a house there, because of the state's historical connections to the Ku Klux Klan.

[Daniel]

The first guy I ever had a 'thing' for was from Erie Pa (I've alway wondered what happened to him- Doug was his name- he made goo-goo eyes at me after a service at Evangel College) and the teacher who taught me the most about my profession taught at Indiana University and I was born near Pittsburgh, where one of the most famous wooden roller-coasters resides at Kennywood- where we always spent the last day of school before summer.

[BruceChris]

We've got a nice fancy rolledcoaster near here at Valleyfair. I used to know a woman who worked there, who was president of the Alliance of Women Bikers, a woman's Harley club. Talk about butch. (Anybody having feelings of envy here?)

BC

[keltic63]

Originally Posted by Daniel

The first guy I ever had a 'thing' for was from Erie Pa (I've alway wondered what happened to him- Doug was his name- he made goo-goo eyes at me after a service at Evangel College) and the teacher who taught me the most about my profession taught at Indiana University and I was born near Pittsburgh, where one of the most famous wooden roller-coasters resides at Kennywood- where we always spent the last day of school before summer.

look at that pic! do you see the food stand in front of the coaster? it's called the potato patch and they make the best, greasiest fries! Oh, and look at the "green" coaster that goes into that hole near the old wooden coaster. at one point it actually goes through the wooden coaster!

[keltic63]

Originally Posted by BruceChris

We've got a nice fancy rolledcoaster near here at Valleyfair. I used to know a woman who worked there, who was president of the Alliance of Women Bikers, a woman's Harley club. Talk about butch. (Anybody having feelings of envy here?)

BC

do you actually know anyone who goes by the nickname "Butch" ? I knew 2 guys when I was growing up who went by that. Now, I don't know anyone who uses that nickname.

[revtj]

Does anyone remember the evangelical revivals in the late 60s that used the phrase, "I found it!" and everybody wore buttons and had bumper stickers that said "I found it!" You were supposed to be witnessing for Christ because people would ask, "What did you find?" and you said, "Eternal Life in Jesus Christ" and then you shared the 4 spiritual laws with them, from a nifty cartoon-like pamphlet if you had any left.

It is the first time I remember christianity being marketed like a consumer product. It is both funny and pathetic to me now.

[tdogg]

I remember RevTJ - the "I found it" and passing out tracts as a pre-teen in LA. The thing I remembered the most, one day after passing out tracts we went to a friend of my parents ( it was a joint 'tract' effort) and we got Goober sandwiches - the peanut butter, grape jelly combo. I loved that as a child. The tracts must have really made an impression on me!

[Daniel]

Originally Posted by revtj

Does anyone remember the evangelical revivals in the late 60s that used the phrase, "I found it!" and everybody wore buttons and had bumper stickers that said "I found it!"

Oh dear. I remember that. But I remember it from of bit later- in the late 70's. Maybe that's when it made it's way to Missouri, where I was in college.

You are right about the the marketing aspect. It calls to mind a very intesting book- the title of which says it all: "Spiritual Materialism".

[revtj]

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