tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post6588007534477428441..comments2023-09-23T12:13:10.019+00:00Comments on December Quinn, Erotic Romance<br>Stacia Kane, Sexy Urban Fantasy: What do you know?Staciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07969399927758009095noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-16274822075402453142007-11-29T03:46:00.000+00:002007-11-29T03:46:00.000+00:00I know the Sir Isaac Newton's dog's name was Diamo...I know the Sir Isaac Newton's dog's name was Diamond. I don't know how or why I know this, I just do.<BR/>And Hitler's fave movie (apparently) was King Kong.Wylie Kinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271148590574475682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-45182454247940621562007-11-28T03:38:00.000+00:002007-11-28T03:38:00.000+00:00Gabriele, I am very impressed that you can name th...Gabriele, I am very impressed that you can name the most famous defenestration. And now all of us can, too. I should like to find out more about this Prague defenestration.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-74283232213140962452007-11-27T18:55:00.000+00:002007-11-27T18:55:00.000+00:00See? I can't even remember how tospell "sieve". ...See? I can't even remember how tospell "sieve". -V95Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-39750577504083388792007-11-27T18:54:00.000+00:002007-11-27T18:54:00.000+00:00My mind is a seive. -V95My mind is a seive. -V95Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-57969291658711720212007-11-27T15:49:00.000+00:002007-11-27T15:49:00.000+00:00It goes back to Latin fenestra which came as loanw...It goes back to Latin <I>fenestra</I> which came as loanword into German, meaning a glassed window. The most famous defenestration, that of Prague which started the Thirty Year War, used the word because educated people still spoke Latin then.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-85591331303567797162007-11-27T15:05:00.000+00:002007-11-27T15:05:00.000+00:00You are really good at names, apparently! I know u...You are really good at names, apparently! I know useless things, but I can't remember them on command. However, regarding defenestration, did you know that fenster is the German word for window? I think that's how you spell it.Carolyn Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17195853833116263029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-42921122177172730002007-11-27T11:27:00.000+00:002007-11-27T11:27:00.000+00:00I remember people from years ago that I met only o...I remember people from years ago that I met only once. Scenes from grade school and up as well as plays I did. The lines everything. But oh lord, don't ask me to do math as in fractions. I made the grades but didn't retain the knowledge. Thank god for computers. :)Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04521384704019863926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-19592679944487348042007-11-26T23:16:00.000+00:002007-11-26T23:16:00.000+00:00I know peanut butter will dissolve bubble gum tang...I know peanut butter will dissolve bubble gum tangled in a kid's hair (no comment on how it gets there). That fact made me a hero a few times. :)BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-83727315024053598342007-11-26T22:45:00.000+00:002007-11-26T22:45:00.000+00:00Fer me, it ain't the amount of knowledge (useless ...Fer me, it ain't the amount of knowledge (useless or otherwise) me has garnered over the years thet be important, but rather keepin them bits and pieces from runnin away when me ain't lookin. <BR/>Gots to get me a thought dog to round up the flock and keep 'em in the corral.<BR/><BR/>STOMP.Scary Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696640067623584730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-16839546094059368062007-11-26T20:08:00.000+00:002007-11-26T20:08:00.000+00:00Hey, I knew the defenestration one...learned it in...Hey, I knew the defenestration one...learned it in Early European History class...<BR/><BR/>Honey is deliquescent...it absorbs water right out of the air. <BR/>The last line of the last song on the last Beatles album: "And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make."<BR/>A 5 year anniversary is a quinquennial. (how many words do you know that have two 'qu' combinations in them?)<BR/>I know that I know a bunch of other useless stuff, but I can't think of most of it right now...Mind you, most of what I know is of use to me (like spiderwebs being used as wound binding, and willow bark containing salycilic acid) and in my mind common knowledge. It's just when I get those strange looks that are a combination of blankness and confusion that I realize it's not common knowledge.<BR/><BR/>SdBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-48608281438059233222007-11-26T19:03:00.000+00:002007-11-26T19:03:00.000+00:00Blogger needs an edit function. :)Lol, I have the ...Blogger needs an edit function. :)<BR/><BR/>Lol, I have the librettos of two score operas in my head, plus assorted scenes and arias from others. Very useful in daily life. :)<BR/><BR/>Well, I did make use of it once when I had to deal with an obnoxious Italian suitor. Begone, miserable one, or your blood will be spilled (T'allontano, o sciagurato, or il tuo sangue fia versati - <I>Lucia di Lammermoor</I>, scene following the famous sextett 'Chi mi frema in tal momento'.)Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-22709687123555883632007-11-26T19:02:00.000+00:002007-11-26T19:02:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-30013579142386849662007-11-26T18:22:00.000+00:002007-11-26T18:22:00.000+00:00I remember a lot of information as well. Some of t...I remember a lot of information as well. Some of the most useless is phone numbers. I have called up stores or other places, years ago, and still remember their phone numbers.Tyhitia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070000168178880911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-55282045007850901502007-11-26T17:09:00.000+00:002007-11-26T17:09:00.000+00:00I remember a lot of plots and character names and ...I remember a lot of plots and character names and scenes from books I've read, although more for childhood books than later books. Unlike Robyn, I remember virtually nothing about any TV show I've ever watched "except" for Star Trek: the original series. <BR/><BR/>I think I remember pretty much every single time I've ever had sex. <BR/><BR/>So just the important things, books and coitus.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19623437.post-7042926083486270742007-11-26T15:38:00.000+00:002007-11-26T15:38:00.000+00:00Men getting protective and angry? YUM!I can rememb...Men getting protective and angry? YUM!<BR/><BR/>I can remember the full casts of almost every show I watched in the 70's-80's as a kid. I ROCK at Entertainment Trivial Pursuit.Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13857307804942257484noreply@blogger.com