tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post3598257335277077049..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You ShouldJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-76332531958895780912013-09-25T09:36:48.083-05:002013-09-25T09:36:48.083-05:00Hey! That kind of comment... er, that's pretty...Hey! That kind of comment... er, that's pretty much accurate, that is. We had a good time, though.Vardibidianhttp://www.kith.org/journals/vardibidian/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-11981062738445041952013-09-25T08:33:14.090-05:002013-09-25T08:33:14.090-05:00And BTW, props to PCU's casting director--Jere...And BTW, props to PCU's casting director--Jeremy Piven and Jon Favraeu were nobodies yet, and Jessica Walter was plucked from relative obscurity. <br /><br />And further props for reducing the role of the annoying David Spade to basically a footnote in the film. Brian Arbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119901107891849115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-35398074882710781612013-09-25T08:29:53.169-05:002013-09-25T08:29:53.169-05:00If you went to Pomona College like I did (class of...If you went to Pomona College like I did (class of '95), you could not only relate to PCU, you could assume the PC part of the title applied directly to your school. Brian Arbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01119901107891849115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-35867520208026184132013-09-24T17:48:52.389-05:002013-09-24T17:48:52.389-05:00Personally, I was in CEDA, and while I had great a...Personally, I was in CEDA, and while I had great admiration for NDT debaters, APDA seemed to be full of verbal masturbators who constantly made claims with no backup.Dilan Esperhttp://www.twitter.com/dilanespernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-64738951360663818662013-09-24T17:47:09.698-05:002013-09-24T17:47:09.698-05:00Yearling sales are actually bad for racing, becaus...Yearling sales are actually bad for racing, because they encourage the worst aspects of the industry (quick retirement of horses, infrequent racing, doping). So if yearling prices are up, that's going to hurt racing.Dilan Esperhttp://www.twitter.com/dilanespernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-91299119159383942142013-09-24T13:15:18.631-05:002013-09-24T13:15:18.631-05:00Well, sure, and it's not explicitly, literally...Well, sure, and it's not explicitly, literally set at Wesleyan. <br /><br />I'd actually be interested in how young'ns perceive it nowadays: what's dated, what's not. Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71595963425389012992013-09-24T12:47:35.730-05:002013-09-24T12:47:35.730-05:00+1+1Matt Jarvisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71104665642276056742013-09-24T12:07:32.276-05:002013-09-24T12:07:32.276-05:00Wesleyan isn't the only northeastern liberal a...Wesleyan isn't the <i>only</i> northeastern liberal arts campus teeming with hippies, that's why!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-8508732163615985902013-09-24T08:46:13.038-05:002013-09-24T08:46:13.038-05:00As you know, I was on the APDA circuit in 1991 wit...As you know, I was on the APDA circuit in 1991 with Goolsbee and Cruz and the others (tho' oddly I don't remember Dahlia Lithwick at all), and while I have happy memories of beating Princeton A (Panton and Cruz) like a gong, I can't say that he seemed particularly unusual for a Princeton debater. Yes, conservative, as were may of his teammates. Yes, he wore the irritating black-and-orange scarf. Yes, he was ambitious and pretentious, but most of us were.Yes, he whined when the judges went against him, but all of us did that.<br /><br />I was actually more impressed at the time with Dave Panton, who went on to make a billion dollars as a venture capitalist or some loser thing like that.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />-V.Vardibidianhttp://www.kith.org/journals/vardibidian/noreply@blogger.com