tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post6365209581364023120..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: Treasure!seana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-30097004862627039592009-12-14T23:33:19.720-08:002009-12-14T23:33:19.720-08:00Oh, go ahead. Any puncturing of the hot air balloo...Oh, go ahead. Any puncturing of the hot air balloons they float will be all to the good. Won't make much difference here, but still.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-73555394929681867162009-12-14T22:03:14.636-08:002009-12-14T22:03:14.636-08:00Oh, great. Now you'll get me started on a diat...Oh, great. Now you'll get me started on a diatribe against CNN.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-30560573539935462432009-12-14T21:59:20.205-08:002009-12-14T21:59:20.205-08:00Yep--we might already be there, though.Yep--we might already be there, though.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-92208802667327318022009-12-14T21:48:51.327-08:002009-12-14T21:48:51.327-08:00Treasure is word to cherish, though I shudder to ...Treasure is word to cherish, though I shudder to learn that talking heads are now using it. Won't be long before "intel" and "treasure" turn up in the same sentence. When that occurs, I'd say, we'll have a crisis situation.<br />============== <br /> Detectives Beyond Borders<br />"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<br /> <a href="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-52461780282969664462009-12-14T07:34:07.487-08:002009-12-14T07:34:07.487-08:00Yes, the imaginative resonance from childhood does...Yes, the imaginative resonance from childhood does seem a far better use of the word, doesn't it? But the fact that we still have a U.S. Treasury should have clued me in that the powers that be still take the word <i>very</i> seriously.<br /><br />One of the odd things I turned up in looking this up was that apparently, only <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buried_treasure" rel="nofollow"> one pirate</a> ever buried any treasure at all.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-68225464446875820262009-12-14T00:43:40.917-08:002009-12-14T00:43:40.917-08:00The word immediately brought to mind the dishy Joh...The word immediately brought to mind the dishy Johny Depp in his Jack Sparrow avataar - somehow treasure to me is a childhood word associated with Enid Blyton and her books. <br />"Lives and treasure" seems an ironic disjunction. I would have thought 'lives are treasure', but then, with the way goverments are squandering young lives in warfields, maybe not.Sucharita Sarkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07802171314546508539noreply@blogger.com