tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post6662787519273022648..comments2024-02-20T08:25:06.177-08:00Comments on Confessions of ignorance: gerrymanderseana grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-17325903796245884002013-08-22T22:09:32.031-07:002013-08-22T22:09:32.031-07:00Thanks, Collagemama. Not so fun if you're livi...Thanks, Collagemama. Not so fun if you're living in a gerrymandered state, however. <br /><br />There is a follow up story about the Santa Cruz Black Salamander, though. In the major bathroom repair that happened between now and then, the bathtub was removed and apparently there was a whole nest of them living underneath it. I didn't get to witness it, but my landlady did and apparently was quite freaked out.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-14313144993016547112013-08-22T18:49:54.661-07:002013-08-22T18:49:54.661-07:00Fun even months later.Fun even months later.Collagemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818246340865714754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-30177192067051390642012-03-20T10:13:10.464-07:002012-03-20T10:13:10.464-07:00The Irish celebration of it is kind of what surpri...The Irish celebration of it is kind of what surprised me, Peter. They're taking it back, I guess.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-49027585218842164612012-03-19T22:27:51.732-07:002012-03-19T22:27:51.732-07:00You read and maintain contact with enough Irish cr...You read and maintain contact with enough Irish crime writers and readers, you'll start getting lots of St. Patrick's Day greetings, I expect -- though the crapulous celebration of the holiday is largely American.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-5145619134996731232012-03-19T18:52:21.143-07:002012-03-19T18:52:21.143-07:00Thank you, Maria. I got a lot of St. Patrick's...Thank you, Maria. I got a lot of St. Patrick's Day greetings for some reason this year, which isn't usually the case. As it was a very busy Saturday at work, I basically just came home and lay low.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-69213997336094658542012-03-19T16:26:15.375-07:002012-03-19T16:26:15.375-07:00As ever, a remarkably interesting and varied post....As ever, a remarkably interesting and varied post.<br /><br />I continue to recommend you blog to friends, it is such a mine of information.<br /><br />Belated Saint Patrick's Day greetings from Dublin.Photographe à Dublinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555993860377132435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-72129562733865919312012-03-17T18:18:14.284-07:002012-03-17T18:18:14.284-07:00Dan, so you guys call it gerrymandering too, huh? ...Dan, so you guys call it gerrymandering too, huh? I was wondering how far it it had traveled as a term. <br /><br />Yeah, I bet there are poisonous scary salamanders, but the Santa Cruz one is small and harmless. One of my friend's found a scorpion in her shower last year, so I guess I should just count my blessings.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-26022195155865938622012-03-17T13:34:24.881-07:002012-03-17T13:34:24.881-07:00oh yeah..i forgot...dont salamanders eat people, o...oh yeah..i forgot...dont salamanders eat people, or have poisonous teeth or something?<br />just a thought...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-88989114485912709472012-03-17T13:33:25.484-07:002012-03-17T13:33:25.484-07:00oh..i love it!
and i love the ole portmanteau wor...oh..i love it! <br />and i love the ole portmanteau words as well...haha where i came up in the northern part of oz we had a pollie who was famous for his nutty gerrymandering and could manage to win seats in parliament and ultimately power on roughly 20% of the vote...his districts looked like an electrical plan they were that skewiffed...<br />and here was me thinking that there was some bloke called gerald mander or something who invented it hahahahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-90634376413659725082012-03-17T05:51:19.685-07:002012-03-17T05:51:19.685-07:00Did not know that, Peter. It seems that gerrymande...Did not know that, Peter. It seems that gerrymandering pays off down the generations as well. <br /><br />I think this may be a short run on the gerry/jerry theme, but you never know. <br /><br />I do wonder, though, why names like Elbridge and Elwood were once so fashionable and now are not.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-62533949362393464812012-03-17T01:13:38.419-07:002012-03-17T01:13:38.419-07:00Did you know that Gerry Studds, the former Massach...Did you know that Gerry Studds, the former Massachusetts congressman who was the focus of a sex-with-a-page scandal almost thirty years ago, was a descendant of Elbridge Gerry?<br /><br />I sense a certain theme in your recent posts. I look forward to entries on "jerry can" and "jerry curl."<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://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</a>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-79516535606910481102012-03-16T17:44:11.885-07:002012-03-16T17:44:11.885-07:00Glad you got a kick out of it, Kathleen. I know I ...Glad you got a kick out of it, Kathleen. I know I did.seana grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774794086733027289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054888927218536027.post-58834143530722778082012-03-16T05:52:12.922-07:002012-03-16T05:52:12.922-07:00I am indeed delighted by all this!!I am indeed delighted by all this!!Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.com