tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post112777047093538450..comments2024-02-20T17:40:21.618-05:00Comments on jeremy freese's weblog: ketchupjeremyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129865188353472002005-10-20T23:26:00.000-04:002005-10-20T23:26:00.000-04:00Ketchup could be a blog. I would definitely read i...Ketchup could be a blog. I would definitely read it, and hit the tip jar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129414543599708682005-10-15T18:15:00.000-04:002005-10-15T18:15:00.000-04:00I think you also need to have special issues that ...I think you also need to have special issues that address important pop culture events. For example, what happens when you need to discuss what movies/actors/actresses/etc. get Oscars? You could call such a special issue "Pickles" because of the obvious predicament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129137072775647932005-10-12T13:11:00.000-04:002005-10-12T13:11:00.000-04:00I'm constantly being reminded of how old I am. I ...I'm constantly being reminded of how old I am. I used to do a bit about supercoiling of DNA by talking about the helical springy cord on your phone and how it gets tangled -- as if any of them ever use a phone with a cord on it. <BR/><BR/>BTW, <A HREF="http://wickedqueen.net" REL="nofollow">Cabell</A> once did a school assignment where she had to look at newspapers from the day she was born and summarize what was happening -- the "ketchup is a vegetable" story was on the front page that day. So yes, that was a while ago. I'm rapidly approaching the age of my students' grandparents. <BR/><BR/>Now that I no longer spend a lot of time in the car with a teenager (as she's across the river from you now at BU), I could definitely use the "songs to download" tips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129132952873373902005-10-12T12:02:00.000-04:002005-10-12T12:02:00.000-04:00Re: Scrape off the Mold --OTOH, some cultural refe...Re: Scrape off the Mold --<BR/><BR/>OTOH, some cultural references from my youth have surprising sticking power. I used the "Bueller? Bueller?" line in a class full of freshmen & sophomores this year, and got real laughs rather than just a smattering of polite chuckles. I blame TNT.B. Stronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03140528720464512004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129090300477612902005-10-12T00:11:00.000-04:002005-10-12T00:11:00.000-04:00Brilliant idea. One way to reach the people who *s...Brilliant idea. One way to reach the people who *say* they don't care about pop culture (even Madonna likes to brag that she never watches TV or reads the paper, which is total bollocks) is to make your mag look like the New Yorker or the Economist. Drape the cover in muted colors and hire an aging Pop Artist to sketch something ironic, then drop an elegant mast head over it all.<BR/>Kind of like flipping through the shiny mag with Brangelina on the cover, only to realize it's the Star, and you never would've even spit on it, much less touch it, in its black-and-white tabloid incarnation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129076928002445752005-10-11T20:28:00.000-04:002005-10-11T20:28:00.000-04:00Eszter: Yeah, there is only so much one can do if ...Eszter: Yeah, there is only so much one can do if students don't get an "Internets" reference one year later. As for those who take pride in not knowing pop culture references, they would be outside the <EM>Ketchup</EM> demographics, unless we can convince them that they want to know what's going on even as they pretend they don't.<BR/><BR/>Dorotha: I hadn't heard of the meat'normous before, but I see its brilliance and am flattered to be included in the same company.jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12755662766163119607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129074221246071812005-10-11T19:43:00.000-04:002005-10-11T19:43:00.000-04:00I understand that like a sun dial, your blog comme...I understand that like a sun dial, your blog comments now count only the sunny hours ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129066099088905432005-10-11T17:28:00.000-04:002005-10-11T17:28:00.000-04:00I would totally susbscribe to Ketchup.I would totally susbscribe to <I>Ketchup</I>.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947039846875003496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129052808619345012005-10-11T13:46:00.000-04:002005-10-11T13:46:00.000-04:00i will give you $15 toward the start up costs of t...i will give you $15 toward the start up costs of this magazine. you are a genius. or, at least, this is the most genius thing i have knowledge of you coming up with. maybe you were behind the new Meat'normous from Burger King, too. i dunno.<BR/><BR/>this is waaaaaay better than the Meat'normous.dorothahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612428988803385580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129051455448464542005-10-11T13:24:00.000-04:002005-10-11T13:24:00.000-04:00I would buy this if you got it published. Out her...I would buy this if you got it published. Out here in the sticks with rabbit ears for an antenna, I can't even watch Lost. References to cable shows leave me baffled. I don't even know who the woman is that<A HREF="http://thecolumnistmanifesto.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-am-i-going-to-make-it-through-next.html" REL="nofollow"> Oscar Madison </A>is so sick of.<BR/><BR/>I need to scrape off my mold. A few semesters ago I made this comment in class "Yeah, and ketchup is a vegetable!" Only the professor and I thought it was funny. She had to remind me the other students were babies when Ronnie was president. Yikes! <BR/>~pj, non-traditional studentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129043513799905162005-10-11T11:11:00.000-04:002005-10-11T11:11:00.000-04:00Ooops, sorry for the double post, I had meant to a...Ooops, sorry for the double post, I had meant to add this link to the previous one under <A HREF="http://www.therockblog.com/2005/10/11/did-gore-invent-the-internets/" REL="nofollow">"Did Gore invent the internets"</A>. See that post for relevant links.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558726.post-1129043369174968632005-10-11T11:09:00.000-04:002005-10-11T11:09:00.000-04:00Love it!There is one concern though: I suspect som...Love it!<BR/><BR/>There is one concern though: I suspect some people take pride in not knowing what's going on in certain pop realms and who are the people referenced in certain conversations. But then again, even if you want to be hip in that way, you may want to catch up on the material just so you know what you don't want to be associated with.. or something like that.<BR/><BR/>A propos "Scrape Off Your Mold" - I made a reference yesterday that I thought would be funny, but students didn't get it. I had a slide called "Did Gore invent the internets?"<BR/><BR/>They didn't get the "internets" part! That was last year!<BR/><BR/>FYI, most students have also never seen the mid-90s New Yorker cartoon with the dog at the computer. In this case that's good as you can use it again and get some laughs. Of course, then you should go into a lecture about how these days it's relatively easy for people to find out that you are a dog on the internets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com