Comments for Concerning Angels, Pins, and Dancing We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:28:14 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Concerning Angels, Pins, and Dancing I have no idea why you mortals have spent the last few thousand years getting all worked up about our recreational activities. Really, you are over-thinking things just a tad if this post is any example. Instinct for the capillary, I believe it's called. First: Yes, angels dance. It is a relaxing and enjoyable activity that my therapist says can help with the Tuttle-related flashbacks, except when there are collisions which just triggers them again. Second: We don't dance on pins. (Why pins? This has never been clear to me. Why not ... oh, mushrooms? Or spiderwebs? Clouds, even? I... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html Tue, 20 May 2008 10:02:00 -0600 Comment from WereKitten on 2008-05-21 I will have to try that, Bill. Sounds more appealling than bleaching myself, like my Mom suggested. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73302 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73302 Wed, 21 May 2008 21:02:09 -0600 Comment from BillT on 2008-05-21 The oil causing the blisters is tough stuff -- KtLW has had some luck with using a lemon-based dishwashing detergent, but you've got to do it *gently* so you don't pop the blisters and get the oil inside your outside. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73281 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73281 Wed, 21 May 2008 10:37:14 -0600 Comment from WereKitten on 2008-05-21 I remember the Rhuligel, Beth- but I haven't been able to find it! That's what I used to use growing up, but it's nowhere to be found now. :-( It itches so bad it burns. Tell Trudy I hope her rash clears up soon!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73265 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73265 Wed, 21 May 2008 06:52:09 -0600 Comment from Jon the Mechanic on 2008-05-20 Hey WK, Trudy says you can share some of her calamine lotion that I got her to clear up the stress rash that she got from stress during her finals week. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73262 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73262 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:09:07 -0600 Comment from Beth Donovan (SWWBO) on 2008-05-20 Damn, that poison ivy thing sounds awful!!! Johnson and Johnson makes an anti-itch gel that used to be called rhuli, now I think it is just anti-itch, but it works really, really well. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73261 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73261 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:42:24 -0600 Comment from WereKitten on 2008-05-20 Hey Carb-baby.... When you're up there, milling around heaven, with nothing better to do... how about throwing some protective cover my way? Especially while gardening, and apparently touching poison ivy, and then wiping sweat away from my cleavage with the same gloved hands I touched the poison ivy with. DAMN.... braless sure sounds good right now. Reduces friction between breastessess- and the blisters. Anyone got any cordisone??!!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73257 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73257 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:46:54 -0600 Comment from carborundum on 2008-05-20 Yeah - yeah, just look at my heroic feats on keeping Unkabill outta trouble; blah blah blah. Alive. Not out of trouble; even ANGCOM thought that was out of scope. Just ... alive. Reasonably undamaged is a plus.
what kind of laundry detergent do you use to keep those gossamer vestments so shiny and supple?
static electricity buildup, but you have to remember not to ground yourself. Plus, make sure you stay away from the stream of hydraulic fluid. Given Tuttle's fondness for trackless rollercoasters, harder than you might think.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73252 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73252 Tue, 20 May 2008 15:41:21 -0600 Comment from Yu-Ain Gonnano on 2008-05-20 Oh, come on! Everyone know Angels prefer dancing on the head on pens. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73251 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73251 Tue, 20 May 2008 14:47:22 -0600 Comment from KCSteve on 2008-05-20 have to dance on a surface doesn't mean you can't. It just adds in the additional variable of wondering whether or not Angels who are currently not in contact with the head of the pin are considered as dancing 'on' the pin or not. And if you make buns in the arrangements necessary to match the number of hot dogs in a package then you either get an unworkably long set of buns or you wind up with buns 'in the middle' that can't be easily separated. So why don't they package hot dogs to match the buns? Tradition.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73249 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73249 Tue, 20 May 2008 13:43:00 -0600 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2008-05-20 since Carbo hasn't quite mastered the art of the "ride-along" in the same way these guys have.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73241 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73241 Tue, 20 May 2008 11:00:09 -0600 Comment from Boquisucio on 2008-05-20 Yeah - yeah, just look at my heroic feats on keeping Unkabill outta trouble; blah blah blah. You can just keep on dirging by the tune of the smallest violin. But seriously, with so much dust kicking around the rotor draughts, what kind of laundry detergent do you use to keep those gossamer vestments so shiny and supple? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73239 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/05/concerning_ange.html#comment-73239 Tue, 20 May 2008 10:33:29 -0600