Ramblings & ephemera
Denise is talking to our class about how people are slowly giving up their civil liberties, a bit at a time: “It’s like the story about how you gradually turn the heat up on a pot of water and slowly boil the lobster!”
(Hint: she meant frog.)
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Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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Denise & I are in the car, talking about her friend Scott E., when her cell phone rings. It’s Scott E.!
Denise: “Scott! We were just talking about you! Your ears must have been ringing!”
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Posted on April 20th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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We went to see Troy last week. At the end of the movie, the Trojans drag the Trojan Horse into the city. They party, celebrating what they think is the abandonment of the war by the Greeks, and everyone collapses into a drunken stupor. Cut to the waiting Greek ships, hidden a few miles away, [...]
Posted on November 3rd, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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“You’re just creating a straw horse here!”
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Posted on April 16th, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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Denise is reading Ben Jones’ blog & laughing uproariously every minute or so. Then she finds a post that really kills her.
Denise (laughing): Listen to this one: “People make fun of the fact that I wear a Speedo when I swim.”
Scott: Like you are now.
Denise (outraged): I’m not wearing a speedo!
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Posted on December 30th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Denise Lieberman, 15 November 2001:
“I’m up to my earballs with work!”
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Posted on November 27th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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I start playing Norah Jones.
Denise: I really like this music.
Scott: You say that every time I play it.
Denise: And you say that every time back to me.
Scott: Well, somebody’s stuck in a loop, and I don’t think it’s me.
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Posted on November 27th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Another quotation from my wife, Denise, in February 2003: “Your fly’s open. Wiiiiiide open.”
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Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Denise talking about me, March 2003:
There’s a fine line between a freedom fighter and a conspiracy theorist … and sometimes I’m not sure which you are.
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Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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A short conversation between Denise and I in March 2003:
Scott: “Why are there so many pickles in the kitchen sink?”
Denise: “Because I was cleaning out the bathroom!” (pause) “There’s something wrong when that statement makes perfect sense.”
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Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Another quote from my wife Denise in May 2003: So we’re sitting in the theater a while back watching the X-Men movie, and Denise leans over to me and whispers, in all seriousness: “Wow! This could be a comic book!”
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Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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A conversation Denise & I had sometime in July 2003:
Scott: Hey, did you hear about that baseball player hitting that mascot dressed as a sausage?
Denise: Yeah!
Scott: That poor polish sausage.
Denise: Yeah.
Scott: From what I read, he didn’t mean to hurt her. He just tapped her. I mean, those costumes are pretty top-heavy.
Denise: Sure … [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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11 July 2003:
David: “That tree is really dropping a lot of apples.”
Denise (helpfully): “It’s an apple tree!”ÂÂ
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Posted on October 1st, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Me: “Denise, it’s like you’ve pushed a snowball down a steep hill, and it’s rolling and rolling, getting bigger and bigger …”
Denise: “… and now I’ve created a firestorm!”
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Posted on July 4th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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Denise about someone else: “She’s really cutting off her hand to spite her face!”
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Posted on July 4th, 2005 by Scott Granneman
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