Comments on: The Berkeley files http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 18 May 2012 01:49:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Knit Sisters » Blog Archive » Berkeley Eclogue http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-6387 Knit Sisters » Blog Archive » Berkeley Eclogue Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:38:08 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-6387 [...] And I’ve just, like, moved into a commune where all the members, like, drink human breast milk! Plus I have, like, an appointment this afternoon to get my aura washed and then I’m going to my Bikram yoga class. [...] [...] And I’ve just, like, moved into a commune where all the members, like, drink human breast milk! Plus I have, like, an appointment this afternoon to get my aura washed and then I’m going to my Bikram yoga class. [...]

]]> By: Knit Sisters » Blog Archive » This will not be over quickly http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-4331 Knit Sisters » Blog Archive » This will not be over quickly Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:44:35 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-4331 [...] What I didn’t, and maybe couldn’t, foresee was what the effect of those conditions would be over a sustained period. For instance, I failed to realize that I would be essentially unable to make any friends my own age, unless they were also graduate students, because I would no longer be able to afford the opera, the theater, the ballet, the restaurants, the wine, the lift tickets, the airfare…all the things that people my age, particularly those with careers and no children, would be buying and doing with their free time. This might have been different had I stayed in New York, where people knew me from my “previous life” and were already invested in me as a friend and would have had patience with, say, endless perambulations around Central Park (100% free!). But I was not in New York. I was in Berkeley, the Land of Milk and Organic Honey. [...] [...] What I didn’t, and maybe couldn’t, foresee was what the effect of those conditions would be over a sustained period. For instance, I failed to realize that I would be essentially unable to make any friends my own age, unless they were also graduate students, because I would no longer be able to afford the opera, the theater, the ballet, the restaurants, the wine, the lift tickets, the airfare…all the things that people my age, particularly those with careers and no children, would be buying and doing with their free time. This might have been different had I stayed in New York, where people knew me from my “previous life” and were already invested in me as a friend and would have had patience with, say, endless perambulations around Central Park (100% free!). But I was not in New York. I was in Berkeley, the Land of Milk and Organic Honey. [...]

]]> By: Marti http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3880 Marti Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:02:17 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3880 *snort* That is just too funny! *snort* That is just too funny!

]]> By: Owl http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3822 Owl Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:04:37 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3822 I just wonder sometimes why really odd behaviors kinda clump up in particular areas. The water maybe? Alien microwaves? Weird emanations from the tin foil? Some kind of scary migration? lol, I don't know whether to laugh or panic. I just wonder sometimes why really odd behaviors kinda clump up in particular areas. The water maybe? Alien microwaves? Weird emanations from the tin foil? Some kind of scary migration? lol, I don’t know whether to laugh or panic.

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3820 Jennifer Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:37:45 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3820 Of course we'll never know if that coffee took its trip in liquid or bean form, although I suppose her use of the word enema gives us a hint. Shelley is obviously the smartest dog in the world. Of course we’ll never know if that coffee took its trip in liquid or bean form, although I suppose her use of the word enema gives us a hint.

Shelley is obviously the smartest dog in the world.

]]> By: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3813 Ellen Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:28:54 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3813 Jennifer, sorry about letting that one fall through the cracks. Yes, my evil housemate did give herself the three-a-day enemas (I think) for a while, although I have to admit that my answer is purely from deduction: she NEVER drank coffee and in fact would give lectures to anyone who would listen about how EVIL coffee is, but then once she began preaching the gospel of the coffee enema, she started bringing home bags of ground beans from Peet's. So I kind of put that one together. Shelley, bless her little canine heart, later stole an entire bag of the evil housemate's coffee and hid it in a remote area of the back yard. You go, little dog! I found it on a random patrol of the yard late one afternoon--which I was in the habit of doing once in a while both to clean up and to recover various dog toys--and I have to admit to you, my heart filled with love for this sensible, stand-up dog. What a great animal! Shelley also once nabbed some pairs of this housemate's dirty underwear from the clothes hamper and festooned them around the yard. The housemate was VERY, VERY angry, but I found it absolutely delightful. Jennifer, sorry about letting that one fall through the cracks.

Yes, my evil housemate did give herself the three-a-day enemas (I think) for a while, although I have to admit that my answer is purely from deduction: she NEVER drank coffee and in fact would give lectures to anyone who would listen about how EVIL coffee is, but then once she began preaching the gospel of the coffee enema, she started bringing home bags of ground beans from Peet’s. So I kind of put that one together.

Shelley, bless her little canine heart, later stole an entire bag of the evil housemate’s coffee and hid it in a remote area of the back yard. You go, little dog! I found it on a random patrol of the yard late one afternoon–which I was in the habit of doing once in a while both to clean up and to recover various dog toys–and I have to admit to you, my heart filled with love for this sensible, stand-up dog. What a great animal!

Shelley also once nabbed some pairs of this housemate’s dirty underwear from the clothes hamper and festooned them around the yard. The housemate was VERY, VERY angry, but I found it absolutely delightful.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3811 Kimberly Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:09:44 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3811 I have always considered myself open-minded... Now I consider myself "open to common sense" minded. Thanks for warning us about Berkley! ;) =:8 I have always considered myself open-minded… Now I consider myself “open to common sense” minded. Thanks for warning us about Berkley! ;)
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]]> By: Jennifer http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3806 Jennifer Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:06:27 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3806 You know, I realized - I never did get an answer about the coffee enemas. Are you holding off out of respect for your readers' delicate sensibilities? (Hint, I have none.) You know, I realized - I never did get an answer about the coffee enemas. Are you holding off out of respect for your readers’ delicate sensibilities? (Hint, I have none.)

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3805 Jennifer Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:34:46 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3805 Just for the record, I know the difference between "there" and "their." Whoops. Ah, so it's E.O. Wilson, not A.O. Wilson. I was wondering who A.O. is - internet searches for A.O. Wilson turn up a wholesale purveyor of foods - with no indication that he/she is branching out into breast milk. Kate - LOL Just for the record, I know the difference between “there” and “their.” Whoops.

Ah, so it’s E.O. Wilson, not A.O. Wilson. I was wondering who A.O. is - internet searches for A.O. Wilson turn up a wholesale purveyor of foods - with no indication that he/she is branching out into breast milk.

Kate - LOL

]]> By: Kate http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3796 Kate Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:01:41 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/02/22/b_files/#comment-3796 Either because of the grad student in me, or because the rest is too horrifying to contemplate for more than a few seconds, I am left marvelling at how thoroughly the breast-milk people must have exhausted the options for bucking convention. It's quite something, to resort to annointing EO Wilson the patron saint of a _left_-wing cause... Either because of the grad student in me, or because the rest is too horrifying to contemplate for more than a few seconds, I am left marvelling at how thoroughly the breast-milk people must have exhausted the options for bucking convention. It’s quite something, to resort to annointing EO Wilson the patron saint of a _left_-wing cause…

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