Comments for People, Places & Things http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com my adventures in life and journalism Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on People: Senator Edward Kennedy 1932 ~ 2009 by Kel http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/people-senator-edward-kennedy/#comment-46 Kel Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:36:41 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-46 Very well said, Tia. I think all too often we hold public figures up to standards higher than those we hold ourselves to and while in a way we should, they too are real and this is comforting to me. It is worth so much to me that a person would persevere in the achievement of their goals despite personal stumbles rather than to bow out because of them. To me, heroic people are "real" and although Ted Kennedy was larger than life, his "realness" overshadowed that to me and he is definitely one of my heroes. Very well said, Tia. I think all too often we hold public figures up to standards higher than those we hold ourselves to and while in a way we should, they too are real and this is comforting to me. It is worth so much to me that a person would persevere in the achievement of their goals despite personal stumbles rather than to bow out because of them. To me, heroic people are “real” and although Ted Kennedy was larger than life, his “realness” overshadowed that to me and he is definitely one of my heroes.

]]> Comment on People: Charles Kessler Jr., In Memorium by shannonmullen http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/people-charles-kessler-jr-in-memorium/#comment-45 shannonmullen Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:44:12 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=993#comment-45 Of course! Absolutely! :) Of course! Absolutely! :)

]]> Comment on People: Charles Kessler Jr., In Memorium by Auntie Diana http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/people-charles-kessler-jr-in-memorium/#comment-44 Auntie Diana Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:46:41 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=993#comment-44 Shannon, This is lovely, Your Uncle Chuck would have enjoyed reading it. I'm going to print it out, if that is ok with you, and save for his grandsons to read some day when they start asking questions like What was papa like and tell me about papa. This will be one more story to tell. Thank you. Diana Shannon,
This is lovely, Your Uncle Chuck would have enjoyed reading it. I’m going to print it out, if that is ok with you, and save for his grandsons to read some day when they start asking questions like What was papa like and tell me about papa. This will be one more story to tell. Thank you.
Diana

]]> Comment on Things: Frozen Dessert Nomenclature by shannonmullen http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/things-frozen-dessert-nomenclature/#comment-36 shannonmullen Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:23:48 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=972#comment-36 Turns out Clinton wasn't the only Democratic President with affection for frozen custard: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/20/politics/main5100793.shtml Turns out Clinton wasn’t the only Democratic President with affection for frozen custard:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/20/politics/main5100793.shtml

]]> Comment on Things: Frozen Dessert Nomenclature by shannonmullen http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/things-frozen-dessert-nomenclature/#comment-35 shannonmullen Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:21:23 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=972#comment-35 This from Ethan's Uncle Jim, a resident of Milwaukee: "A recent article gave (gulp) the Chicago Worlds Fair credit for the invention of frozen custard. However, I don't know if they were referring to the Columbian Exposition in 1893 or the fair in 1933, but I think it was the former. The story was that it was brought back to Milwaukee where it became an institution. I don't buy the Coney Island connection; 1) NY claims everything and 2) if it was invented there, it would have stayed there. There are now frozen custard places on the East Coat - Obama just took the kids to one in VA operated by a transplanted Wisconsinite, daughter of a former congressman - but, in general, custard refers to soft-serve ice cream (or what we would call ice milk due to the lowered fat content) on the EC." This from Ethan’s Uncle Jim, a resident of Milwaukee:

“A recent article gave (gulp) the Chicago Worlds Fair credit for the invention of frozen custard. However, I don’t know if they were referring to the Columbian Exposition in 1893 or the fair in 1933, but I think it was the former. The story was that it was brought back to Milwaukee where it became an institution. I don’t buy the Coney Island connection; 1) NY claims everything and 2) if it was invented there, it would have stayed there. There are now frozen custard places on the East Coat – Obama just took the kids to one in VA operated by a transplanted Wisconsinite, daughter of a former congressman – but, in general, custard refers to soft-serve ice cream (or what we would call ice milk due to the lowered fat content) on the EC.”

]]> Comment on People, Things: Dollars and Sense… and Doggie Slippers by Rebecca Hanson http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/people-things-pet-spending/#comment-32 Rebecca Hanson Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:11:14 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=927#comment-32 My dogs loved their Jolly Ball. However, I didn't pay for it... It just showed up in our yard after the snowmelt one year. I had no idea they cost that much (I wonder who the stole it from?). My dogs loved their Jolly Ball. However, I didn’t pay for it… It just showed up in our yard after the snowmelt one year. I had no idea they cost that much (I wonder who the stole it from?).

]]> Comment on About Me by Kel http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/about/#comment-27 Kel Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:45:17 +0000 #comment-27 I am still following even though you are around the corner. I wish I had time to write a grocery list, so I am jealous. Someday I might write in a journal again...Love ya! I am still following even though you are around the corner. I wish I had time to write a grocery list, so I am jealous. Someday I might write in a journal again…Love ya!

]]> Comment on Things: Goodbye Winter by sharon http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/things-goodbye-winter/#comment-26 sharon Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:06:35 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=836#comment-26 i would tell you how **i** bid farewell to winter, only it would careen wildly past the bounds of decency into scandalous obscenity zone. and by the way, celebrating when the temp creeps above 40 degrees is insane. talk to me when we're hitting 78 degrees and sunny, girlfriend. c'mon. winter is evil. when will you new englanders get that through your snow-worshipping skulls??? but, um, other than that, i love how you wrote this. whistling froggies? very cool. i would tell you how **i** bid farewell to winter, only it would careen wildly past the bounds of decency into scandalous obscenity zone. and by the way, celebrating when the temp creeps above 40 degrees is insane. talk to me when we’re hitting 78 degrees and sunny, girlfriend. c’mon. winter is evil. when will you new englanders get that through your snow-worshipping skulls???

but, um, other than that, i love how you wrote this. whistling froggies? very cool.

]]> Comment on People, Places & Things: A Posthumous Lament for Deadwood by sdshspress http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/people-places-things-a-posthumous-lament-for-deadwood/#comment-23 sdshspress Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:22:16 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=700#comment-23 For a real look at Wild Bill's time in Deadwood, check out "Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane: Deadwood Legends," by James D. McLaird. For a real look at Wild Bill’s time in Deadwood, check out “Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane: Deadwood Legends,” by James D. McLaird.

]]> Comment on People, Things: America, [how] do you want your news? by Niall Brennan http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/people-things-america-how-do-you-want-your-news/#comment-22 Niall Brennan Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:41:59 +0000 http://shannonmullen.wordpress.com/?p=672#comment-22 Looks like Blogs are one of the outlets for Journalism in the future. Anybody and everybody can have a Blog and anyone can read it. The trick for a journalist is to figure out how to make money from it! I hope News Papers and magazines don’t all go away. I don’t want to live in a world where I have to go online to get news. I want to be able to read the paper on Sunday without going online! Looks like Blogs are one of the outlets for Journalism in the future. Anybody and everybody can have a Blog and anyone can read it. The trick for a journalist is to figure out how to make money from it!

I hope News Papers and magazines don’t all go away. I don’t want to live in a world where I have to go online to get news. I want to be able to read the paper on Sunday without going online!

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