The WELL: inkwell.vue.424: Alex Pareene, "A Tea People's History"

#57: Gail Williams (gail) Fri 27 Apr 12 15:26

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:26:00 PDT

(It's next Friday, it turns out, but the link is still good and questions are still desired) [Read entire topic]

#56: Gail Williams (gail) Thu 26 Apr 12 12:34

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:34:00 PDT

Alex has a new e-book, "the Rude Guide to Mitt," and I am passing along his note that he is doing a free live chat event tomorrow to talk about the funniest facts about Romney. (You can submit questions ahead of time then look at the chat transcript later, if you want to be asynchronous about it.)

http://poweredby.sparcplug.com/chat/?caid=bW9kSWQ9Mzg2JmlkPTE1OQ== [Read entire topic]

#55: Mark McDonough (mcdee) Fri 11 Nov 11 07:13

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:13:00 PST

Mine too. We'll fit right in on trivia night and the Boomer old folks home. [Read entire topic]

#54: those Andropovian bongs (rik) Thu 10 Nov 11 18:14

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:14:00 PST

Megan Marshak. Weird. I can't remeber what I had for breakfast, but her name came immediately to mind. [Read entire topic]

#53: Mark McDonough (mcdee) Thu 10 Nov 11 17:38

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:38:00 PST

The big rumor was that he was poisoned, as I recall.

Nelson Rockefeller, on the other hand died happy, but not in Happy. [Read entire topic]

#52: Earl Crabb (esoft) Thu 10 Nov 11 16:56

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:56:00 PST

> rumor that he died while... > romancing a mistress

You might be thinking of Gov. Nelson Rockefeller.

There were plenty of rumors...murder, suicide, etc., but he died in San Francisco, far from his mistress, Nan Britton. [Read entire topic]

#51: Gail Williams (gail) Thu 10 Nov 11 14:59

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:59:00 PST

Thanks! Best luck with the e-book sales! [Read entire topic]

#50: Alex Pareene (pareene) Thu 10 Nov 11 14:46

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:46:00 PST

Mark is of course right about Harding, though the only thing I recall having learned about him in school was the rumor that he died while... romancing a mistress. (I learned this from a nerdy friend, not a textbook).

Thanks everyone! [Read entire topic]

#49: Julie Sherman (julieswn) Thu 10 Nov 11 06:50

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:50:00 PST

I want to thank Alex, Mark and everyone else who contributed to this conversation over the past two weeks. Inkwell.vue turns its attention to a new conversation today, however, as always, this topic will remain open indefinitely for any further comments or discussion.

Thanks again for an interesting discussion. [Read entire topic]

#48: Mark McDonough (mcdee) Wed 9 Nov 11 17:47

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:47:00 PST

Yes, but at least it wasn't brie...

I keep hoping we'll get populism without the insanity that generally seems to come with it.

Harding seemed grotesquely incompetent, but also seems to have been a fairly nice guy - and perhaps not entirely aware of what a bunch of crooks he was hanging out with. In addition to his racial tolerance, he also freed Eugene Debs, who had been imprisoned for general insolence by Woodrow Wilson. [Read entire topic]