Throwback Thursday: Feast Foods

Detail from Still Life with Meat, Fish, Vegetables, and Fruit

Back in the day we used to chow down on pigs feet using the bones as handles. And we didn't care if butterflies landed on them, either.

Quote of the Day: 31 January 2019

“We’re all stuck here for a while, so let’s try to work it out.” -Jonathan Haidt

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 30 January 2019

This week's selection from the log of local police activity brings us a tale of misuse of emergency resources.

Friday, Jan. 18
• A man called 9-1-1 to report a vehicle blocking his driveway. As officers were tied up with another incident, the man again called 9-1-1 to report that a man was slumped over inside the vehicle. When an officer arrived and found the vehicle empty, the man advised he had made up the story to get a faster response. Police provided a stern lecture about misuse of emergency dispatch, after which the unhappy man then called 9-1-1 to complain about the officer. In total, the man called 9-1-1 five times regarding a parking issue that was resolved by knocking on the neighbor's door. He was arrested.

If you're too stupid to figure it out after having it explained to you, perhaps you're not cut out for polite society.

Quote of the Day: 30 January 2019

“I fell off my shoes. … I wasn’t even in high heels.” -My Sister
[No link. This was from a private conversation.]

Quote of the Day: 29 January 2019

“The horizons of human potential are expanding with each new generation.” -Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Quote of the Day: 28 January 2019

“[S]ometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a person who is in the process of changing.” -Dalinar Kholin, Oathbringer

Bonus Quote of the Day: 27 January 2019

“[A]fter all, what are birthdays? Here today and gone tomorrow.” -Eeyore

Quote of the Day: 27 January 2019

“The Lord is with us, mindful of us and blessing us in ways only He can do.” -Ronald A. Rasband

Quote of the Day: 26 January 2019

“[W]hen you’re falling off the cliff, it’s too late to wonder if there might have been a better way up the mountain…” -Sam Vimes, Night Watch

Quote of the Day: 25 January 2019

“The ability of the human mind to rationalize to itself should not be under-estimated.” -Thomas Sowell

Throwback Thursday: Reading Garnered an Audience

Detail from Le livre des trois vertus

There was a time when reading was so important that you could get an audience just to do it. One that included at least four royals, and several other people as well. Sadly, we've moved to a different idea of important things these days.

Quote of the Day: 24 January 2019

“Moral responsibility is an individual matter, not a social matter.” -Milton Friedman

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 23 January 2019

The selection from the log of local police activity this week is about religious bigotry.

Friday, Jan. 11*A caller reported that neighbor children were in danger because their parents were practicing Mormons.

I would like to know a little more about how this call went. I do hope they were told that this was not grounds for concern about the children.

Quote of the Day: 23 January 2019

“Longevity remains a hallmark of John M. Browning’s designs. His timeless M1911 pistol is more widely used today than ever, and ‘Ma Deuce,’ dating from 1921, shows no signs of retiring.” -Barrett Tillman
[Happy commemoration of the birthday of John M. Browning.]

Quote of the Day: 22 January 2019

“It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.” -Salvor Hardin, Foundation

Quote of the Day: 21 January 2019

“Horror and terror lurk behind the walls provided so wisely by our ancestors. We tear them down at our peril.” -Jordan Peterson

Quote of the Day: 20 January 2019

“As you help children of God in their troubles, your own troubles will seem lighter. Your faith and your hope will be strengthened.” -Henry B. Eyring

Quote of the Day: 19 January 2019

“[W]hat you can do is often simply a matter of what you will do.” -Reason, The Phantom Tollbooth

Quote of the Day: 18 January 2019

“[O]ne does have to learn to look at art. But it’s up to the artist to use language that can be understood.” -Jubal Harshaw, Stranger in a Strange Land

Throwback Thursday: Smug Killer

Detail from The Martyrdom of Saint Denis

The look on this guy's face is priceless. He's so pleased with himself after hacking off the heads of those two guys down below. He seems confident that he will not face any problems over this.

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 17 January 2019

The selection from the log of local police activity for this week is about someone I'd rather not meet.

Tuesday, Jan. 8*A caller reported a man at the local library with his pants down. Police contacted the man, who denied dropping his trousers but admitted to urinating in the driveway. He was advised to use a restroom next time. Police later arrested the man after he was found at a location from which he had previously been banned, enjoying some Chinese food he neglected to pay for.

 I don't know what to say about this. It's just so bad I don't want to think about it anymore.

Quote of the Day: 17 January 2019

“Just because something is a ‘good idea’ doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for the government to run, manage or subsidize.” -Nick Freitas

Quote of the Day: 16 January 2019

“Mothers just don’t understand about scars.” -Patrick F. McManus

Quote of the Day: 15 January 2019

“You don’t get to dictate, judge and punish other people’s lives because they offended you … [and] you don’t feel they have suffered enough.” -William Shatner

Quote of the Day: 14 January 2019

“It’s wholly unethical for anyone to work a majority of the year just to give their money to the government.” -Dan Crenshaw

Quote of the Day: 13 January 2019

“He loves you with a love you cannot even begin to comprehend. Like the devoted sheepdog, the Lord will stay on the mountain to protect you through the wind, rainstorms, snow, and more.” -Gary E. Stevens

Quote of the Day: 12 January 2019

“To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” -Lady Bracknell

Quote of the Day: 11 January 2019

“The beliefs which we have most warrant for, have no safeguard to rest on, but a standing invitation to the whole world to prove them unfounded.” -John Stuart Mill

Throwback Thursday: Interesting Head Wear

Detail from Das Leiden unsers Herren Jhesu Christi

These folks made some bold choices in head wear. The dude with two plumed wings on a high domed hat immediately grabs your attention, but then you see the bloke with the conical hat standing next to the guy with the green bulb on his head. They must be something like the three leaders of head wear fashion in their day.

Quote of the Day: 10 January 2019

“[I]f we fail, I’d rather fail really hugely. All or nothing[.]” -Moist Von Lipwig, Going Postal

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 9 January 2019

This week's selection from the log of local police activity is a bit confusing.

Thursday, Jan. 3• A caller reported that they had used the restroom at a local museum and had been locked inside the building.

I am only aware of one museum in town, but I haven't been there. I am unsure how you get locked inside it though. It's a small museum, and I wouldn't expect a docent to forget how many people were inside, or lose track of someone who had gone to the restroom. Acceptable reason to call the police though. As long as they called the nonemergency line though.

Quote of the Day: 9 January 2019

“The world doesn’t need another technically perfect photograph. The world needs another photograph with the passion to move the viewer.” -Moose Peterson

Quote of the Day: 8 January 2019

“The only free cheese is in the mouse trap.” -@BruceThompson51

Quote of the Day: 7 January 2019

“If you never push yourself beyond your comfort zone, you will never improve.” -Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Quote of the Day: 6 January 2019

“The methods of science lead us to what we call scientific truth. But ‘scientific truth’ is not the whole of life.” -Dallin H. Oaks

Quote of the Day: 5 January 2019

“I just want to be left alone for 12 to 16 hours a day. Is that too much to ask?” -@steve_jorbz

Quote of the Day: 4 January 2019

“Knowledge is one of the scarcest of all resources in any economy, and the insight distilled from knowledge is even more scarce.” -Thomas Sowell

Throwback Thursday: Whispered Secret

Detail from Procession of the Magi

I think this guy's asking what is up with the other dude's hat. But he really doesn't have much ground to stand on. He's chilling with a red skull cap on.

Quote of the Day: 3 January 2019

“The test of all knowledge is experiment. Experiment is the sole judge of scientific ‘truth.’” -Richard Feynman

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 2 January 2019

This week's selection from the log of local police activity is a tale about a football move against a snowman.

Saturday, Dec. 22• A man reported two men had parked in front of his house and that one ran toward his 6-foot-tall inflatable snowman, tackled it, put it in the car and drove away. Security footage was obtained and officers are investigating.

I am unsure what the motivation to steal a Christmas inflatable would be, let alone why you would have to tackle one. I can understand the motivation of the victim in calling the police, but I suspect the police have more important matters to attend to.

Quote of the Day: 2 January 2019

“It felt good to be released from partisan anger. And once I was no longer angry, I was no longer committed to reaching the conclusion that righteous anger demands: we are right, they are wrong.” -Jonathan Haidt

Quote of the Day: 1 January 2019

“You are different. That does not make you less.” -Bernard, Academ’s Fury