Comments for http://crankyyankees.net/blog Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on My Favorite Coolidge Story by John http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=160&cpage=1#comment-178 John Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:21:44 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=160#comment-178 Fantastic, Jim. My favorite line: "My wife says she’s nearly blind, but she’s just made a maple leaf quilt that’s good-looking work for a blind woman." Fantastic, Jim. My favorite line: “My wife says she’s nearly blind, but she’s just made a maple leaf quilt that’s good-looking work for a blind woman.”

]]> Comment on by Carl Anthony Online http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-177 Carl Anthony Online Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:22:47 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=63#comment-177 Jim - Your great dry wit is evident all over this site.....I checked your schedule and alas....you've no forthcoming trips to Los Angeles. Hope to see you soon again, emphasis on soon.....this is a handsome website by the way. Jim – Your great dry wit is evident all over this site…..I checked your schedule and alas….you’ve no forthcoming trips to Los Angeles. Hope to see you soon again, emphasis on soon…..this is a handsome website by the way.

]]> Comment on Now, Don’t Quote Me On This! by Jimcooke http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=144&cpage=1#comment-171 Jimcooke Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:06:37 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=144#comment-171 It is disappointing to get so few "comments" - No doubt it is a pain in the nether regions to log in and comment. The title of this entry: "Now, don't quote me on this" spins off the Coolidge press conference. "Silent Cal" held more presidential press conferences than any other president. Reporters could not quote him directly. However, he would provide considerable background information. It may be he saw where direct quotation would lead. To a cat and many mouse game where reporters try to get the president to say something stupid and - that - Then becomes the lead story for the day. In other words: The modern presidential press conference. It is disappointing to get so few “comments” – No doubt it is a pain in the nether regions to log in and comment.
The title of this entry: “Now, don’t quote me on this” spins off the Coolidge press conference. “Silent Cal” held more presidential press conferences than any other president. Reporters could not quote him directly. However, he would provide considerable background information. It may be he saw where direct quotation would lead. To a cat and many mouse game where reporters try to get the president to say something stupid and – that – Then becomes the lead story for the day. In other words: The modern presidential press conference.

]]> Comment on Arctic Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson Met Calvin Coolidge by Jimcooke http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=122&cpage=1#comment-164 Jimcooke Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:29:23 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=122#comment-164 The correction is made while noting that President Andrew Jackson said: "It is a poor man who knows but one way to spell a word." The correction is made while noting that President Andrew Jackson said: “It is a poor man who knows but one way to spell a word.”

]]> Comment on Arctic Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson Met Calvin Coolidge by Stefan http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=122&cpage=1#comment-163 Stefan Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:16:36 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=122#comment-163 That's a lovely post, Jim. My father would request that you to spell Stef's name thus: Stefansson (son of Stefan in the Icelandic). There's much more of Resa's art at http://resablatman.com That’s a lovely post, Jim. My father would request that you to spell Stef’s name thus: Stefansson (son of Stefan in the Icelandic).

There’s much more of Resa’s art at http://resablatman.com

]]> Comment on George Washington by Jani Carrow http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=21&cpage=1#comment-160 Jani Carrow Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:02:01 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=21#comment-160 Simply AMAZING! The design is great. I bet :devjark: would love this! Simply AMAZING! The design is great. I bet :devjark: would love this!

]]> Comment on A COOLIDGE CENTENNIAL by Lauren Bates http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=14&cpage=1#comment-155 Lauren Bates Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:13:16 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=14#comment-155 8-) Just to let you know that I got an address to your text from Themelis Cuiper's SocialGarden Biz cases of socialadvertising & sme - you are doing a great job as he provides a hyperlink to you. 8-) Just to let you know that I got an address to your text from Themelis Cuiper’s SocialGarden Biz cases of socialadvertising & sme – you are doing a great job as he provides a hyperlink to you.

]]> Comment on by Jim http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-108 Jim Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:54:43 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=63#comment-108 Of course, you are right. My brother died July 11, too. I don't know what I was thinking; it would seem I wasn't thinking. Thank you! Of course, you are right. My brother died July 11, too. I don’t know what I was thinking; it would seem I wasn’t thinking. Thank you!

]]> Comment on by Stefan Cooke http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=63&cpage=1#comment-107 Stefan Cooke Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:46:11 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=63#comment-107 My father died 11 July, not April, and it'll be the 22nd anniversary this year (d. 1989). I thought he would hold out til the bicentenary of Bastille Day, but it wasn't to be. He was also very interested in dates and synchronicity. My father died 11 July, not April, and it’ll be the 22nd anniversary this year (d. 1989). I thought he would hold out til the bicentenary of Bastille Day, but it wasn’t to be. He was also very interested in dates and synchronicity.

]]> Comment on “Reagan’s Heroes” by Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=58&cpage=1#comment-105 Gwendolyn Quezaire-Presutti Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:25:36 +0000 http://crankyyankees.net/blog/?p=58#comment-105 Reading about this program has inspired me to create a similar event, with women - abolitionists women antebellum America, whether they supported the movement directly or indirectly. My passion is to bring to the public a rich portrayal of historical characters through interactive dramatization - bring history to life at museums, historic sites, and other public venues of a wide array of previously untapped primary sources. I recently performed at the Norman Rockwell Museum - "I Can't Die but Once." Harriet Tubman Civil War. I incorporated an audience member into the program, by having him read a letter that Bvt. Brig General Rufus Saxton a friend of Harriet Tubman. Found out that he was a relative of the General. During the Q/A another man stood open and thank me for including his relative - great-great-great grandfather, he responed by saying, "I feel so proud of my grandfather that he was a friend of Harriet and I thank you for bringing it out," - Wow...that made it all worth while! So I include the audience in the performance with several of my characters and found this to be most valuable. Not all my characters, but the ones where it makes the most sense to do so and have a positive impact on the performance. Reading about this program has inspired me to create a similar event, with women – abolitionists women antebellum America, whether they supported the movement directly or indirectly. My passion is to bring to the public a rich portrayal of historical characters through interactive dramatization – bring history to life at museums, historic sites, and other public venues of a wide array of previously untapped primary sources.

I recently performed at the Norman Rockwell Museum – “I Can’t Die but Once.” Harriet Tubman Civil War. I incorporated an audience member into the program, by having him read a letter that Bvt. Brig General Rufus Saxton a friend of Harriet Tubman. Found out that he was a relative of the General. During the Q/A another man stood open and thank me for including his relative – great-great-great grandfather, he responed by saying, “I feel so proud of my grandfather that he was a friend of Harriet and I thank you for bringing it out,” – Wow…that made it all worth while!

So I include the audience in the performance with several of my characters and found this to be most valuable. Not all my characters, but the ones where it makes the most sense to do so and have a positive impact on the performance.

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