Motus Mentis

14 Comments

1. TheBigHenry says

   This course, offered at Emerson, stands out, so to speak:

   “Puppetry”. “The course culminates in the construction of puppets for in-class presentations,” which is really all you need to know. Plus, puppets are pretty popular right now. I’ll be the first to say it: This class will make you a hit with the ladies.

   “A hit with the ladies”, indeed. Especially the section on meat puppets!

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 12:30 am | Permalink
2. Kevin Kim says

   I’m reminded of “Being John Malkovich.”

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 1:43 am | Permalink
3. Horace Jeffery Hodges says

   Relax, folks. With their advanced degrees, these graduates can all go into the service industry . . .

   Jeffery Hodges

   * * *

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 2:41 pm | Permalink
4. AR says

   Off topic, but I was just curious….if you don’t mind answering, do you have any Jewish ancestry?

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 5:06 pm | Permalink
5. Malcolm says

   I do not. My mother was born and raised in Scotland, and her lineage is Scottish back to the dawn of time. (Clan Cawdor of Campbell, to be specific: I was named for Malcolm, Thane of Cawdor, an ancestor.)

   My father was raised in London, and his roots are Cornish, Welsh, and Scottish (our family name, I just found out a few years ago, is actually Pollock, not Pollack — the spelling change was a mistake that was made, and stuck, when we all entered the US in 1956).

   So — not Jewish at all. Celtic through and through. I am, however, an unapologetic supporter of Israel.

   My turn now: if you don’t mind answering, are you perhaps associated with the JDL?

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 5:26 pm | Permalink
6. AR says

   I am Jewish and do participate in some Jewish organizations, but the JDL is not one of them.

   I thought you might be Jewish from your surname.

   Anyway, I appreciate the blog and your support for Israel.

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 6:09 pm | Permalink
7. the one eyed man says

   I saw the headline and thought that you were making an about-face on global warming.

   To quote Rick Perry: oops.

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 7:34 pm | Permalink
8. TheBigHenry says

   I thought you were Polish, Malcolm. “Polak” means “Polish man” (in Polish), “Polka” being the feminine of “Polak”, meaning “Polish woman”.

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 7:59 pm | Permalink
9. Malcolm says

   Yes, I knew that about “Polak”, of course. (You don’t get to be 55 years old with my last name without finding these things out.) A lot of Polish immigrants with unpronounceable surnames ended up just being “Pollack” once they had passed through Ellis Island.

   The Scottish name “Pollock” has something to do with a Gaelic word meaning “pool”, and is also a variant of the name “Polk”.

   Posted December 8, 2011 at 9:23 pm | Permalink
10. Malcolm says

    Sorry, AR. There’s a fellow with your name who is associated with the JDL in LA; I thought you might be him.

    Posted December 8, 2011 at 9:29 pm | Permalink
11. Malcolm says

    Peter: ha!

    Posted December 8, 2011 at 9:31 pm | Permalink
12. TheBigHenry says

    Mike Krzyzewski’s name is not hard to pronounce; it rhymes with “bike”.

    Posted December 9, 2011 at 12:05 am | Permalink
13. Malcolm says

    Surnames, Henry.

    Posted December 9, 2011 at 12:09 am | Permalink
14. TheBigHenry says

    Yeah, yeah … That’s why they call him Coach K.

    Posted December 9, 2011 at 12:30 am | Permalink