Comments on: Every Once in a While You Have to Laugh Out Loud! http://www.tedstake.com/2009/07/20/every-once-in-a-while-you-have-to-laugh-out-loud/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:26:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed http://www.tedstake.com/2009/07/20/every-once-in-a-while-you-have-to-laugh-out-loud/#comment-17305 Ed Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:41:51 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=4431#comment-17305 A great headline Ted. A friend of mine has a shirt with that on it and wore it to the Kentucky Derby back in 2002. A great headline Ted. A friend of mine has a shirt with that on it and wore it to the Kentucky Derby back in 2002.

]]> By: expo http://www.tedstake.com/2009/07/20/every-once-in-a-while-you-have-to-laugh-out-loud/#comment-17304 expo Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:08:35 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=4431#comment-17304 wtf-when did we land on the moon.... in 69... how'd i miss that 10 cents for a newspaper-such a deal wtf-when did we land on the moon…. in 69… how’d i miss that

10 cents for a newspaper-such a deal

]]> By: sonic http://www.tedstake.com/2009/07/20/every-once-in-a-while-you-have-to-laugh-out-loud/#comment-17303 sonic Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:28:34 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=4431#comment-17303 kind of sad how "if we can land on the moon, then..." has long remained short hand for, "as americans we can do anything" even though that feat was achieved *last century* (and the middle of last century at that!) might as well retort: "if we can broadcast air waves that can be transformed into the sound of my voice, then..." but we do need a fresh, enormous, far-reaching goal that focuses us all on a single point and more than for a figuratively collective moment. in our fractured existence where everything is micro-sliced into ever-longer segmented tails and americans are being teased away from collective experiences by the alluring appeal of time-shifting this and instant-access that, we might do well to find something big that - with its implausibility alone - the moon landing is put in its rightful place, on the shelf of history next to the first radio broadcast and other galactic achievements. (and, like tesla's wireless first, maybe we don't even need an american idea, just a good one) kind of sad how “if we can land on the moon, then…” has long remained short hand for, “as americans we can do anything” even though that feat was achieved *last century* (and the middle of last century at that!)

might as well retort: “if we can broadcast air waves that can be transformed into the sound of my voice, then…”

but we do need a fresh, enormous, far-reaching goal that focuses us all on a single point and more than for a figuratively collective moment. in our fractured existence where everything is micro-sliced into ever-longer segmented tails and americans are being teased away from collective experiences by the alluring appeal of time-shifting this and instant-access that, we might do well to find something big that – with its implausibility alone – the moon landing is put in its rightful place, on the shelf of history next to the first radio broadcast and other galactic achievements.

(and, like tesla’s wireless first, maybe we don’t even need an american idea, just a good one)

]]> By: dave http://www.tedstake.com/2009/07/20/every-once-in-a-while-you-have-to-laugh-out-loud/#comment-17302 dave Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:20:21 +0000 http://www.tedstake.com/?p=4431#comment-17302 This might be the funniest thing I have ever seen! This might be the funniest thing I have ever seen!

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