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In the New Yorker...
southendmd:
I learned a new word: oysgezoomt, meaning tired of zooming.
As in: "Ich bin azoy oysgezoomt", or, "I'm so tired or zooming!"
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: southendmd on May 10, 2020, 03:40:34 pm ---I learned a new word: oysgezoomt, meaning tired of zooming.
As in: "Ich bin azoy oysgezoomt", or, "I'm so tired or zooming!"
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Handy! :D
I'm not oysgezoomt in terms of Zoom itself. But I'm oysgezoomt as an alternative to persönlich sprechen. Or rather, geredt in mentsh, גערעדט אין מענטש.
Front-Ranger:
These COVID-related articles get tiresome. I'm sorry but I wasn't able to finish the profile of Dr. Fauci. There have been some really good illustrations and photos.
How refreshing it was to read Bill Buford's article "Good Bread" about being a baker's apprentice in Lyon, France, in the April 13 issue. It's one that came while I was in Arizona. It's nice to have a couple of unread issues to fall back on because the latest issue was one I dispatched in less than an hour. Sometimes the articles and my mood just don't synch.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 15, 2020, 11:33:08 am ---These COVID-related articles get tiresome. I'm sorry but I wasn't able to finish the profile of Dr. Fauci.
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See, that one fascinated me--because I remember how important he was in fighting the AIDS epidemic. If anybody could get us through this current plague it would be him--if it weren't for the politicians. I thank God he's still with us.
Some of these articles, like the Buford, must have been in the pipeline for some time. With people dying by the thousands, who cares that he learned to bake bread in France?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 15, 2020, 01:22:45 pm ---See, that one fascinated me--because I remember how important he was in fighting the AIDS epidemic. If anybody could get us through this current plague it would be him--if it weren't for the politicians. I thank God he's still with us.
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Unsurprisingly as I was less personally affected, I don't remember him from that. But similar thoughts were expressed by a guy I know on Nextdoor. com -- a gay man, really intelligent, one of the few sensible voices when the Nextdoor discussions get loony.
Have you heard that Fauci is considered kind of a heartthrob these days? Practically up there with Sam Elliott in the (very small) hot geezer club. And you probably heard (or saw) that SNL cast Brad Pitt to play him.
--- Quote ---Some of these articles, like the Buford, must have been in the pipeline for some time. With people dying by the thousands, who cares that he learned to bake bread in France?[/font][/size]
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I probably won't read it; I've left Buford books unfinished that were on subjects I'm more interested in. I don't know why; I've heard avid recommendations for them, and what I have read is well-written and mildly entertaining. But learning to bake fancy bread wouldn't interest me personally, virus or no.
However, a lot of people are making bread lately, so having the piece ready to run now is probably serendipitous.
It's interesting to think what articles they may still have in the pipeline but are holding for now. "The Benefits of Hugging a Total Stranger," for instance.
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