Comments on: Cosmic ironies

By: Bookworm Room » Gun control supporters: they can count only the dead, not the living

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 20:36:02 +0000

[...] can be distilled to “that can’t happen here.” I’m sure that’s what my dad’s family thought, probably right up until they entered the gas [...]

By: Right Wing Nut House » THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN

Right Wing Nut House » THE COUNCIL HAS SPOKEN — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:01:49 +0000

[...] Watchers Council and the winner in the Council category is “Cosmic Ironies” by Bookworm Room. Finishing second was “The Human Touch” by Big [...]

By: Robin S.

Robin S. — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:08:40 +0000

I thought maybe I just misread part of the story. My dad’s maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother were married (after his parents were married, each of them had lost a parent, and their remaining parents were married), and I thought maybe that you were telling something similar and that I was somehow misunderstanding.

It is a fascinating story. Thank you for sharing it. Whenever people share stories like that, it makes me sorry I never asked my grandparents about their lives when I still had time.

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:42:51 +0000

You’re not confused, Robin S. I was confused. I call these “thinkos,” because they’re the brain blip equivalent of a typo. I stand corrected and I corrected it were it stood.

By: Robin S.

Robin S. — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:06:44 +0000

I’m confused. If Judith is your Maternal Grandmother (meaning your mother’s mother), then why do you describe her as having given birth to your FATHER?

Am I misunderstanding your use of the term here?

By: Dodgeblogium » Blog Archive » Conservative Party Conference…07

Dodgeblogium » Blog Archive » Conservative Party Conference…07 — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:41:37 +0000

[...] one of my own posts for consideration in the upcoming nominations process. Here is the most recent winning council post, here is the most recent winning non-council post, here is the list of results for the latest vote, [...]

By: Watcher’s results « Bookworm Room

Watcher’s results « Bookworm Room — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:00:42 +0000

[...] results are in at the Watcher’s Council and I have to admit to being pleased, since my post Cosmic Ironies came in first. This was the post in which I looked at my Dad’s family history in pre-WWII [...]

By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken!

The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » The Council Has Spoken! — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:43:18 +0000

[...] its picks for the most outstanding posts of the preceding week. The winning Council post was Bookworm Room’s post, “Cosmic Ironies”, a bit of family history. Second place honors went to Big [...]

By: The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Eye on the Watcher’s Council

The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Eye on the Watcher’s Council — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:56:22 +0000

[...] Bookworm Room, “Cosmic Ironies” [...]

By: Bookworm

Bookworm — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:29:13 +0000

Thanks, Soccer Dad. I guess it was just a Galician Jewish custom that stuck.