Comments on: Chip’s Asleep at the Wheel http://www.edrants.com/chips-asleep-at-the-wheel/ a blog in ever-shifting standing Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sam http://www.edrants.com/chips-asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-980 Sam Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=471#comment-980 >the Mudville sandwich: corned beef, sauerkraut, >Swiss cheese and Russian dressing. Manny's Deli in Chicago serves a great Mudville sandwich. For some reason they insist on calling it a "Reuben." >the Mudville sandwich: corned beef, sauerkraut,
>Swiss cheese and Russian dressing.

Manny’s Deli in Chicago serves a great Mudville sandwich. For some reason they insist on calling it a “Reuben.”

]]> By: Ed http://www.edrants.com/chips-asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Ed Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=471#comment-981 No, no, my dear Jones of the Golden Rule. You should know by now that we are sophisticatedly speaking, and that a Reueben is said to be a Mudville sandwich only sometimes. Tut tut, it's the NY Times. No, no, my dear Jones of the Golden Rule. You should know by now that we are sophisticatedly speaking, and that a Reueben is said to be a Mudville sandwich only sometimes. Tut tut, it’s the NY Times.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.edrants.com/chips-asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-982 Sarah Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=471#comment-982 Tanenhaus doesn't take over till the 12th, I thought. And even then, I'll bet we won't see his "stamp" on the NYTBR for a few weeks afterwards, what with the lag rate on commission to publication. That being said, I hate it when the Passive Voice Meter (TM) explodes, as it did many times whilst reading these passages. Oh wait, there goes the PVM again... Tanenhaus doesn’t take over till the 12th, I thought. And even then, I’ll bet we won’t see his “stamp” on the NYTBR for a few weeks afterwards, what with the lag rate on commission to publication.

That being said, I hate it when the Passive Voice Meter (TM) explodes, as it did many times whilst reading these passages. Oh wait, there goes the PVM again…

]]> By: Ron http://www.edrants.com/chips-asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Ron Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=471#comment-983 Plus, does Tanenhaus even get to exercise control over the daily reviews? Shouldn't we just be blaming Keller or Erlanger for this? But, yeah, whoever thought "A bar by the railroad tracks is named Casey's" was better than, say, "There's a bar by the railroad tracks named Casey's" should be shot, unless there's some rule against "There is" in the NYT, which I don't think there is. Plus, does Tanenhaus even get to exercise control over the daily reviews? Shouldn’t we just be blaming Keller or Erlanger for this?

But, yeah, whoever thought “A bar by the railroad tracks is named Casey’s” was better than, say, “There’s a bar by the railroad tracks named Casey’s” should be shot, unless there’s some rule against “There is” in the NYT, which I don’t think there is.

]]> By: Bill Peschel http://www.edrants.com/chips-asleep-at-the-wheel/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Bill Peschel Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=471#comment-984 I researched the Casey story for an essay recently, and this is the first I've heard about him returning to Worcester and writing Casey there. The sources I read had him writing it at the Examiner, then quitting his post and returning East. I researched the Casey story for an essay recently, and this is the first I’ve heard about him returning to Worcester and writing Casey there. The sources I read had him writing it at the Examiner, then quitting his post and returning East.

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