Atlatls! Hot damn!
Posted by Lanea on Monday, November 14th, 2005
Atlatls in the news: Pennsylvania May Let Hunters Use Prehistoric Weapon Hot damn! I think that’s our very own atlatl-Bob they’re talking to. Hooo-weeeee. He makes the darts and atlatls we all use. And he’s also been known to be a flax-pusher.
Atlatls in the hollers: Scott kills one mean box Hot damn! That cardboard box never saw it coming. Thanks to Mike and Tara for the film. I was too busy staring and knitting to take any movies.
And, if you’re so inclined, take a look at the poetry book club Rachel and I are gearing up to start: Eating Poetry. Um, there are no atlatls involved, but the poetry promises to be good, and we are likely to learn a thing or two about a thing or two. And we’re starting with Nuala and Berryman. So hot damn all over again.
Filed in blather | 3 responses so far
Rachelon 15 Nov 2005 at 11:33 am 1Yeah, what she said. Except for about the prehistoric tools. I don’t know squat about prehistoric tools. But that John Berryman can write.
Um, hot damn?
laneaon 15 Nov 2005 at 11:37 am 2Rachel, you’ll get comfortable saying “Hot Damn!” as soon as we get you some White Lightning to you there in Illinois. Don’t worry, your vision will return after a little while. I mean, mine always does.
Rachelon 21 Nov 2005 at 11:08 am 3Okay, so I’m listening to Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me on NPR last night. (Do you have this in Fairfax? It’s put out by our local NPR station–it’s a weekly news quiz show that’s really funny). And guess what, one of the questions was about the Pennsylvania atlatl thing. After the question, they were joking about it, and Peter Segal, the host, joked, “In response, local deer have applied for permission to grow giant tusks.” If you don’t know Peter Segal’s voice you have to imagine this being said in a really official sounding NPR news voice with only the slightest amount of levity.