More Bunny Madness!

[capri0mni]

The other day (in a friends-only post), I made a reference to Jimmy Carter's unnatural fear of Bunny Rabbits. And then, I realized that a large portion of my f'list were not yet out of toddlerhood (if they were born at all) at the time of that infamous kerfuffle. In any case, they were too young to be watching Saturday Night Live and The Tonight Show with Johny Carson, so they probably wouldn't remember all the jokes flying around back then.

So, for your enlightenment, amusement, and (for us old fogeys, at least) nostalgia, I hereby present: THE STRAIGHT DOPE: "What was the deal with Jimmy Carter and the killer rabbit?" (see, it's not just my private craziness at work).

Oh, and I also updated my interests lists last night, adding, in alphabetical order:

• anapestic tetrameter


• chaucer


• edward hicks


• georgia o'keefe


• iambic pentameter
(this was right after I talked to Dad about how much easier it is to compose and remember lines in iambic pentameter than it is to compose and remember random prose)

• literary criticism


• live theater


• long conversations
(I inherited a 'babbling gene' from my maternal grandmother)

• mondrian


• museums
and

• tree-hugging

I thought I'd also added, but apparently forgot:

• christine de pizan
, and

• virginia woolf

So I added those just now.

But the most shocking thing? Of all the 10,615,324 LJ's out there (individuals and communities combined) only 4 users and 1 community list "Anapestic tetrameter" as an intererst! People, people, people! This is the meter of "T'was the Night Before Christmas" and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Okay, so it's got a funny name -- but, but, but -- it's one of the most common (and jolly, danceable) meters out there. I thought there'd be at least a dozen folks in LJ Land who like it.

go figure.

Comments

[leenah.livejournal.com]

i remember the 'Paws' editorial cartoon.

i like being old. it means i have history. i LOVE history.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Yeah, me too. :-)

[scarfman]

I was nineteen at the time and I don't remember the incident. The cartoon, maybe, which suggests I was cognizant of it all at the time. But now? No.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Well, you have a lot more to think about, now... there are many more important things to think about than mad bunnies.

Of course, we had a record of Tom Paxton songs, and he did a satirical song about the incident. And songs, you know, are great mnemonics.

[narm00.livejournal.com]

OT, but it just occurred to me.

Don't know if you've come across an author called Diane Duane before, but if you haven't, I think you might like reading her. She's a sci-fi/fantasy writer; reading her work reminds me rather strongly of the feel I get when reading your stuff.

If you're interested, check out her website at http://www.dianeduane.com, and see where you go from there.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

Well, it's not completely OT; I did add writers and artists I enjoy to my list.

Thanks for the recommendation!

[pedanther]

I suspect that there are many people who like anapestic tetrameter, but don't have a clue what it's called. Or who like everything they hear in anapestic tetrameter, but wouldn't think to single out the meter as one of the reasons why.

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

All you say is very true, and I thought I was taking all that into account. But 4 out of 10,615,324 is less than 0.0000005%

Maybe if I removed the "tetrameter" qualifier...