{"id":1301,"date":"2010-04-17T23:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-18T03:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/04\/17\/saturday-night-luftmensch\/"},"modified":"2010-04-17T23:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-18T03:31:00","slug":"saturday-night-luftmensch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2010\/04\/17\/saturday-night-luftmensch\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday night &#8211; Luftmensch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pBlogBody_532954913\" class=\"blogContent\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t    So.. I may have overreacted to my last 4 weeks of insane business. I did absolutely nothing today. (ok.. I distilled a bunch of moonshine) but It&#8217;s 7:30 at night and I&#8217;m still in my jammies !.. I took two naps.. and I think I was only outside once.. (to go get my &#8216;still in the lab).\u00a0\u00a0 I actully spent 20 mintues lying between the dogs staring at the ceilign not thinking <i>about anything <\/i>!<\/p>\n<p>I did discover a new word today from my word-a-day calendar.. &#8220;Luftmensch&#8221; . it means <\/p>\n<div id=\"mwEntryData\">\n<div>Main Entry: <strong>luft\u00b7mensch<\/strong> <input type=\"button\" class=\"au\" title=\"Listen to the pronunciation of luftmensch\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Pronunciation: <span class=\"pr\">..<span class=\"unicode\">\u02c8<\/span>l<span class=\"unicode\">u\u0307<\/span>ft-<span class=\"unicode\">\u02cc<\/span>men(t)sh..<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Function:  <em>noun<\/em> <\/div>\n<div>Inflected Form(s):  <em>plural<\/em> <strong>luft\u00b7mensch\u00b7en<\/strong> <input type=\"button\" class=\"au\" title=\"Listen to the pronunciation of luftmenschen\" \/><span class=\"pr\">..-<span class=\"unicode\">\u02cc<\/span>men(t)-sh\u0259n..<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Etymology: Yiddish <em>luftmentsh,<\/em> from <em>luft<\/em> air + <em>mentsh<\/em> human being<\/div>\n<div>Date: 1907<\/div>\n<p class=\"d\"> <strong>:<\/strong> an impractical contemplative person having no definite <font size=\"undefined\" style=\"border-bottom: 0.075em solid darkgreen ! important; font-weight: normal ! important; font-size: 100% ! important; text-decoration: underline ! important; padding-bottom: 1px ! important; color: darkgreen ! important; background-color: transparent ! important; background-image: none; padding-top: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt;\" class=\"iAs\">business<\/font> or income<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s just <u>so<\/u> me today !<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"361\" src=\"http:\/\/c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com\/images02\/112\/l_ba2958fad49c42009e1a6bf90b9efd30.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<p>Well.. to all my fellow luftmenschenkeit .(If I have my yiddish plurals right) . have a wonderfully\u00a0 inactive evening !<\/p>\n<p>nte all, nite Sam<br \/>-me<\/p>\n<p>ps. Oh.. my friend Andy sent me this hilarious video called &#8216;Drunken History&#8217;,. about Nikola Tesla.. A guy gets sick drunk and tells the story of the Tesla\/Edison war of the currents. it&#8217;s very funny.. and very gross (excreta and foul langage). Be forwarned.. \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" height=\"385\" width=\"640\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\"><\/param><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"internal\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1T5gQHa2pq4&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So.. I may have overreacted to my last 4 weeks of insane business. I did absolutely nothing today. (ok.. I distilled a bunch of moonshine) but It&#8217;s 7:30 at night and I&#8217;m still in my jammies !.. I took two naps.. and I think I was only outside once.. 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