Thursday, June 07, 2007
'Cruller-nuts'
Ron visited the Harvard Coop last night for William Martin's promotion of his new book 'The Lost Constitution.' Apparently Martin mentioned a certain blog post about a gross historical inaccuracy in his novel. "I expected to get letters from the gun-nuts and the anti-gun nuts, but I never knew I'd hear from the cruller-nuts." ... Well, there's always a first. ... Confession: I'm indeed a cruller nut. I admit it. I can't help myself. ... FYI: I noticed the 'three decker' phrase too (see comments in first link). I personally use 'triple decker.' But I've also heard 'three decker' before. So I gave Bill a pass. ... FYI II: In my world, 'grinder' is used to describe a beefy sub, such as 'I'll have a meatball grinder.' The use of 'sub' implies deli meat, such as 'I'll have an Italian sub.' It's just my style. ...FYI III: Re Ron's question about why I don't have comments on Hub Blog. Answer: Ultimately, I don't have the time or inclination to monitor the comments section. Plus, I don't want crazed anti-cruller wingnuts taking over my site. ... FYI IV: I recommend Martin's book below. As I said, it's a fun and fast read. Good history too. Look at the discussion it's already started! ...
Ron visited the Harvard Coop last night for William Martin's promotion of his new book 'The Lost Constitution.' Apparently Martin mentioned a certain blog post about a gross historical inaccuracy in his novel. "I expected to get letters from the gun-nuts and the anti-gun nuts, but I never knew I'd hear from the cruller-nuts." ... Well, there's always a first. ... Confession: I'm indeed a cruller nut. I admit it. I can't help myself. ... FYI: I noticed the 'three decker' phrase too (see comments in first link). I personally use 'triple decker.' But I've also heard 'three decker' before. So I gave Bill a pass. ... FYI II: In my world, 'grinder' is used to describe a beefy sub, such as 'I'll have a meatball grinder.' The use of 'sub' implies deli meat, such as 'I'll have an Italian sub.' It's just my style. ...FYI III: Re Ron's question about why I don't have comments on Hub Blog. Answer: Ultimately, I don't have the time or inclination to monitor the comments section. Plus, I don't want crazed anti-cruller wingnuts taking over my site. ... FYI IV: I recommend Martin's book below. As I said, it's a fun and fast read. Good history too. Look at the discussion it's already started! ...
