You worry too much. You obviously didn’t see the latest Star Trek flick. Black holes don’t make it through wormholes. Right? I mean, JJ Abrams knows his shit. I trust JJ Abrams. He made Alias, and Lost, and the Cloverfield puke-generator thing. He knows his shit.
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]]>( http://www.amazon.com/Now-You-Know-Book-Answers/dp/1550024612 ) I may be qualified to explain the origins of “get down to brass tacks… ” These books are very handy for people (including myself) who aren’t sure of the meaning behind what they say but yet still say things anyway…
(the first book in the series) Now You Know : the Book of Answers / Doug Lennox; Page 134:
“In the days of the general store, cloth came in bulk and was sold by the yard. The storekeeper, who quickly became an expert and measuring, often used the length of his arm as a measure of each yard being purchased. If the measurement was challenged, the seller would remeasure the cloth against two brass tacks embedded in the counter that were precisely a yard apart. The issue was therefore settled by getting down to those two brass tacks.”
]]>I’m embarrassed about the Ellen Page joke. I stand behind the comedy of it, but I typically want to bring roses and stuffed animals to my dates, and less typically express my desire to “wreck them”.
ON the other hand, I’ll make a joke about Jesus and not apologize, so this seems like a weird double standard. I’d wreck Jesus so hard he’d need an extra day at Easter.
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