tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post4307848476005836458..comments2023-12-19T03:38:23.085-05:00Comments on Note to self:: Cultural blind spotsTeaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09459066358653082806noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-85598861977871532902008-09-03T11:12:00.000-04:002008-09-03T11:12:00.000-04:00Traumatic Sandwich Experience is an excellent band...Traumatic Sandwich Experience is an excellent band name.<BR/><BR/>It is interesting that you've erased sandwiches from your childhood memories. I, on the other hand, have always loved sandwiches, and I think I like them better all the time. Next time we're in the same city, let me make you a couple.<BR/><BR/>I think one of my biggest cultural blindspots is also sports-related. Not the concept of fandom, really, but a basic knowledge of the rules. We've been watching some of the US Open, and H is continually dumbfounded by my ignorance of the basic rules of tennis (it's always seemed so arbitrary to me: 4 points to win a game, 6 games to win a set, 3 sets to win a match...).ljhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00628851794741276013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15347688.post-83145238696625831922008-08-25T22:23:00.000-04:002008-08-25T22:23:00.000-04:00Okay, so my mother would like to take issue with m...Okay, so my mother would like to take issue with my representation of my sandwich exposure. To quote from her email:<BR/><BR/>"As far as you and sandwiches are concerned, it is <B>interesting</B> that you don't remember that <I>you</I> most often did not have sandwiches because <I>you</I> didn't want/like them. Dad, Davin and I all ate sandwiches from time to time - Davin took one to school for lunch every day! But you didn't want anything to do with them (most often you took yogurt and...) - interesting, don't you think...the way you remember it?"<BR/><BR/>For whatever reason, I have zero recollection of turning down sandwiches, or of my family eating them. Perhaps I had a traumatic sandwich experience as a toddler.Teaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09459066358653082806noreply@blogger.com