This came over the transom today

[PCIntern]

[Karadeniz]

1. He could crucify lewandowski, flynn and manfort.

[Ziggysmom]

2. Applause!

All I can say is wow! Nailed it!

[OneBlueDotBama]

3. Not to mention....

One of the greatest bass players....EVER!

[underpants]

4. OUTSTANDING!!!!

[malaise]

5. Beautifully written

Accurate to a T

[Sneederbunk]

6. Any bets on how many people do not know what a transom is?

[DENVERPOPS]

13. LOL

That was my first thought also when I saw the word.......

None of the youngsters under 60 would know, for sure........

[TomSlick]

16. Transom I got. I had to look up homunculus.

[murielm99]

23. I had to look up casuistry.

[kag]

24. Me too.

I knew transom and homunculus. Had to look up casuistry and suppurating.

I love reading the works of people with decent vocabularies. My kind of fun.

[TomSlick]

39. I once saw a lawyer accused of casuistry in an appellate decision.

Since then, it's been on my list of favorite words.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

21. The phrase "over the transom"

Means unsolicited, without request

[Hermit-The-Prog]

36. Everybody who's heard Dr. Hook knows what a transom is. :D

[stillcool]

7. now that's a way with words...

looked up one so far, but there's several I blazed through just guessing.

[spanone]

8. Leland Sklar is one of the finest bassists on earth....everyone has heard him

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/leland-sklar-mn0000237873/credits

[StarfishSaver]

15. He didn't write this. He's quoting someone else.

But it's excellent.

[spanone]

17. I know that, I was just pointing out who he is.

[StarfishSaver]

18. Gotcha!

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. ty for that info.

My kid (he's 52 and calls himself middle-aged... ) is gonna appreciate both the article and the guy who posted it. He probably knows who Sklar is, I'll bet.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

40. Here's Leland's YouTube channel, in case your son has not visited....

Leland Sklar

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs5yDeiOgkyRZGZGphlSbIw/videos

The man is humble as can be, yet he's recorded with most all the big stars and a lot of major concerts like Phil Collins.

KY

[Progressive Jones]

37. As a bassist, Lee Sklar is one of my long time heroes. He can play any style with anybody. nt

[spanone]

38. the best.

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/leland-sklar-mn0000237873

[world wide wally]

9. That's what I was going to say

[Sucha NastyWoman]

11. Funny

😆

[LAS14]

30. (chuckling out loud) nt

[dchill]

32. And I was going to say what you were going to say!

[Sucha NastyWoman]

10. Poetic genius!

So many words that aren’t commonly used, and a few others that you want to look up and learn so that you don’t miss a bit of context.

Only other person I know that can rant this well is Steve Schmidt. I love a good rant, and this is top shelf.

[scarletwoman]

12. This has apparently been making the rounds on the interwebs - it was posted here on Tuesday.

Here's the original source - note that Hari Kunzru originally wrote this on November 7:

Link to tweet

(click on the link at the bottom that says "1.1K people are tweeting about this&quot

[StarfishSaver]

14. Sklar attributes it to Kunzru upfront in his post.

And put the words in quotes. Yet people still assumed he was the original author.

[scarletwoman]

20. I've noticed that people often don't read very closely when it comes to attributions.

How often do we see people responding to posts as if the poster is the author rather than the actual author cited in the post?

[Brainfodder]

19. Moscow Mitch, you puffy pouching stonewalling rich jackass, Satan would like a word?

[lpbk2713]

25. That pretty well sums it up in my estimation.

Don't let the screen door slap you on the ass on the way out.

[dhill926]

26. I've forwarded this to all my friends...

it was met with great acclaim...

[Hekate]

27. I think I need a cigarette after that, & I don't even smoke. Absolutely awe-inspiring.

Thank you, PC, thank you.


(PS: am I allowed to say I understood all the words? I did, it was wonderful.)

[LAS14]

28. Eloquent!!! Gotta say, that's eloquent!!!! nt

[intrepidity]

29. Whoa. Beautiful words describing ugly things. nt

[lame54]

31. All F***ers

[keithbvadu2]

33. 1+ Praise no matter how sweet

[Wicked Blue]

34. Why does the author like these people so much?

[OneBlueSky]

35. Perfecto!! . . . and a strong kick (right in the backsides of these sub-human buffoons) . . .

and a tip of the cap to Leland Sklar (aka "Mr. Natural" ), bassist extraordinaire . . .

[KY_EnviroGuy]

41. This would make a great epitaph for the tRump maladministration.

Would love to see this as a full-page spread in the New York Times.....

Anyone else notice something strange about this essay? I don't see a single cuss word in it.

How refreshing!

KY