Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Troy Senik ·
December 24, 2011 at 1:01am
Congress is mercifully adjourned from Washington, President Obama is headed to Hawaii for the annual shave ice photo-op, and this Ricochet contributor is about to start treating friends and family to the annual Senik holiday wet bar special (hot apple cider and Tuaca). That means it's about time for the media to go into week-long retrospective mode and it's only fitting that we lead the parade. Thus, I open the floor for you to submit your favorite Ricochet moments of 2011. A few of mine:
- Peter Robinson's magnificent remembrance of Steve Jobs
- Rob Long's podcast rant about how there would be no justice in the world until the most nefarious individuals on Wall Street were forced to sell apples on the side of the road
- Anytime we were treated to a "Klavan on the Culture" video
- Professor Paul Rahe becoming a one-man committee to draft Paul Ryan
- Ricochet member Katievs making perhaps the most thoughtful case for Chris Christie to appear in print
- James Lileks opening a R> podcast with a dramatic reading of the bombastic Newt Gingrich press release
- Dave Carter's simultaneously heartbreaking and affirming post about his father's Alzheimer's diagnosis
- Richard Epstein driving a stake through the heart of liberalism ... on PBS, no less
- Mickey Kaus putting in a plug for the site on a "Left Coast/Right Coast" episode by saying "This thing could actually work!"
- The launch of the college feed, direct messaging, and the mobile version of the site
- Haley Barbour, when asked if the 2012 Obama campaign would be negative, bellowing "Well, he can't run on his record!"
- James Delingpole making pessimism more fun than anyone since Mark Steyn
- Ricochet member Psuedodionysius becoming convinced that the "Law Talk" hotline was an elaborate sting operation
- Every single live chat surrounding a presidential debate
- Ricochet member Palaeologus getting off the line of the year re: Jon Huntsman -- "I'm still looking forward to the moment when he knows all is lost. Because maybe some other candidate will make a populist pitch, and he'll respond: I dropped out of high school to join a rock band. And, yes, it was awesome. If you dig a party, any party, vote for Jon Huntsman."
- John Yoo and Richard Epstein devoting 20 minutes of "Law Talk" to discussing whether there should be instant replay in baseball
- The sense of anticipation we all felt waiting for Peter to step on one of Lileks' segues in the main podcast.
As I write the list, I realize there are too many more to chronicle without this post becoming encyclopedic. Care to help me out?
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Sep '11
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Palaeologus
Flagg Taylor: My favorites:
Tabula Rasa's post on Edmund Burke (can't find it)
Here you go, Flagg.
You just know Ricochet is a friendly place when a guy who aspired to be Sidney Moncrief works with a Scotty Pippen. · Dec 23 at 7:21pm
Thank you, thank you! Better than I even remembered. Prawn brought Homer Simpson to the party. Who is this Pippen you speak of?
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
OK, you got me ... we opened the Tuaca early.
Pseudodionysius: Psuedodionysius
Ahem, Pseud
Someone mixed up those blue pseudo shoes · Dec 23 at 5:22pm
Mar '11
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Scanners moments when people reacted to Mike Murphy.
Oct '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
My favorite moment came during a Republican debate live-chat on October 11, when Claire made the following prediction: ""Huntsman's candidacy is going to end with a rumor about a gerbil."
May '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
My fav moments are more ongoing. I have made internet friends I've actually gotten to meet and enjoy in person. Of course, included in those were the Rico meet-up in DC, spending the day with The Dave Carter last June and meeting and having lunch with The Duane Oyen last January.
And speaking of meet-ups, it's a crying shame we haven't had one in the So. Cal. area. So, I will be setting one up in the new year. Stay tuned, it might end up just being a party of one!
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
FeliciaB:
And speaking of meet-ups, it's a crying shame we haven't had one in the So. Cal. area. So, I will be setting one up in the new year. Stay tuned, it might end up just being a party of one! · Dec 23 at 11:22pm
Not if I have anything to say about it, Felicia.
Aug '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
If we're allowed to include pure self-indulgent fun, one of my favorite things this year was Fredö's anagram post on the member feed. I never knew finding anagrams of our Ricochetoiserian monikers could be so addictive -- the anagrams I did for my fellow Ricochetiateerians were particularly enjoyable.
But my favorite "Ricochet moments" this year (or any year) aren't the moments, but the people. Well that, and cyber-stalking Kennedy Smith.
Edited on December 25, 2011 at 5:02pmMay '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Mine was flipping the script and chauffeuring Dave Carter to the Greenville, SC meet up.
Edited on December 24, 2011 at 11:24amOct '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
From The Young Guns (“Rush to Newt” 13 December): Diane Ellis calling out Meghan Clyne as “incredibly elitist” and Meghan’s “unapologetic” embrace of the appellation. Good call and honest response.
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Unless I missed it somewhere, we seem to have gone 50 comments without tipping a hat to EJ's photoshopping skillz.
Nice job, brother!
May '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Troy Senik
FeliciaB:
And speaking of meet-ups, it's a crying shame we haven't had one in the So. Cal. area. So, I will be setting one up in the new year. Stay tuned, it might end up just being a party of one! · Dec 23 at 11:22pm
Not if I have anything to say about it, Felicia. · Dec 23 at 11:34pm
<squeak!>
Mar '11
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
EJ's photoshop work
May '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Midget Faded Rattlesnake: If we're allowed to include pure self-indulgent fun, one of my favorite things this year was Fredö's anagram post on the member feed. · Dec 24 at 1:22am
Edited on Dec 24 at 02:36 am
Hey, Midget Failed Rattlesnake! (or, perhaps I should call you Art Gem: Dead, Naked Leftist.) I had forgotten all about the anagrams. Thanks for the reminder. (And here's a fix for the link you included above.)
And if y'all don't mind, I'd like to indulge in my favorite personal memory of Ricochet from 2011: the time Peter Robinson chose my question among many on Ricochet to ask Michael Chertoff in his Uncommon Knowledge interview, and then, in a single stroke, destroyed my credibility in Chertoff's eyes forever by referring to me as "Frodosphere".
May '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
My best Ricochet memories are both on-line and off.
On line I love Troy's Law Talk introductions and the way he can ask Richard Epstein a question, go get a sandwich, pick up his laundry and make coffee... and still get back just as Richard is finishing his answer.
Off-line Yeti and I have great conversations to create the appropriate artwork for the podcasts.... and my surprise when they started to show up at NRO as well.
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Midge: "The sight of a bride should make you think about sex."
Dec '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
PERMISSION!!!!!!!!
Aug '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
Wow, what an honor to be faved by the Queen of Ricochet. And Happy Hanukkah, Claire!
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
EJHill: My best Ricochet memories are both on-line and off.
On line I love Troy's Law Talk introductions and the way he can ask Richard Epstein a question, go get a sandwich, pick up his laundry and make coffee... and still get back just as Richard is finishing his answer.
Off-line Yeti and I have great conversations to create the appropriate artwork for the podcasts.... and my surprise when they started to show up at NRO as well. · Dec 24 at 8:57am
Couldn't do it without you, EJ. Thanks for all the help. And a big thanks to all the podcasters for letting us make you look very, very silly all year.
May '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
My favorite Ricochet moment was the Palo Alto pizza gathering, and getting to meet Peter, DIanne, PJS, and a bunch of others. Thoroughly delightful folks, beaming smiles, a lot of spirit and energy.
Also, and I posted about this before, Podcast 81, "Like Clockwork" is hard to beat.
And EJ's artwork is always a blast.
Jun '10
Re: Your Favorite Ricochet Moments of 2011?
A big, hearty "Here, here!" on EJ Hill's superb graphic satire, most especially his commemoration of OBL's demise!