Things I thought/realized today, in no particular order of relevance, interest or significance:
1. "The Great Catsby" is really a pretty atrocious name for a kitty.
2. Grand Rapids breeds reflexive nationalism, which is really just a defense mechanism compensating for emotional insecurities and fissures in the Canadas of my soul.
3. Those guys in Muse - boy can they ever.
4. Ben Hoekstra's been doing some of the finest writing of his illustrious blogging career.
5. Turn of the century residents of Bowling Green Ohio sunk wooden beams into the swampy earth to provide a stable surface upon which to live. They tried the same trick with old pianos. The thought of Bowling Green's dead cavorting beneath the topsoil and dancing to a Minuet pounded out on one of those old keyboards has got me enamoured.
6. One can get high on Reformation history. It's not so boring after all.
7. Upon discussing Reformation history with various poor bastards, the words "Romish," "Popish," and "Mass monger" keep filtering into my speech. I'm just kidding, Catholics. Really.
8. 40-somethings proclaiming their love for "Better than Ezra" will actually dance to Jolie Holland and the Handsome Family, if I turn 'em up loud enough in the Schuler music section.
9. For heaven's sake, being Neil Young would sure be a gas, wouldn't it?
10. Some things are just outside the realm of explanation. Like this.
1. "The Great Catsby" is really a pretty atrocious name for a kitty.
2. Grand Rapids breeds reflexive nationalism, which is really just a defense mechanism compensating for emotional insecurities and fissures in the Canadas of my soul.
3. Those guys in Muse - boy can they ever.
4. Ben Hoekstra's been doing some of the finest writing of his illustrious blogging career.
5. Turn of the century residents of Bowling Green Ohio sunk wooden beams into the swampy earth to provide a stable surface upon which to live. They tried the same trick with old pianos. The thought of Bowling Green's dead cavorting beneath the topsoil and dancing to a Minuet pounded out on one of those old keyboards has got me enamoured.
6. One can get high on Reformation history. It's not so boring after all.
7. Upon discussing Reformation history with various poor bastards, the words "Romish," "Popish," and "Mass monger" keep filtering into my speech. I'm just kidding, Catholics. Really.
8. 40-somethings proclaiming their love for "Better than Ezra" will actually dance to Jolie Holland and the Handsome Family, if I turn 'em up loud enough in the Schuler music section.
9. For heaven's sake, being Neil Young would sure be a gas, wouldn't it?
10. Some things are just outside the realm of explanation. Like this.
I love the story of how Bowling Green drained the swamp. It took them several tries, because everything kept sinking into the swamp. It sounds like the guy who built the castle in Monty Python's Holy Grail: "When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England." (Just replace "castle" with "Bowling Green.")
Posted by
Meredith |
12:51 AM
Thanks for the plug, Brian, and keep up your good work - how you manage to keep abreast of what's happening is simply a terrific benefit.
Posted by
bnjmn |
6:44 PM
Are you being sarcastic? I hate to admit it, but I kind of like Muse. I saw them open for a Rasputina concert, and they were really pretty damn good then. If not anything else, they have a trippy website, and they're darned catchy.
Posted by
Anonymous |
1:08 AM
Oh, no. I'm not being sarcastic. I really do like muse. They sound like Queen on steroids. Cool stuff.
Posted by
Brian |
10:34 AM