Noctus 20, 29.
DIARY
– IN THE ALMANAC –
On joy scatters a hundred griefs.
– LINK OF THE WEEK –
The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What is your opinion of the proposed additional troop deployment in Iraq?
Uncategorized
Ten Best Cities For Music My Butt.
CONCEPT
So I stumbled across this chump list of the “10 best cities for music in the USA,” and while thejourneyer gets props for Nashville and pleasant surprise for Clarksdale, I noticed with horror that Chicago didn’t make the cut. Instead, LA, Cleveland, Athens GA?!
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Noctus 19, 29.
DIARY
– ALMANAC SAYS –
Showman “Buffalo Bill” Cody died, 1917.
Note: Diana Vreeland grieved.
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
The man himself.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What is the most worthwhile museum you’ve ever been to?
January, 1998.
DIARY
Such a strange year. Eventful in big spashy ways, not deep down dark ways. I think that was the year when Chicago had its worst blizzard in 35 years and I have to miss the first two days of classes because the U of C refused to close (bless ’em).
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DIARY
– ALMANAC SAYS –
5.9 earthquake rattled eastern Canada and new England, 1982.
– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.”
– Cicero
(Of course, he was beheaded while in flight from Mark Antony, even though he hadn’t anything to do with the death of Julius Caesar.
Noctus 17, 29.
DIARY
– ALMANAC SAYS –
President Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech, 1918.
– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
Guardian Unlimited: Romania’s first gift to the European Union – a caucus of neo-fascists and holocaust deniers.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Invent a genre of museum.
Ahoy! Blog Launched!
CONCEPT
The blog is up for the Gothic Funk 2007 World Tour:
http://gothicfunkcruise.blogspot.com.
Right now, Amber, Clara, Meredith, Jessica, Sumara and myself are sailing.
This is a last call for anyone else who wants to join (though you always
have the option of booking passage to a port of call and joining us en
route.
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Noctus 14, 29.
DIARY
– ALMANAC SAYS –
Twelfth Night. Nixon announced NASA’s space shutle program, 1972.
– COUNTRY OF THE WEEK –
Uruguay.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What is the worst film you’ve ever seen?
END OF POST.
… Read the restThe Lumber Yard Has Opened.
CONCEPT
Music: Radiohead, Hail to the Thief.
Drink: Coffee and 40-Rod Whiskey.
Food: A banana, bean soup with tobasco, a potato, and a ginger bread cookie.
As of this moment I have begun my graduate thesis.
END OF POST.
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