New album from Sigur Ros
Michael GallagherIf you haven't already, give a listen to the new album from Sigur Ros entitled hvarf/heim.
Huckabee: Ensalved to Saudi Oil….maybe the kid is on to something here
Arkansas Governror Mike Huckabee has said that our reliance on Saudi oil is financing both sides of the War on Terror. Granted, this is an obvious piece of election politicking,…
Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy and Youtube
This is taken from a Youtube user named Smalin. It is one of my favorite classical tracks and it seemed nice to have a visual accompaniment.Just sit back and clear…
Purpose of place
This furious dawning,wind chapped wooden awning,lit deceptively by the dying moon,echoes a purpose of placedeep in me.Each day, with a thousandnatural spoils,each hour,my will naturallyrecoils,in the face ofmovement, ofuprooting,once again,for…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Patience in verse
In a transition back towards more familiar territory, today I offer a short (relatively so) piece on patience and the adult response to strife, misfortune, or just an overall bad…
Farcical stuffing
I am getting on a roll with these food-related posts, but I have another brief one to share. Did you know that in the Middle Ages, stuffing was known as…
Head cheese
At Thanksgiving, my father and I got to talking about the sublime pleasure of head cheese. Head cheese is something approaching a euphemism, because it is not really cheese, but…