Poisoned Pawn Variations |
Poisoned Pawn VariationsorThe Rimbaud ConnectionWe should be careful not to emulate those we admire too closely. Actually, perhaps I should only speak for myself as I can think of at least one group o...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:56:00 PST |
I Disinterred Paul |
I Disinterred PaulSerendipitously enough, the title of Paul McCartney's new album--Memory Almost Full--is an anagram of For My Soulmate LLM, LLM being the initials of his first wife, Linda Louise McCa...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Fri, 25 May 2007 10:07:00 PST |
Tributes |
TributesA Tribute to Carwin Biloquist, Esq.Right now she might be reading Baudrillard; offering a burnt sacrifice at the altar of Hermes, Loki, Coyote, or any of the other divine manifestations of the...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Sat, 27 May 2006 08:49:00 PST |
Pathetic Fallacies |
Pathetic FallaciesI had a hard time getting to sleep as a child. I have a hard time getting to sleep now, but it was different when I was a little kid. I had a litter of stuffed animals that resided i...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Thu, 17 May 2007 10:06:00 PST |
Jocoseriously, Folks |
Jocoseriously, FolksThough for the past few days I have been repeating Oscar Wilde's quip that "To be great is to be misunderstood," I am nevertheless coming to the conclusion that to be misunderstood...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Sat, 05 May 2007 01:41:00 PST |
The Last One at the Party |
The Last One at the PartyI have never liked being the last one at the party though I must confess that I have been so before--the one who passed out on the carpet, still clutching his second bottle of...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:07:00 PST |
First Downs |
First DownsThe Ohio State/Michigan game was always something of a holiday growing up, a day regarded by residents of northwest Ohio as something sacred, even by those who were not ordinarily fans of t...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:56:00 PST |
Writ in Water |
Writ in WaterThe United States Postal Service recently announced that they were reducing the amount of time a person has to be dead before being commemorated on a postage stamp from ten years to five ...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:50:00 PST |
Come In, Orson |
Come In, OrsonOf all of the hip phrases the Internet age has given us, jumping the shark might be the most useful. See my comments about the latest season of OZ on my profile for evidence and see jum...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:37:00 PST |
364 More Days Till Halloween |
364 More Days Till HalloweenI suppose are still some Christmas carolers out there in the world, and people do have neighborhood barbecues for the summer holidays, but Halloween is the only holiday in...
Posted by Professor Freedom on Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:54:00 PST |
