It seemed appropriate for the 65th birthday that we climb Baldpate, in westernmost Maine:
…a lovely cool day, and an opportunity to Wear The Fox Hat
Once more
James McMurtry is pretty eloquent:
Prescience?
From H5N1, on the probable consequences of financial meltdown:
The hot-zone countries will have no money left for anything except their militaries. The developed countries will focus on rescuing their billionaires, moaning about gas prices, and keeping lipstick on their pigs…
Lest we forget, bookended
Tom Paxton, 40 years… (thanks to Dave’s Whiteboard for the original pointer)
Daniel
Here’s Daniel Heïkalo playing the cittern I built:
links for 2008-09-11
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Ears of the Hippo again… consider the variety of other vernacular photo Groups linked on this page
What Mose Said
Mose Allison, via Christopher D. Sessums:
…and compare Peter Mulvey’s (Forty Dollar Haircut on a) 29 Cent Head, streaming via CDBaby
T-shirt material
From Bruce Sterling’s blog, where he presents a translation of a German Freedom Not Fear campaign manifesto. Right ON!
links for 2008-09-09
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Guhhhh indeed. From Wondermark Lite, and a beam of sunlight in grim times.
Like, Whatever?
I missed Taylor Mali’s reading of his Totally Like Whatever, You Know? the first time it came around (NPR, in 2005), but good old Mark Liberman over at Language Log points to it in a nutritious posting on Uptalk anxiety. And whaddya know, YouTube hazzit too: