Sarah suggested that we both have short post topics in addition to the longer, more involved posts we are trying to do. She has the OED words. For my first trick, here is the deal:
I have been listening to this: during and after, I have been trying to figure out a way to describe what [...]
For your edification, this week I offer up words first used in 1619. I’ve been reading the Song of Songs, and the accompanying front-matter exegesis in this translation by Chana and Ariel Bloch. Took me about fifteen pages of reading the exegesis to decide I should really look up “exegesis.”
exegesis:, noun,
1. Explanation, [...]
I am aware of my bias, and I am aware of other folks’ bias, but here I sit (as per usual - weekend-wise) in our kitchen, rocking the radio, tuned to WNYC. I (and I speak for Sarah, too) love NPR. There are those that argue that NPR is old, boring, staid and completely MOR, [...]
OK, so I was just looking up Sarah on Wikipedia because my knowledge of the Bible isn’t so great. Wikipedia’s pretty proud of being user-generated and having eagle-eyed users who keep incorrect/ridiculous stuff out of the entries. Well, let’s just say they should be a little less proud (or more proud, perhaps?)
Look at this, from [...]
So, have any of you guys read this article on so-called Post-Abortion Syndrome in the New York Times Magazine? As you may know, despite how much I hate reading about abortion in the news, I can never resist doing so.
And this whole post-abortion syndrome is the worst, comes up over and over–Woman are so fine [...]
Twin Cupcakes
What better way to put off doing important poem-writing than by relating to you the lovely cupcakes I baked this weekend. When Chockylit at Cupcake Bakeshop posted about a cupcake round-up, I just couldn’t resist and immediately busted out my Marcel Desaulniers’ Death by Chocolate Cakes. If [...]
The Cooper-Hewitt, full frontal
I really like the OED online. For those of you uninitiated: the OED is the Oxford English Dictionary. Sadly, it’s something like $250 to subscribe to the OED online, so I have to wait until I’m on campus to get my fix.
This week’s words come [...]
Illegal Photo of Jeff!
Currently playing : Angel, Season 1, Disk 2
Leaving the house isn’t the problem, it’s the getting to and from where we’re going that’s the deal. We went here and saw this. It was really cool, and once again, I realized that I don’t go to museums enough. Art. Damn. It just reminds [...]
Snow out in front!
I’ve been slowly clicking through all the youtube links for Mr. Swygart’s Favorite Things of 2006. I just have to say that there isn’t a better pick-me-up for a cold winter morning than Justin Timberlake. Is there a lady among us who isn’t charmed [...]
It got to be autumn, and as usual, the focus of my listening habits changed. I am, if little else, profoundly suseptible to habit. And I got back into jazz, a process which I started in college, leading to this short exchange regarding the red, quilted corduroy jacket I was wearing the hell out of [...]
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