tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post3119043231755317468..comments2024-03-27T07:30:21.457-04:00Comments on BLCKDGRD: How Do I Lament It Forth, This Feeling of Trying?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-87389728586401013152021-07-02T10:48:19.019-04:002021-07-02T10:48:19.019-04:00It's relative. I'd've said I was a tru...It's relative. I'd've said I was a true fan. But I was randoming my Hassell library and only have about 3 hours, and that includes Remain in Light and Bush of Ghosts. He released something last year that was probably great (for a "fan" like me). He'd apparently been sick and in need of money (had put his whole catalog on Bandcamp (which is a great service)). But did I get his latest? Well, you know the abounding answer to that one.davidlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754707934311038544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-74640097632159843902021-07-01T07:58:57.290-04:002021-07-01T07:58:57.290-04:00Thanks. I don't know Hassell's music well ...Thanks. I don't know Hassell's music well enough to cascade an RIP (it's me, not him, I've not enough time, not enough ears)BDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06557941385560728052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-70912377554109678602021-07-01T01:57:38.033-04:002021-07-01T01:57:38.033-04:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2i7eR_u5pAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2i7eR_u5pAdavidlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754707934311038544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020960402708303830.post-22756308556117923252021-06-30T10:19:02.720-04:002021-06-30T10:19:02.720-04:001/those are good looking black cats
1.1/one of my...1/those are good looking black cats<br /><br />1.1/one of my best cats ever was mostly black - the other was a ginger tabby<br /><br />2/i went to the barthelme link - <b>donald</b> barthelme - i used to read collections of his stories in the undergrad study library at u. buffalo when i should have been doing something else - i have wasted much of my life, from one perspective, but on another level i was simply obeying the harvard law of behaviour - i found one of his stories online <br /><br />https://tinyurl.com/barthelmestory <br /><br />and read part of it and recognized that some of the feelings it provoked in me reminded me of james tate's work<br /><br />2.2/i also went and looked at barthelme's 81 books essential to read to have a literary education - out of these i have heard of most of them or at least their authors' names, but have attempted to read only 2 - clearly i do not have and at this stage of life will never have a literary education according to this standard - context being late 20th century, university of houston<br /><br />2.3/i console myself with the words of indigenous american humorist will rogers [1879, cherokee nation, indian territory - 1935, alaska] - everybody's ignorant, only on different subjects<br /><br />3/the relationship of settlers to the original inhabitants of the north american continent is one reason why some people are calling for an especially somber - or even non-observance of - <b>canada day - july 1 - the anniversary of canadian confederation </b> - tomorrow - but i find i substantially agree with<i> Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole</i> - he <i>said Wednesday he was troubled by the decision of local governments who have cancelled Canada Day plans, and criticized what he called a "small group of activist voices" calling for a change to the holiday.<br /><br />Speaking with Chris Hall, host of CBC Radio's The House, O'Toole said: "Let's show today we're making Canada live up to the ideals that built the country, but we fell terribly short of in the past. It's about building up the country, not tearing it down." </i><br /><br />text in italics is quoted from the cbc<br /><br />3.2/i would disagree in part with the statement about "the ideals that built this country" but sometimes it's better to let people to hang on to their illusions for as long as they need them<br /><br />3.21/i also note that o'toole apparently uses the phrase 'small group of activists' in a derogatory way<br /><br />3.3/i don't promise to never vote for the conservative party candidate if i become a canadian voter, but right now it doesn't seem likely <br /><br />3.5/in a federal election in canada you the voter cast ONE vote - for your member of parliament - similarly for the provincial legislative assembly at that level of government - they use paper ballots, counted by hand - chances are good that the results are usually an accurate reflection of the votes that were cast<br /><br />4/<b>Why do these buildings exist?</b> <br /><br />see https://tinyurl.com/itiscomplicated<br /><br />5/will one's money last long enough? one wonders<br /><br />6/and now for something completely different - yesterday i read the story of an event in the life of jacqueline louise fuchs, harvard law school classmate of barack obama - <br /><br />https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/the-lost-girls/<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b></b>mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.com