1. toast-and-water — water in which toast has been soaked, thought to be cooling and refreshing (also seen as toast-water) I availed myself of some toast-and-water from the pitcher near at hand, attempting to calm my febrile brain and efface the frightening visions. 2. glaucous — pale grey-green or greenish-blue In the crepuscule of …
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Ninety-Four Thousand
Just listened to my 94,000th unique iTunes track (with replays of the same item not counting towards that total), the George M. Cohan smash hit from 1911, “That Haunting Melody”, sung by the inimitable Al Jolson on the A-side of Victor 17037. (He is inimitable because of the blackface, naturally.) This represents 609.37 GB of …
Ninety-Three Thousand
93,000th iTunes track (with all necessary caveats): “Soul Feeling, Pt. 2” by Eddie ‘G.’ Giles from the simply terrific Soul compilation Downtown Soulville! (Yet another title ending in an exclamation point… Hmm…) This represents 598.67 GB of data, constituting 251 days, 8 hours, 29 minutes, and 49 seconds of playing time. Which leaves 79,706 items …
Ninety-Two Thousand
92,000th iTunes track: “A Martini Built For Two” by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult from Sexplosion! This represents 589.04 GB of data, constituting 247 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes, and 39 seconds of playing time. Which leaves 80,627 items (give or take) remaining unheard, totaling 510.40 GB of data lasting 231 days, 1 …
Ninety-One Thousand
Listened to my 91,000th iTunes track. Turned out to be John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers singing “Sitting In The Rain” from The Mono Singles Collection 1964-1968 — which is a great collection. Doing a little math, I see that this song stands at the peak of a pile of 582.27 GB of data, representing 244 …
Milestone, Millstone
Well, I’ve now listened to my 90,000th song. In iTunes, at least. Who knows how many songs I’ve heard in my entire life? But one of the things which has always attracted me to the iTunes paradigm is the ability to not only have the inherent song information — who sang it? on what album? …
Sonnet
Though disbelieving visions, Newton sleeps And dreams dark matter does his stars coerce. Too unequivocal is reason’s curse, When stars no spirit stir within the deeps. Thus missing mass into Omega creeps, While Ptolemaic epicycles nurse A woe-torn hopelorn empty universe, And God within his mausoleum weeps. Unworthy empty space must meaning be? Perhaps unveiled …
Hey Shag
Hey Shag Your father called To tell me To tell you That your grandmother died I thought That you would cry Instead you said “That bastard!” And in that moment Everything Was made plain
A Sonnet Called Sonnet
I tried to write a sonnet answering thee, And yet no matter how the lines were set, The verse turned turgid and Italianate, Beneath my black-thumb hammer poetry. A disquisition on astronomy And souls paid four-sevenths of the debt But my rhymes could only counterfeit Bereft, betrayed, extinct sincerity. Neither would my volta vault, nor …
Medication Guide
PDF copy of this document for your records MEDICATION GUIDE HOPE [hohp] (sperolatior) Read this Medication Guide before you start taking HOPE and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. Could be. This information does not take the place of talking to your physician about your condition or your treatment. …