It's my first SG-versary today. Yay.
Since it's October, the spookiest month of them all, I want to get kind of a regular spooky something or other going on here. I'll start with a Robert Frost poem about dreaming about the end of the world. I think I've put this up here before, but I've been here a whole year and who can keep track....
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Since it's October, the spookiest month of them all, I want to get kind of a regular spooky something or other going on here. I'll start with a Robert Frost poem about dreaming about the end of the world. I think I've put this up here before, but I've been here a whole year and who can keep track....
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The Amazing Lily. I don't know this kid, but she's unbelievable.
And some Josh Ritter. I dated a girl for five years who got to Oberlin the year after Mr. Ritter graduated. She tried to get me into him back then, but it wasn't until the album Hello Starling came out that I really gave him a chance.
With Erin McKeown
From the new album....
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And some Josh Ritter. I dated a girl for five years who got to Oberlin the year after Mr. Ritter graduated. She tried to get me into him back then, but it wasn't until the album Hello Starling came out that I really gave him a chance.
With Erin McKeown
From the new album....
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phantasy:
That is amazing. I thought my 11 year old was pretty smart for scoring high on this game. She will freak out when I show her that!! 
sockpuppet:
Wow. The little Lilly is pretty damn good. (Not sure about Norway though, which is clearly a major failing. 
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Nice Ritter songs.
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Nice Ritter songs.
I love the Be Good Tanyas.
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seachelles:
I'll have to check it out. It's good to talk to someone with good musical tastes on this site.
<3seachelles
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zarth:
Oh, I've read all of them before, but I'm rereading them again. I'm only up to Fortune of War right now.
But yeah, they have a tendency to affect my speech patterns and my willingness to challenge people to duels when I'm reading them.
But yeah, they have a tendency to affect my speech patterns and my willingness to challenge people to duels when I'm reading them.
sockpuppet:
Somewhere I have a biography of Adolf Hitler. I bought it for the "Buy one, get one free" sticker on the front cover. One of the scumsucker was enough, IMO.
A bleak humour, but mine own.
A bleak humour, but mine own.
phantasy:
I love irony.
sockpuppet:
hmm. I live the logic, but I don't get the laid...
flux:
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Hi folks. Been a while. I've got a bunch of news, so here goes:
First things first, I got engaged.
I'm wicked excited about it. My lady came out to visit me in upstate NY. We drove over to NH to visit my uncle who was really good to the future Mrs. Ascanius when she was in the hospital. After spending a couple of days...
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First things first, I got engaged.
I'm wicked excited about it. My lady came out to visit me in upstate NY. We drove over to NH to visit my uncle who was really good to the future Mrs. Ascanius when she was in the hospital. After spending a couple of days... Read More
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sockpuppet:
You pointed me in Bok's direction a while ago, I think. I haven't got round to doing anything about it. Thank you for the link, I will investigate again.
sockpuppet:
I found some Gordon Bok recordings on YouTube (five, I think). None with cello, sadly. I respect his talent, but he doesn't do that much for me on his own; one of those people like Mark E Smith, I'm glad he's there but I'm not a fan.
Thank you for the input, anyhow
Thank you for the input, anyhow
It's official. I'm moving back to Vermont in August, and staying together with my girlfriend. I'm going home!!!!
And, this thing is freakin' crazy.
And, this thing is freakin' crazy.
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sockpuppet:
In the Trivia group, you said "forgive my inability to accent the e's in te and the". I tend to use Wikipedia for this; find an article about France, and cut and paste the accented vowel
I hope you're having a nice holiday.
I hope you're having a nice holiday.
sockpuppet:
I gather you're back?
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sockpuppet:
That's silly.
I approve
I approve
phantasy:
thank you 
I think this video is pretty great:
Maybe a little naive, but maybe that's not sucha bad thing.
Maybe a little naive, but maybe that's not sucha bad thing.
sockpuppet:
It's a bit frenetic for me, but I'm old. Apart from that, I approve.
I had a pretty fantastic birthday weekend. The good thing about having your birthday fall on a holiday weekend is there's always something going on. This year, as I said in an earlier post, my college was having its sixtieth anniversary. There were a lot of old friends in town, on account. We started the evening with Chinese food and scorpion bowls. I don't know...
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phantasy:
So you think this girl will be able to resist your charms then? What if she can't? What if she finds you irresistible? What then?
Glad you had a good birthday. Straw drinking looks very unhygienic, but also very fun.
Glad you had a good birthday. Straw drinking looks very unhygienic, but also very fun.
sockpuppet:
Argh... I cannot seem to do birthdays, round here. Sorry, squire, and many happy returns anyhow .
.I made it! I stayed in a cheap hotel in Minnesota, and then with my Aunt in Chicago, and then I drove all the way from Chicago to Saratoga in a day (950 miles. whoah.) and now I'm home. Not for long, though. I'm heading to Vermont with a couple of friends once they get off work. We all went to college in Vermont together,...
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sockpuppet:
Nine hundred and fifty miles?!?!
How long did that take? Fifteen, sixteen hours?
Wow.
I missed your birthday, because I'm stupid. Sorry. Many happy returns, anyhow.
How long did that take? Fifteen, sixteen hours?
Wow.
I missed your birthday, because I'm stupid. Sorry. Many happy returns, anyhow.
sockpuppet:
Also, I gather that Vermont dogs only screw in private 
I'm in Miles City, Montana tonight. I didn't get as far as I would have liked today because I slept horribly last night. I'm up way to late again tonight. Oh well. I don't really have any set schedule except that I'd like to be home on the friday. It's my 26th birthday. That's closer to 30 than it is to 20, which makes me...
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emotedcreations:
The Big Three: Lieh Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and Loa Tzu. Although I suppose you could lump Lieh with Chuang, and add Sun Tzu for shits and giggles.
And yeah, that anti-Musashi barbwire never seems to work does it?
And yeah, that anti-Musashi barbwire never seems to work does it?
starfior:
The obvious answer to the Tom Waits thing is just to start a group about coffee and cigs.
I am posting this exact answer to all three of you to save time!