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Now, you see…that’s why I’m a dog person.
Until I saw this educational video, I never realized the many parallels between the Vikings and felines. Actually, the main thing I gleaned from it, along with a lot of laughs, were the lyrics to that song!
Thanks for stopping by, MJ - - have a helluva weekend!
I also had never really understood the lyrics to the best song on ZepIII, thanks for the post.
Reading anything good these days?
May you find joy and ample feedings during this time of Human Holidays!
Woogus Coloradous
Is there a better word than "caterwaul"? Could it BE more descriptive? And could it be more appropriate in conjunction with the "Aaaaaaaaaaaa-ah!" of the Zeppelin song? I'm with you - - those lyrics coulda been my theme song all this time! So, now "Immigrant Song" will be my theme in times of war and strife, and "The Impossible Dream" will be my theme all other times. If there are other times.
Thanks to YOU, NotACynic, I'm reading "A People's History of the United States" - - Zinn's style sometimes bogs down, but the content is excellent. THANKS!
Before that, I read an off-kilter book called "The Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England" - - definitely worth checking out. He pokes fun at lots of stuff, literary and otherwise, and has a pretty engaging style. Lemme know what you think if you read it!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-ah!
Glad Prank enjoyed the tunes, but I hope he didn't do any head-banging, considering his recent Humpty-Dumpty on your stairs......to ensure that he hasn't reinjured himself, you should really wake him up periodically throughout the night. He'll no doubt thank you for your concern.
Wishing you many rampages.
My kitty is the tawny one that appears to be "driving". Sheba, unless she's changed it.
Aaaaaaaaaa -ah! Those Vikings were no pussycats.
Sherry
Oh....the felinity....the felinity.
Wasn't "Hey, Hey What Can I Do" the B-side of "Immigrant Song"?
If it wasn't, it should have been.
Over and out.
Ahem. Back to reality. Thanks for adding some great stuff to my reading list - - and do check out "The Arsonist's Guide...." for some giggles. Nothing world-changing about it, but he's a good writer and he entertains, and sometimes that's enough. I like to alternate my hardcore nonfiction with something a little less taxing on the cerebellum......
Aaaaaaaaaaaaa-ah! right back atcha!
In a related story
1) A murder of about 13 wild turkeys, all of which were about three times his size
2) A herd of five white-tail bucks
Another similarity between Vikings and felines - - it is better to attack first and ask for forgiveness from the disemboweled, lifeless body than to calculate the risks to self.
Ya know, an alternate title for this video, inspired by your nostalgic reflections, might be The Good Ship Pussywhipped - - whattaya think?
OK, I've got to go view the video again for my daily fix - - happy marauding to you.
As to the Constitution: I guess we need to remember that those guys (Madison, et al) were products of their time as regards women and people of color and that they knew that they couldn't address every possible future scenario so some issues were left unaddressed in the interest of producing something in the fairly short term and having it be something that all the states would ratify.
I understand that you know that, you're just sayin'; I guess I figured I should add this in case any kids are reading this (shouldn't you kids be in bed?!)
You can EASILY read "A Tale of Two Cities" during a five-week break - - especially now that your brain is all revved up on textbooks. It's a captivating, fast read; you might even want to listen to the audiobook, which really reveals the connection between the language and the experience of the French Revolution. Dickens was a GENIUS in so many literary respects.....I almost wish I was reading it again for the first time!
I've also been going through an Alexandre Dumas binge - - "The Count of Monte Cristo" is another favorite book, and I also read/heard "The Black Orchid" for the first time, which was much more humorous than I'd expected.
Have a GREAT break from school!
I know you can't read "A Tale of Two Cities" again for the first time but if you'd enjoy reading it again I say go for it! I just finished "Stranger In a Strange Land" for the fifth time (more or less). Some parts actually seemed "new", partly, I think, because I read the "regular" version the first two or three times and the new expanded version only once before (or was it twice?)
Anyway, you're right, five weeks should be plenty of time, of course I also want to read "Sons of Camelot" over the same break and catch up on some other things but I can do it!
Happy Zinning!
It IS time to re-read "A Christmas Carol", though - - and there are some Dickens titles that I can read for the first time and I should get started on that.
So, buy extra kleenex when you start "A Tale..." - - don't know how XY will respond to it, but XX (at least THIS XX) cries like an itty-bitty baby. Pretty much the best opening and ending lines in the history of writing.....
I have never been a Dickens fan! I hope I can find one that I like because so many people seem to think so highly of him. I feel like I must be missing something. So far I have read "Hard Times", required in a Lit class in my first shot at college. Wasn't bad after all but so long and drawn out (or so the 19 year old me thought).
Nevertheless I bought a few Dickens "collections" over the years and took a shot at "Oliver Twist" about ten years ago. Forced myself through the first half, finally got caught up in the story and sort of liked it.
Third time's the charm? Best one yet? (Tale of Two Cities)
Here's hoping
So, remind me what degree you're pursuing - - are you planning to leave bartending behind ya? Or do you plan to own the bar with an MBA?
Have you ever wondered why they call it a honeymoon, or do you know? Maybe I'll do a post on it sometime (or maybe not)
Free-form college learnin' sounds like a lot of fun - - from time to time, I think about going back to school for another degree and I actually retook the LSAT a few years back thinking I'd like to finish up law school. But I just can't do it - - with all the stuff there is to DO in my chosen field of work, I can't imagine sitting in a classroom! Not to dis on advanced degrees too much, but my actual work experience has been vastly more useful to me, compared to my undergrad degree......
But enough about ME - - poli sci sounds like a great fit for your interests! Would you teach?
We were looking at some picture with a beach scene. La Profesora asked some questions (in Spanish, of course). One was something like "?Quines son en la luna de miel?" (Who are on their "honeymoon"?) La luna de miel, the moon of honey. That triggered something in my brain, probably in large part because I had read Charles Frazier's "Thirteen Moons" this summer.
In "Thirteen Moons" a kid is sent out to some remote outpost to man a store that belongs to his Uncle (in like 1820) on his own (his parents are dead). He's thirteen, I think. The store is in Cherokee territory and he assimilates with them rather easily. The Cherokee didn't use the Julian calendar (probably never heard of Julius Ceasar) and marked the passage of the days, through the seasons, by observing the moon and naming the 12 (or thirteen) moons of the year. You have probably heard of that, I know I had heard references to the harvest moon and the hunter's moon over the years. I wondered (that day in Spanish class), is there a honey moon? Maybe in the summer, when the bees make honey?
I did some checking. Sure enough, not on the Cherokee calendar but in a column marked "other", there it was. In June, the "honey moon".
June, of course, was the traditional month for weddings, so when those newlyweds went off on their little trip after the wedding the were doing so during the "honey moon". Eventually, so my theory became, the term came to mean a trip that newlyweds take, whatever the month.
Good theory, no? But: I can find no confirmation and actually have found some contradictory evidence. So I'm still investigating. Eventually maybe it will make a good post. Until then, it's my theory.
I found the "honeymoon" explanation - - the term originated in Europe in the 1500s supposedly and referred to a practice in which the father of the bride would provide his new son-in-law with honey mead for the first month (moon) of their marriage. Honey mead + first moon = honeymoon.
Not sure how the mead affected the groom's performance........maybe it was a birth control measure.
I had to come back here and get a Viking Kitten fix....