I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity.
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so
What I have been telling you, from alpha to omega, what is the one great thing the sigil taught me — that everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken at will from a dragging nightmare of life made up of unimportant tasks and tedious useless little habits, to see life as it really is, and to rejoice in its exquisite wonderfulness. If the sigil were proved to be the top of a tomato-can, it would not alter that big fact, nor my fixed faith. No Harrowby, the common names we call things by do not matter — except to show how very dull we are ...
2002-04-23 - 11:04 a.m.
As if yesterday's entry wasn't long enough, there were things that I forgot to put into it.
Mary Gauthier really reminds me of Leah. I bet that Leah finds college a much better experience than high school just like Mary did.
Carey and I both think it's pathetic to derive self-esteem from musicians knowing your name. That doesn't stop us from doing it though.
I had a bunch of other things that I wanted to add but I forgot them again. It isn't having your brain in another state.
Yesterday wasn't very exciting. I finished the material I needed to teach for the semester so it will just be review from now on in class.
Leah called me last night. I needed my Leah fix. The capitol city in her Civ III game is named Gordon!
As the semester is winding down it's time for tests so I'm going to give you one. Here it is the first Wise Madness test. The answers to all these questions can be found on the pages of my diary.
1. What two sports teams am I an avid fan of?
2. Which folk festival do I go to every year?
3. What artist(s) mention me on his/her/their album?
a) Christine Lavin
b) Slaid Cleaves
c) Ruth Gerson
d) Dave's True Story
4. Which bone did I break when I was 5?
a) Tibia
b) Fibula
c) Femur
d) Radius
e) Ulna
5. What game show was I on?
6. Who is my brain?
7. Who is my beloved, beatific, batnosed, embryo?
8. Who is my favourite?
9. What is my alma mater?
a) New York University
b) New York Institute of Technology
c) Queens College
d) City College
10. Where do I teach?
a) New York University
b) New York Institute of Technology
c) Queens College
d) City College
11. What department do I teach in?
12. From what author did I get the name Horvendile?
13. What book have I read about 50 times?
14. What newspaper do I read most often?
15. What show do I watch on Monday Night?
a) Boston Public
b) Ally McBeal
c) Angel
d) Crossing Jordan
16. What show do I watch on Tuesday night?
a) That '70s show
b) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
c) Nova
d) Roswell
e) Smallville
17. Who did Carey and I dress up as on Halloween 2001?
18. What is the name of the virtual "Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band" in the world?
19. What is the name of the busking act that Carey and I do?
20. Who is the Oliver of the Oliver's Army t-shirts I made?
Answers:
1. Mets and Knicks
2. Falcon Ridge
3. a) On her Subway Series album
4. c) I also broke my patella
5. Jeopardy
6. Carey
7. Leah
8. Betsy
9. c
10. b
11. Math
12. Jurgen
13. Lord of the Rings
14. New York Times
15. c
16. b
17. Pete and Maura Kennedy
18. Batnose
19. Trainwreck with Clowns
20. Oliver Steck, Slaid Cleaves' sideman.
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please hold me accountable.
Memories: Not that Horrid Song - May 29, 2018
Wise Madness is Now In Session - May 28, 2018
The NFL and the First Amendment - May 27, 2018
On The Road Again - May 26, 2018
Oliver the Three-Eyed Crow - May 25, 2018
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