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February 11, 2005

Friday Fragments

  • For some reason, I believed that North Korea was a physical island. I had no idea that Koreans could literally walk across a border and be in China, or Manchuria.
  • I have decided that most perfect rock & roll song ever is Little Wing as performed by Stevie Ray Vaughn. I have two versions. The second most perfect song is Django as performed by John McLaughlin's group. I just thought you should know.
  • My daughter has click-clacks. Do you remember click-clacks? These have straight plastic tethers instead of just string, so it takes no skill to make that annoying noise. At least she won't bonk herself in the head...right away.
  • Here's a simple way to express that Americans have many liberties but take advantage of few. Vanilla milkshakes at McDonalds. I have never had one. Have you?
  • Ten from the iTunes:
    Fugee La - The Fugees
    Dirt off Your Shoulder - Danger Mouse
    Can't Hide Love - EWF
    Crepescule with Nellie - Branford Marsalis
    I'm Coming Out - Diana Ross
    Insensatez - Jobim
    Cheezit Terrorist - Blackalicious
    Afternoon in Paris - Sonny Stitt
    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Jacques Loussier Trio
    Magenta - Sixoseven

    Posted by mbowen at February 11, 2005 02:23 PM

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    "Vanilla milkshakes at McDonalds. I have never had one. Have you?"

    Yes, I have, and they are delicious.

    I used to have the idea that Korea was all part of the mainland, tucked in somehow between China and, I don't know, Vietnam. When I was in school we always studied only European and American history. The same stuff over and over and over. I got to college and had to take Western Civ, which was the same stuff AGAIN. I used to wonder what I was missing from that whole other hemisphere. It's different today. My kid's high school World History teacher taught them a song so they could remember the Chinese dynasties. We didn't know what they were.

    Posted by: Laura at February 12, 2005 05:28 AM

    Technically, you can only walk from Korea to China via the only bridge that didn't get bombed by the US, which is in Dandong, China.

    Otherwise you'd have to swim across a river. But people do, usually to work for food.

    Posted by: brobdignagland at February 12, 2005 06:06 AM

    Uh, don't know why my earlier comment didn't seem to post, but you'd have to swim across a river to get from DPRK to China, and if you get caught, you get shot, along with your family.

    Posted by: brobdignagland at February 12, 2005 07:15 AM

    I lost all interest in click-clacks when they replaced the beautiful crystaline marble-like balls with cheap plastic. If one can't have an aesthetic bolo-like implement of pain what's the point?

    Posted by: submandave at February 14, 2005 10:36 AM

    What are click clacks?

    Posted by: Anonymous at March 3, 2005 03:02 PM