Good word

"When classical music is associated with popular entertainment, the result is usually to trivialize it (who can listen to the 'William Tell Overture' without thinking of the Lone Ranger?). Kubrick's film is almost unique in enhancing the music by its association with his images."

-- Roger Ebert

My fellow Americans

When I was a kid, I got irked when presidential speeches took over all three broadcast networks. Since that was all we had. I used to flip between channels and note subtle differences between the feeds. Look, on NBC Reagan's suit is slightly more brown.

Resolved

Next time we move, I'm going to do some strength training to prepare, and I'm not even kidding.

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Feelings

Ke$ha wakes up in the morning feeling like P. Diddy. I wake up in the morning feeling like Harold Ramis.

Settling in

Over the two days that we have lived in our new house, neighbors have extended generosity and hospitality twice. In all my previous moves that has happened exactly zero times. I could get used to this.

Abode

Greetings from our new house in South Knoxville. We have decided to leave everything where we put it down when we moved in. We call this the Hall of Bookshelves.