Briefly noted
March 4th, 2007 | Tags: osv.
I need to start writing for Sports Illustrated
The great Bodum experiment hit a temporary snag yesterday afternoon. Notably: I need a cleaner desk if I am to use glass espresso cups, and probably also a broom. Also, I should probably make a habit of moving my glass away from the edge of the table. (I guess I’ve heard this advice once or twice before. Thanks for the tip, Dad.)
(Of course, any experiment can be improved by building a bigger pyramid.)
Music notes, apropos of little
The second part of Crumb’s Black Angels is pretty great.
This morning, Andrea and I ducked out of church a little early and headed down to Holy Redeemer to support the OGs on the occasion of Simon’s baptism. We arrived at Holy Redeemer in time to hear the final hymn of the 9 AM service, which was to the tune Wie schön leuchtet. For those of you keeping score, that’s one more hymn written by a Lutheran in the last five minutes of Mass at the Catholic church than we usually get at Bethel in an entire service.
For my suffering brethren
Sure, at times, your life as an apprentice academic may seem like a quixotic pursuit of the irrelevant. However, at least you weren’t responsible for this, since you have peer review to help you avoid looking foolish in public. As a result, very few people know about most of the terrible ideas I’ve had.