“Nestled
in your wings my little one
This special
morning brings another sun…”
Z chose early Monday morning (2 a.m.) for the continuation of our father-son musical appreciation project. In the vain hope of lulling him to sleep I chose Neil Young’s “After the Gold Rush”. This isn’t because it is one of my favorite albums, but it is [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Z’s Music Monday: Neil Young – “After the Gold Rush”
MP3 of the Week: Aloha – “Body Buzz”
“Perfection is elusive
Peace of mind is every day
But your exhaustion and confusion
Go away, go away…”
It’s been an exhausting and confusing 24 hours in the house. So, Aloha’s soothing “Body Buzz” from an upcoming EP was a welcome bit of musical solace today. Aloha, a quartet hailing from a variety of cities scattered around the Eastern [...]
Game Day: Georgia at Vanderbilt
“Now Mama told me, Papa too
They both talked ’til they turned blue
But I got them ol’ South Nashville blues again
I won’t be satisfied until they lock me up again…”|
-Steve Earle – “South Nashville Blues”
Z is a little too young to remember the dark Saturdays of last October. After the Tennessee Volunteers put a record number [...]
Political Friday: Are the Demure-ocrats out of chances?
“And I’ll lay right down in my favorite place
And now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog
Now I wanna be your dog…”
-Iggy Pop – “I Wanna Be Your Dog”
Like most good lefties I was elated last November when the Democrats gave the Republican congress a little spanking in the mid-term elections. Like [...]
The “C” Word
“I try to
laugh about it
Hiding the tears in my eyes
’cause boys don’t cry…”
-The Cure – “Boys Don’t Cry”
I love the photo here of Dr O’C with Z sleeping contentedly on her chest. It is a miracle that we captured this scene, because in the last couple of days it seems that Z has decided that [...]
Paternity Leave 2.0
” So far away from everyone and everything starts today
Let’s keep it together
Can we keep it together
We’re singing a new song now and everything starts today…”
-Guster – “Keep It Together”
When we found out that Dr. O’C was pregnant I decided to save up my vacation for the year until after the baby was born. So, [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Maize in Wonderland
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Science Tuesday: Sexy Plants
My training as a scientist is in [tag]plant genetics[/tag], but my [tag]Science[/tag] Tuesday posts to date have all been medical in nature. This is because science that has a direct impact on people is “sexier”. This week, however, I’ve started feeling some guilt about spurning my botanical roots (pun intended) in favor of the glamour [...]
Z’s Music Monday: The Beatles – “Abbey Road”
“Out of college, money spent
See no future, pay no rent
All the money’s gone, nowhere to go
Any jobber got the sack
Monday morning, turning back
Yellow lorry slow, nowhere to go…”
The Beatles are my parents generation’s music. But almost uniquely among music that is now older than I am, The Beatles recordings remain magnificent rock records while most [...]
Defiant in defeat.
Well, it was quite a production to pay off my ill advised wager with The Vol Abroad. While I try to be magnanimous in defeat, my son felt no obligation to such generosity. No matter how much I tried to convince him to smile and take his lumps, he insisted on making his feelings known [...]
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