About Fred

Random 10 2-22-13

Last week. This week:

  1. “The Donor Song” by Jill Sobule
    These are the people who gave me money
  2. “Revolution” by the Beatles, guessed by Clayton
    You ask me for a contribution
  3. “The Legend of John Henry” by Johnny Cash
    He said I’ll pay you quarter at a time
  4. “Secret” by the Pierces
    Better lock it in your pocket
  5. “Cornflake Girl” by Tori Amos, guessed by Thud
    Where’d you put the keys, girl?
  6. “We Will Rock You” by Jonathan Coulton (orig. Queen), guessed by Clayton
    Somebody better put you back in your place
  7. “House in the Woods” by Tom Petty, almost guessed by Betty
    I ain’t got a neighbor for nine or ten miles
  8. “The Downeaster Alexa” by Billy Joel, guessed by Clayton
    But I’ve got people back on land who count on me
  9. “I Could Say” by Lily Allen
    And everything was always about being cool
  10. “Blame it on Cain” by Elvis Costello
    Once upon a time, I had a little money

Good luck!

Thursday

Not to worry, there’s been no more snow, that’s a photo from a couple of weeks ago.

This evening, I finished reading Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones, a beautiful, tragic, frightening, touching book. I really love what the New York Times said about it, not least of all because it’s so true:

And Jesmyn Ward makes beautiful music, plays deftly with her reader’s expectations: where we expect violence, she gives us sweetness. When we brace for beauty, she gives us blood.

I wish I could say the end of Rubicon was as satisfying. It comes to something like a conclusion, but it seems pretty evident they thought they were coming back for another season — or at least thought so for so long they didn’t have much time to course-correct. It’s a really good show, but ultimately unsatisfying.

Anyway, that was Thursday.