September 30, 2006

Seven Things

1. The "turn your head" part of the legendary "turn your head and cough" is simply so that the patient doesn't cough into the doctor's face or hair.

2. I don't like "Imagine the Swan" or "Road Runner" by The Zombies.

3. Little Women, published in 1868, ends just before Meg gets married. The rest of what is usually considered "Little Women" is in fact its sequel, Good Wives, published in 1869. They're often—usually, even—published together, which is why people think of them as a single book. I had to write a paper on Little Women in college, and I got a D on it; the professor wrote, "Try reading the whole book next time." I pointed out, with supporting evidence, that he was thinking of the Little Women/Good Wives mashup, and I ended up with a B.

4. I do, however, like the following songs by The Zombies: "Walking in the Sun," "I Must Move," "She's Not There," "I Remember When I Loved Her," "Can't Nobody Love You," "Don't Go Away," and "Smokey Day." This list is not exhaustive.

5. Till is not short for until, so there's no need to write 'til.

6. I'm down to 42 Best Picture nominees left to watch: 5845 minutes, 97.5 hours, just over four days of Oscar's elite.

7. Other good songs, not by The Zombies, are "Girlfriend" by The Bathers, "Our Swords" by Band of Horses, and "Into My Arms" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. This list is by no means exhaustive.

Posted by mike, September 30, 2006 1:20 PM
Comments

Here's a movie about Killer Kane you should watch. http://imdb.com/title/tt0436629/

It's a documentary about Arthur "Killer" Kane from The New York Dolls. I loved it. Also, I have no idea who the Zombies are. This will be taken care of shortly.

The info on Little Women is interesting. I've never even heard of Good Wives.

I will now turn my head.

Posted by: Shawn at September 30, 2006 4:17 PM

You probably know the Zombies, but don't know it's the Zombies. They do "Time of the Season." (What's your name, who's your daddy? Is he rich like me? ...)

I added that movie to my queue. I remember wanting to see it when it came to town, but I didn't get around to it.

Posted by: mike at October 1, 2006 1:35 AM

Wow. That song seems much too thoughtful to be from a group called "The Zombies." Maybe I'm prejudiced.

Posted by: Brian at October 1, 2006 9:38 AM

Good thing you didn't get Alcott's "Good Wives" mixed up w/ Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's "Good Wives;" things would really have gotten confusing. You would have had Mr. March away fighting in the French & Indian War instead of the War for Southern Independence.

Posted by: Jennifer at October 1, 2006 1:13 PM

Ok. I'm confused. Till is not short for until. I got that. Then you say it is not necessary to write 'til. But "till" is NOT short for "until." So, arguably, 'til is something DIFFERENT than till. 'til IS short for until.

No?

Guess it doesn't matter. It is still unnecessary to use 'til. Till works just fine.

'til we meet again...

Posted by: shane at October 11, 2006 8:44 AM

It's just that people started using 'til thinking that the word till was supposed to be short for until, so they "corrected" it by dropping the second l and adding the apostrophe.

Posted by: mike at October 11, 2006 11:41 AM