Today’s geography lesson

A headline over at SN reads thusly:
Thursday March 24 2005 - 3:27 PM ET
Johnny Minick Reaching Lives In Irag
I think that’s near Iron and Israil. […]

Some letters

The latest small batch of letters is up. I know I’ve been through this rehearsal before, but lately I’ve been feeling the pique of not answering mail with much […]

More signage

Alert JL sends in this sign from a church in her neighborhood, so let’s add it to the collection.
Hearses Never Pull Moving Vans
JL writes, “Now I’ve […]

Anthemic

Does the National Anthem really need its own re-education program? If so, forget about having people like the Oaks sing the anthem in prominent settings. The quickest way […]

Original Intent

One of the most frequent questions that come up in introduction to literature classes is from students who want to know “what the author really meant.” Even in cases where an author has explicitly articulated […]

You and me just don’t agree

Driving through a part of the outstate where my car picks up a fleeting sg radio signal for a few minutes, I caught the Isaacs “Heroes” this afternoon and some other numbers before the station disintegrated […]

39th and Castleman

A friend of mine just bought a house in a part of St. Louis that, in order to get to, I have to drive past the Lester Family Music Store. It’s an old storefront, kept up well […]

The Reappearing 10

My spies come through once again (ok, so it’s not so much spying as … you know, remembering things … but still). The top 10 nominations for SN Fan Awards song of the year (as recently unreported […]

It’s still different now

Thanks to JC and KD for their help filling in around my knowledge gap for “It’s Different Now.” First JC:
“It’s Different Now” was a big song […]

Dear editor

Just as I was posting earlier about the Disappearing 10 - the list of 10 songs nominated for song of the year that was posted and then mysteriously yanked from the SN’s […]