Columbus Day Was a Very Brave Man
There's a classic Peanuts strip where Sally is writing a school report about Columbus Day, and she takes Columbus's name to actually be "Columbus Day." It's pretty funny. I wanted to find it online, but I can't, so here's a random Bloom County strip instead.
Ha ha ha ha! Opus.
I'm going to be celebrating the Columbus Day memorial weekend by visiting Nate (among hopefully a few other people) in DC, where we'll be seeing *two* symphony concerts on Saturday (John Adams & Baltimore in the A.M., Leonard Slatkin doing Beethoven 9 with the NSO in the P.M.) and settling into a Steelers bar for the Super Bowl XL rematch on Sunday. ("This Time, We're Hoping It's Not Marred by Wretched Officiating!")
So, everyone else, try to have this much fun, but don't get too broken up if you find you can't.
Meantimes, here's a charming short essay from 1825 by the English writer Charles Lamb titled "The Superannuated Man," a gently fictionalized account of his retirement from 36 years of office work. Still has a familiar ring to it, even with the antique wit.
Happy long weekend,
Jack
Ha ha ha ha! Opus.
I'm going to be celebrating the Columbus Day memorial weekend by visiting Nate (among hopefully a few other people) in DC, where we'll be seeing *two* symphony concerts on Saturday (John Adams & Baltimore in the A.M., Leonard Slatkin doing Beethoven 9 with the NSO in the P.M.) and settling into a Steelers bar for the Super Bowl XL rematch on Sunday. ("This Time, We're Hoping It's Not Marred by Wretched Officiating!")
So, everyone else, try to have this much fun, but don't get too broken up if you find you can't.
Meantimes, here's a charming short essay from 1825 by the English writer Charles Lamb titled "The Superannuated Man," a gently fictionalized account of his retirement from 36 years of office work. Still has a familiar ring to it, even with the antique wit.
Happy long weekend,
Jack
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