'Bred Crumbs
08.15.02
I wonder if true creativity means the artist not just expresses something new or in a new way, but also uncovers something about himself he didn't know was there.
Which is to say: I'm as surprised as you are to present 'Bred Crumbs' new offspring: Sonnetblog. It's sonnets. It's a weblog. It's hard to explain.
(Note to Jane: though I mention within that a note of yours helped start this new creation chugging, it occurs to me now that by building it on a framework of sonnets I've chosen exactly the kind of poetic artifice that turns you off. Sorry.)
(Note to everyone else: check out the new thing as you wish; 'Bred Crumbs continues regardless.)
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Exchange at the office:
"You iron your jeans?"
(appalled at the suggestion) "No, I don't iron my jeans!"
"Then what's that crease in them?"
"Oh, that's from the dry-cleaning."
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A fantasy I had on the way to work this morning: the annoying dance hit "The Need to Be Naked" is transformed by an ambitious Christian youth group into "The Need to Be Sacred."
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Wow, I'm nearly as sick of hearing about Elvis now as I was when he died!
08.14.02
If even USA Today can tell that hatred of America is growing across the world since Sept. 11, and can quickly identify the reasons why, then why can't our government? Or, why doesn't it care?*
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On a happier note, The New York Times explores the success of In-N-Out burgers, which are a huge regional hit despite/because of having low prices and fresh food and taking the time to actually cook your meal. (The Times link requires registration and is free for only a short time.) Those of you in the 47 unfortunate states that don't have In-N-Out don't know what you're missing — though those of you that do have Steak 'N Shake will have a pretty good idea.
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The article mentioned above uses the verb parse in a discussion of burger names, offering more evidence that this techy term has seeped into the common tongue. (Why, just the other night, Jack parsed something on the phone; don't remember what.) I applaud this, because the word fills a previously empty niche, a shade of meaning that decode, define, or even interpret just didn't quite nail.
If you look up parse in a dictionary, you'll probably find only definitions relating to grammar, but the word clearly didn't catch on because of its linguistic use. It took geeks to make it work for the masses. Boo-yah!
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