by Rhiannon Paine | Nov 18, 2011 | General, Signs of the Times, Speaking Out
In Middlemarch, Edward Casaubon spends his life searching for the Key to all Mythologies. Another great work of literature, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, concerns the quest for the Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Key? Meaning? Are you kidding me...
by Rhiannon Paine | Nov 11, 2011 | Artists & the Arts, General, Just for Fun
The New York Met’s current production of Wagner’s Siegfried has got me thinking: how would a blog post by the man himself turn out? Maybe something like this? My crappy childhood Hello everyone. My name is Siegfried. No last name. Just Siegfried. I was...
by Rhiannon Paine | Nov 5, 2011 | General, Just for Fun, Signs of the Times
How do you feel about catalogs? (Or as we used to spell them, “catalogues,” before we got too busy to type the “ue.”) I have to confess, I’m ambivalent. Weeks pass in which I don’t feel an urge to buy anything except for necessities: chocolate, toothpaste,...
by Rhiannon Paine | Oct 20, 2011 | General, Once Upon a Time
It was nine o’clock and t-shirt warm and almost-full moon, and I was taking a night-time stroll through my small town. As I got near the high school’s football field, the announcer’s voice baritoned through the night: “And it’s a fumble! … Recovered by Healdsburg!”...
by Rhiannon Paine | Oct 13, 2011 | Animal Crackers, General, Just for Fun
“Do not go in fear, Grasshopper.” — Kung Fu You’ve heard of Aseop, right? Greek dude? Lived around 600 BC? Wrote fables, like the one about the Ant and the Grasshopper? Okay, I’ll remind you. The Ants spend all summer trundling food to...
