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– SEPTEMBER – is the month of Fall Hats.
– TODAY – is the Feast of the Exhaltation of the Holy Cross.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Dante Alleghieri.

– LINK OF THE WEEK –
David Attenborough films the mating rituals of slugs.

“happy 9-11 day!”
– A friend.

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The second article was recommended to me by the same friend quoted above. It ought to be read to the end for the full effect.

The first article took a little digging; I originally saw it on a newspaper posted on the wall of an elevator in the building at which I work.

I have a general familiarity with E. E. Cummings, and so the playful weirdness of this collection did not take me off guard. What did surprise me (repeatedly and increasingly the more closely I read) was the persistent and hopeful, and ultimately ambiguous, play with the concept of unification and common experience.

I decided some time a few months ago that I would write a series of political posts, roughly and approximately around the theme of the upcoming midterm elections. A lot is at stake. Less, perhaps, than in 2004. Still, there’s still three years to maybe reconsider act on this mess-of-a-decade so far.

– SEPTEMBER – is College Savings month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Arnold Schoenberg, Roald Dahl, and Fiona Apple.

– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
From the Book of Kells.

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever bitten?

– SEPTEMBER – is Good Manners month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Ruben Studdard, and Sara and SMH!

– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness.”
– Leo Tolstoy

– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
What is the scariest thing you’ve ever been bitten by?

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– Today is the five year anniversary of September 11th, 2001.

– TIGERS –
10-20 in the last month. The Twins are two games back. If they go on to beat the Rangers tomorrow and the Tigers lose to the A’s, the division will be all tied up.

I always thought this song was covered in awesome sauce, in spite of not knowing what either the boy or girl were saying.

Now I’ve looked up the lyrics, and I not sure how to begin to react.

Hm. Crazy.

– SEPTEMBER – is also the month of kindness to editors.
– TODAY – is International Literacy Day.
– SUNDAY – is Grandparents Day and Federal Lands Cleanup Day.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Today – Confucius and Antonín Dvořák and Aimee Mann and Pink.