I completed reading LeGuin's A Fisherman of the Inland Sea last night, which I had read long enough ago that I had forgotten enough to make it almost like reading it for the first time. The final story (which needs a bit of setup from the previous two) is an extraordinarily fine time travel story; I can't think of an equal.
The doggrel poem about Lizzie Borden continues to cycle through my mind. Here's my first passable parody:
Lizzie Warren had a tax; She gave the GOPers forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave the zillionaires forty-one.
"zillionaires" has one syllable too many, but I can't think of a satisfactory two-syllable substitute at the moment. Ah, the travails of us creative types...
Impeachment Inquiry Has Paralyzed the GOP Steyer Qualifies for November Debate; 7th so far. Barr’s Requests for Help Prompt Backlash from foreign governments Trump Disputed Russian Involvement In Skripal Poisoning Trump’s Playbook Feels Tired In Latest Scandal
Last night and tonight I've been listening to Liberace on YouTube. I only remembered the glitz and over-the-top silliness. Had forgotten what a phenomenal pianist he was if, as a youngster, I ever knew.
================ Commentary: In eight of the last 12 Democratic primary races, the eventual nominee didn’t emerge as the sustained leader until after the start of the election year. Of the four candidates who led the race at this point in the election cycle — Adlai Stevenson, Mondale, Gore and Hillary Clinton — all were very well known to voters. This is the path that Biden would like to take.
Three of the ultimate nominees — Obama, Kerry and JFK — were among the top tier candidates at this point in the campaign. But it wasn’t until January of the election year or later before they took the lead and held it. This might be the path that Warren and Sanders hope to emulate.
The other five late-blooming Democrats were never among the top-ranked candidates in the year before the election. These were Bill Clinton, Dukakis, Carter, McGovern and Humphrey. This is the path that Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris or someone else hopes opens for them.
If history is any guide, it wouldn’t be unusual for another candidate to break into the top tier of Democrats and perhaps even grab the nomination. =================
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I completed reading LeGuin's A Fisherman of the Inland Sea last night, which I had read long enough ago that I had forgotten enough to make it almost like reading it for the first time. The final story (which needs a bit of setup from the previous two) is an extraordinarily fine time travel story; I can't think of an equal.
ReplyDeleteThe doggrel poem about Lizzie Borden continues to cycle through my mind. Here's my first passable parody:
Lizzie Warren had a tax;
She gave the GOPers forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
She gave the zillionaires forty-one.
"zillionaires" has one syllable too many, but I can't think of a satisfactory two-syllable substitute at the moment. Ah, the travails of us creative types...
DeleteFat cats? Though I like zillionaires. As that great American author, Snoopy, has observed:
DeleteSometimes we writers take hours finding just the right word.
Fat cats is progress; thank you. Maybe there's a latinate word. Lafcadio Hearn could take days or weeks to perfect a short sentence.
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It turns out that uncooked elderberries are toxic. Too bad.
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Impeachment Inquiry Has Paralyzed the GOP
Steyer Qualifies for November Debate; 7th so far.
Barr’s Requests for Help Prompt Backlash from foreign governments
Trump Disputed Russian Involvement In Skripal Poisoning
Trump’s Playbook Feels Tired In Latest Scandal
Last night and tonight I've been listening to Liberace on YouTube. I only remembered the glitz and over-the-top silliness. Had forgotten what a phenomenal pianist he was if, as a youngster, I ever knew.
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Commentary:
In eight of the last 12 Democratic primary races, the eventual nominee didn’t emerge as the sustained leader until after the start of the election year.
Of the four candidates who led the race at this point in the election cycle — Adlai Stevenson, Mondale, Gore and Hillary Clinton — all were very well known to voters. This is the path that Biden would like to take.
Three of the ultimate nominees — Obama, Kerry and JFK — were among the top tier candidates at this point in the campaign. But it wasn’t until January of the election year or later before they took the lead and held it. This might be the path that Warren and Sanders hope to emulate.
The other five late-blooming Democrats were never among the top-ranked candidates in the year before the election. These were Bill Clinton, Dukakis, Carter, McGovern and Humphrey. This is the path that Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris or someone else hopes opens for them.
If history is any guide, it wouldn’t be unusual for another candidate to break into the top tier of Democrats and perhaps even grab the nomination.
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