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lyrics from “Wait! You’ll Find a Better Way”

I was a man alone
Leaning on the white courtesy phone
Holy fools and hobo signs
I rebuke in moony lines

I drove into the sun
Yeah I was the dirt and when the wheels spun
Wanting to escape myself
Leave the gun upon the shelf

Stroll through, ‘scuse me but I thought I knew you
Smiling like a check is due
Feeling pleasure that you’re bound to lose

Wait! Oh, you’ll find a better way
Oh yes I’m free to face all the darkness on my own

You were a holy mess
You were dressed in infinite forgiveness
But you were the heaviest
Cat in the crowd nonetheless

You were a wretched wave
All the sullen trolls that you swam out to save
All the moves and all your mind
Dust swirls in the sunlight

All things empty and amazing
Jot ’em down upon the wall
Dressed like a professional

Wait! Oh, you’ll find a better way
Oh yes I’m free to face all the darkness on my own

—Mike Doughty
—lyrics from “Wait! You’ll Find a Better Way”
—found on The Heart Watches While the Brain Burns

sabot

Sabots

sabot /SA-boh/. noun. A wooden shoe or clog. A sleeve that holds and guides a projectile through a rifle tube. In baccarat, the box or shoe for dealing cards. In Australia, a small, snub-nosed dinghy. From Old French çabot, a blend of çavate (old shoe) and bote (boot).
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Links: February 25, 2018

  1. Issue #28 of Robert Wright’s Mindful Resistance newsletter (highly recommended) has a piece answering the question “What is the Mindful Response to a School Shooting?” I can’t believe I live in a time where something like that needs to be written…and I wish I could believe something will change.

  2. Jason Kottke is an inspiration to many, not least for his longevity. Any reader of Katexic CLippings has to be familiar with his work and should read Last blog standing, “last guy dancing”: How Jason Kottke is thinking about kottke.org at 20

  3. Take a gander at the Star Wars posters of Soviet Europe.

  4. Inside the OED: can the world’s biggest dictionary survive the internet? → Thanks to the indefatigable Reader B.! || See also: a notable link in the article which I shared here years ago, but deserves a new look now that the project is now live: BabelNet

  5. Daily Art Magazine has painstakingly documented every piece of art in all four seasons of BoJack Horseman.

  6. Mr. Rogers is getting a stamp. About time. Related new-to-me news: Catherine O’Hara has Canadian stamp.

  7. Explore the Largest Known Early Map of the World, Assembled for the First Time.

  8. Take a minute for this beautiful Google Arts & Culture exhibit of Japanese paper wrapping: Ogasawara-Ryu Origata Wrapping.

  9. The images of the crowd, at least as interested in the woman who was supposed to “pull the trap,” are as horrifying as the photos of the condemned at the last public execution in the US.

  10. Today the annual plum blossom festival is celebrated at the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, with a special tea ceremony (Baikasai) performed by geiko (geisha) and apprentices (maiko) for more than 3000 visitors. While the outdoor tea ceremony dates back to “only” 1952, the shrine was built in 947.

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