Sentential Links (Page 37)

(Read by the LAW AND ORDER voiceover guy) In the world of the Internet, the most penetrating insights are committed by the members of the elite Special Bloggers’ Unit, who use words to craft posts of interest to many. These are their sentences. CHUNK-CHUNK (Yeah, that sounded like a funnier idea before I did it. Oh well….) :: Andrew Thomas was born on 10/04/05 at 5:00 PM. He is 7 lbs. 1 oz. and 19.5 inches long. Mom and baby are both healthy and recovering well. Stay tuned for a full Labor & Delivery report once Kellie is closer toDown the rabbit hole….

A roundup of good stuff from Blogistan. Click for context: :: I finished “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” last night. And cried like a little baby. (Hmmm…been a while since I found a book that made me cry. Maybe I should look this one up.) :: Let me tell you about my history with Tommy. (That is, Tommy of Tommy, the album by The Who. Which I’ve never heard. Is it true that if you play it with a candle burning, you will see your future? And I should have voted for Almost Famous, which I just freaking adore.) ::Down the rabbit hole….

Time for our usual dose of context-free, clickable goodness. Cheerio! :: Dear Catholic Church, Please consider this my official resignation. I am done with you. :: This is a danger with people who don’t have money: it’s never enough for them, because they really have no idea of how money works. (Permalinks here rarely work; if not, scroll down to the post dated September 24.) :: So often I’ve wanted to just sit on the roof alone with my thoughts and an old fashioned telescope, the big unwieldy kind with all kinds of lenses and mechanical gears. Someday when IDown the rabbit hole….

It’s that time again. Here is the customary roundup of usual sentences. :: Oh they broke into our houseAnd they beat my dad with logs,They raped my little sister,And killed my dear old dog. Everybody! Limey scum, Limey scum!I kills them all and still they come… (I’ve been Googling that set of lyrics forever, to no avail. Blogistan rules!) :: She got her chair obsession psychoanalyzed and says it has something to do with communities – with homes, with talking – with how the Tunisian Jews would always sit around and talk to each other. :: I’ve even had aDown the rabbit hole….

Here’s the round-up from this week. Not as many as usual, between the monitor problems (now resolved) and the head cold that took my sinuses and mucous membranes out for a spin the last three days. :: Some would like to see the ‘Silver Surfer’ but it’s tough to visualize that without having a cackle about the rationality of taking a guy on a flying surfboard seriously. (Say, how about a “Galactus” movie? Maybe they could get John Byrne to actually finish “The Last Galactus Story”.) :: For instance, I had nightmares for two nights after seeing ‘Scream’. That kindDown the rabbit hole….

Most of Blogistan has, as you might expect, focused on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath this week. I’ve already done a lot of linking about that kind of thing, so I won’t do a whole lot more here. As always, click for context. :: I was wondering whether or not to continue with the “good news” postings. I think this story has just inspired me to continue. (I’m not sure where Michelle gets her energy, but her response has been one of the more inspiring individual responses to Katrina. If you’re looking for a specific way to help the survivors,Down the rabbit hole….

Bumper crop of good stuff this week. Click for Context! :: The Bard is loved for many reasons, none of which I would ever seek to contradict, and yet I’m most drawn to his ability to find grace and beauty in imperfections, in flaws. (Gotta read this blog more; wonderful post.) :: This argument of universal sin, then, is an argument almost built entirely for cynical use. It has very little to do with morality as such. Instead, it has everything to do with power, with legitimating one’s own power and right to debate and trying to strip that wayDown the rabbit hole….

Here we go again: click for context. :: If your side starts to hurt on, say, Monday and you lose your appetite and all you want to do is sleep and you’re dizzy…don’t wait until Friday to mention it to your immediate family. (TBogg’s been on fire — I nearly went with “So if you’ve got a script where a cartoon family of rich eccentric hockey players take on Hollywood only to be horribly tortured and crucified…you may already be a winner!”, but the personal usually beats out the snark when all other things are equal.) :: That’s what thisDown the rabbit hole….

I didn’t have as much time for trawling the waters off the coast of Blogistan for the sentences that are the spawn of posts, but I did find a few standouts. Click for the context: :: Whatever happens with the Space Program — hell, whatever your thoughts on manned spaceflight or government sponsorship — don’t deny them this: There are thousands of people who believe in what they do, and who have been giving heart and soul to make this work. (Amen, brother.) :: I’d like to thank The Velveteen Rabbit for convincing me that EVERY-DAMN-THING has a soul. WhatDown the rabbit hole….

Here we go again. Click the sentences for context. :: (T)he justification for the Global Vaguely-Defined Endeavor Generally In Opposition To Some Nebulous Foreign Evil (GVDEGIOTSNFE) has finally become entirely pre-verbal. Perhaps it is better this way; I don’t know. But it does sort of make one long for the days of Steven den Beste and Victor Davis Hanson and all those other dudes with their austere tripartite names and their military histories and their impressive connection to the classical tradition of Thucydides, Pericles, and Triceratops. (The comments thread, in which lots of people pile on top of Michael Totten,Down the rabbit hole….