Laughing Cow
I feel that when I’m old
I’ll look at you and know
The world was beautiful
Then you tell me
You say that love goes anywhere
In your darkest time, it’s just enough to know it’s there
Obscure slang: 23 skidoo - “23 skidoo (sometimes 23 skiddoo) is an American slang phrase popularized in the early twentieth century, first appearing before World War I and becoming popular in the Roaring Twenties. It generally refers to leaving quickly. One nuance of the phrase suggests being rushed out by someone else. Another is taking advantage of a propitious opportunity to leave, that is, “getting [out] while the getting’s good.”
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Another source of the term has been rumored to come from the area around the Flat Iron building on 23rd street in NYC. Apparently, winds would swirl around the building and in the roaring 20’s groups of men would gather to watch women walk by with their skirts being blown up by the winds. The police would then ask the men to break-it-up and leave… hence the term 23 skidoo.”
Target Pharmacy - Amazing labeling system for pharmaceuticals that Target rolled out a couple of years ago. Also, I haven’t been able to find it, but they have this fantastic logo for their pharmacy that looks like a pill, and the little specs in one side are tiny Target logos. I thought it was really eye catching, both from far away and up close.
This picture is hilarious.
1992: Philharmonic plays Carnival of the Animals - Katy took me to see Joshua Bell at the Ordway for my birthday this past May. In addition to the violins sounding gorgeous, Mr. Bell was (to my untrained ears) awe-inspiringly amazing. (For someone who made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of 18, I should hope so!)
Anyhow, one of the movements performed was Carnival of the Animals, which is typically accompanied with prose by Ogden Nash. In the past decade or so, however, verses by Mr. Peter Schickele are also used. He’s famous for inventing a fictional brother of J.S. Bach’s, named P.D.Q. Bach. Interestingly enough, P.D.Q. Bach actually has real recordings. For example, Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities. Anyhow, now that you know who he is, a joke from Mr. Schickele:
The “Elephants” movement, for example, was preceded by a parable in which an elephant with a dreadful cold decides that he is at death’s door, and gives away all his worldly possessions. He wakes up the next day cured of his cold but penniless, from which Mr. Schickele drew the moral, “just because your trunk is packed doesn’t mean you’re ready to go.”
A cornucopia of unique business cards - See anything you like, Mykala? I liked two of the dentist ones—the one with floss threaded between teeth at the bottom, and the other with an embossed impression of teeth. Fun!
Nothing like putting the cart before the horse.
Neigh!
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