OT Advent Calendar Day 21: Silly Christmas Songs
Today’s theme is a catch all for the light, silly songs we encounter around the Holidays: silly Christmas songs
Monthly Archive: December 2021
OT Advent Calendar Day 25: Lullay Mine Liking
The word “lullaby” is, in fact, onomatopoeia; it is the “lu lu,” “la la” and “bye bye” sounds mothers often make to calm infants. Which suggests a new meaning to Radiohead’s “There There,” but—as I so often do—I digress.
OT Advent Calendar Day 20: Two Catalan Christmas Songs
Today’s tunes are both from the region of Catalonia in Spain: “Ríu Ríu Chíu” and “Caga Tió.”
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn: The Sociosexual Kobayashi Maru
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is maybe the art-housiest of every art-house movie I’ve seen in at least the past ten years
POETS Day – Chaucer’s Prologue and High School
We say Shakespearian and act as if that’s archaic. It’s not. It’s Modern. Chaucer wrote in Middle English. We need a sec.
Weekend Plans Post: The Week From Heck
My timecard for the last two weeks has 98 hours on it. We’ve got 3 days to go.
Video Throughput: The Science of Forbidden Planet
In today’s video throughput, I review one of the most influential movies in science fiction: the 1956 classic Forbidden Planet.
OT Advent Calendar Day 19: The Holly & The Ivy
Today’s song, “The Holly and The Ivy,” shows great evidence of being endemic for quite a while before it was collected and standardized.
How Should Democrats Handle Student Loan Payments
One of the remaining benefits to combat Covid-19 is the suspension of federal student loan payments. President Biden wants them back
Bucket List: The Army-Navy Game
The Army-Navy Game is uniquely-authentically-American and an honor to behold. To witness all of this in person is something
Wednesday Writs: The Most Concise Synopsis I Can Come Up With on The Supreme Court and SB 8
The Supreme Court announced it will let SB 8 stand while challenges to the law by abortion providers work their way through the courts
OT Advent Calendar Day 18: Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
This German song entitled “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen”—literally, “It Is a Rose Sprung Up”—is one of the most Marian of Christmas Carols.
OT Podcast: En Route with Dennis Sanders and Michael Siegel on Omicron Variant
The latest En Route podcast from Dennis Sanders features guest Michael Siegel discussing the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Texts Between Fox News Host and Trump White House Revealed By January 6th committee
Among other tidbits from the January 6th committee, text messages from three prominent Fox News hosts begging then-President Trump to intercede and do something are now public.
OT Advent Calendar Day 17: I Saw Three Ships
I love the simple chords and melody of the song and its simple faith. And I do mean simple. Let’s just say Bethlehem is not a port.
