sadeyedartist and I were discussing this in the car recently. One of our pet peeves is when the lyrics of modern songs do not match the music, that is, when the lyrical rhythm does not fit the musical rhythm or when lyrics are devoid of any rhythm of their own.

Traditionally, poetry has had rhythm. No, it's not always been iambic or trochaic or some other ( Read more... )

I have been trying to give Pandora a chance recently. dogs_n_rodents first mentioned it a while ago, and one of my coworkers has been using it.

I questioned dogs_n_rodents as to how it might be better than other Internet radio sites that try to figure out one's tastes, such as LaunchCast (from Yahoo!) that I have used a lot in the past. She informed me about the Music Genome ( Read more... )

Let us imagine a perfect world. What does perfection look like ( Read more... )

My last public entry was odd in that I talked so much about myself and my history. Occasionally, I make self-observations, but I do not tend to ramble on here about my past ( Read more... )

Per jeltzz's request:

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Back in the day when Darwin was doing his thing, another man also came up independently with the same theory. Darwin himself confirmed this in that he said once that Darwinism could have just as well been named "Wallacism ( Read more... )

As a poor graduate student, I receive a free magazine for life scientists called The Scientist that would otherwise cost money. Yay me ( Read more... )

So, as my last voice post stated, I went shopping last night at the Towson Mall, mostly for my fiancée. I had such a wonderful time.

(I can talk rather freely on this public entry, because she does not have Internet access currently....)

( On Newer Relationships and the Difficulty of Shopping )

I love animals. Anyone who knows me well knows that. I am not an animal rights activist or a vegetarian -- I think humans have worth beyond that of animals -- but I would never kill an animal (I do not consider insects animals,) if I could avoid it. I would never hunt for sport. I would not want to hunt for food ( Read more... )