The Explorers Club
No. CI - James Holman (1786-1857), the Blind Traveler.





I include this last image not as an endorsement of Jason Roberts's book, which I have not read, but because I quite like the cover illustration. (And because there is not a surfeit of Holman images.) Don't judge a book by its cover, but feel free to judge the cover on its own merits. Looking mighty fine, I'd say.




Bonus topic: echolocation by humans.

The Victors: Michigan 29-6 Minnesota
3-7, 2-4 Big Ten

This is a year in which we've lost darn near everything: a forty-year coaching lineage, the nation's longest streak of consecutive bowl appearances, a four-decade streak of non-losing seasons, and suffered our first defeat at the hands of a Mid-American Conference opponent. It's still great to be a Michigan Wolverines, but it cannot be denied we've lost a measure of our pride. But, by Fielding Yost's ghost, the valiant Wolverines have held on to the Little Brown Jug! Little! Brown! Jug!

Say what you will about the luckless Golden Gophers, a win is a win, and beggars can't be choosers. I've had my fill of the agony of defeat, thank you, I much prefer the thrill of victory.

Go Blue!

Project TROIKA
Steeze phoned yesterday to say he was going camping this weekend and would be incommunicado during today's scheduled confab. As we're in the compiling phase (creation is still occurring, but as a secondary activity), this should not prove an obstacle to the Project's completion. We did notice that on a plot point over which we'd disagreed a week hence we'd switched positions; I'd been convinced by his argument and he by mine. We'll try again next week and hope the third time's the charm.

Grow or die.

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
John Williams, "Theme From Jurassic Park" from Jurassic Park: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (T.L.A.M.)

Samstag, 8 November
Cab Calloway, "Minnie the Moocher" from The Blues Brothers Original Soundtrack Recording (T.L.A.M.)

Freitag, 7 November
"Weird Al" Yankovic, "Taco Grande" from Off the Deep End (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: A winning combination of puns and Spanglish, made all the more impressive as the song upon with "Taco Grande" is based is well-nigh unlistenable.