Zooey Deschanel Appreciation Day
New Girl, starring this feature's eponymous actress/musician, premiered on Tuesday; I'd already seen it a fortnight earlier courtesy of a free iTunes download; & I intended yesterday to be Zooey Deschanel Appreciation Day (Z.D.A.D.) since Wednesday is the traditional day for Z.D.A.D.; but yesterday was a real bear, putting the kibosh on not only my plans for The Secret Base but several other designs as well. What of New Girl itself? There were things to like in the pilot & things to loathe in the pilot. I am hardly a disinterested party, since all I want is more frequent excuses for Zooey Deschanel Appreciation Day.



On a related note, we haven't had occasion to observe a Parker Posey Appreciation Day in far, far too long.

Science!
Treasured reader, prepare thyself, we might just have seen the first clue of how to construct a Star Trek-style warp drive or Star Wars-style hyperdrive. Let's hope there isn't a perfectly reasonable explanation for what's been observed at C.E.R.N.: faster-than-light-link. In the immortal words of Dark Helmet, "Ludicrous speed: Go!"

Science!

Operation ÖSTERREICH | Project GLOWWORM
We have entered another of those periods in which I am existing between belt holes. The mildly exciting thing about this time is that instead of moving twixt what we shall call the "standard" belt hold & the "plus one" belt hole, the gulf is twixt standard & the "minus one" belt hole. The circumference around my elephantine bulk has decreased slightly. The problem with this in-between phase is that the standard belt hole isn't tit enough when I'm standing, but minus one can be too tight when I've sat for awhile. What part does Project GLOWWORM play in what is clearly an Operation ÖSTERREICH show? Not all of my pants are created equal. Some are more apt to attempt to slide down my too-flat bum than others.

Project GLOWWORM
I wore short pants yesterday, not because of any temperature-induced imperative but because the weather was passable enough & the window of opportunity is closing rapidly. Summer is over, & has been ever since Labor day, but we all know summer-like conditions can & usually do persist well into September, sometimes even to reoccur in October. That said, tomorrow brings the autumnal equinox, the celestial/atmospheric/meteorological end of summer. So, really, that draws final line under the summer, meaning short pants lose what little legitimacy they possess as a result of the North American climate & American culture's profound informality. Regard Wednesday's pant selection as a last hurrah, a goodbye to another too-brief summer.

The Rebel Black Dot Song of New York of the Day
Guster, "Empire State" from Ganging Up on the Sun (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary:

"Fallen walls all around,
We'll build again,
Rebuild again."

Mittwoch, 21 September (R.B.D.S.O.T.D., not R.B.D.S.O.N.Y.O.T.D.)
She & Him, "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" from Volume Two (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: Since the formation of She & Him, is there really any other choice for Zooey Deschanel Appreciation Days?