Poetry in the Sunshine

This morning I had class at 8:30.  Now that in itself is not interesting or special in any way.  What made this class a little more enjoyable than usual was the fact that we had it outside.  It was the Major English Writers I class with Dr. Michael Gilmour.  We read and dug through one of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales as we sat outside by the fire pit behind Bergen Hall.  Minus a few mosquitoes, it definitely beat sitting in a hot and stuffy Classroom 1.  (For those who have taken Major English Writers II or are familiar with William Wordsworth, I think it would have been appropriate to study Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey.  But alas, that course is taught in the winter semester.  If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you may ignore the text between the parentheses, as is grammatically implied by use of such a device.)

Yesterday, I commented on the story of a John Hopkins student killing an apparent burglar with a samurai sword.  My information came from CNN.com.  Today, I noticed that The Onion briefly covered the story.  (Here is the link to their version of the story http://ow.ly/15Pu9Z.)  Those that do not know what The Onion is, it is a spoof of serious news coverage.  CNN is to the Royal Family of England as The Onion is to Monty Python.  (Since Dr. Greco taught us in class to not leave things unexplained out of context, Monty Python is a British comedy troupe that was rather dry and often had a realistic seriousness about even when they were being very silly.  Monty Python includes such people as John Cleese.  The Royal Family of England is the monarchy of England that has lasted many hundreds of years and again they have an air of sophistication and class about them.  The Royal Family includes such people as Queen Elizabeth II.)

(If you feel that my analogy is at fault, I recommend that you comment.  If you bring up a valid point that actually matters, there is a probability of an admittance of wrong.  Again, given the grammatical implications, you may ignore text surrounded by parentheses.  Given that this includes the majority of today’s blog entry, this would make your reading experience much briefer.)

Have a good day!  (<-- That was not in parentheses.)

Quote of the day:

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has of plenty of work to do.

     -Jerome K. Jerome (1859 - 1927)-

Word of the day: efficacious:

\ef-ih-KAY-shuhs\ , adjective:

1. Capable of having the desired result or effect; effective as a means, measure, remedy, etc.