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READIN started out as a place for me to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly) how to design a web site.

There has been some mission drift here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of the main things I write about here are reading books, listening to (and playing) music, and watching the movies. Also I write about the work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.

The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.

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I just got a flyer in my in-box advertising a folk singer's upcoming performance; among other things it says "Her voice is unforgettable - big, soulful, kiss-ass, and wise." I don't think I have ever seen the adjective "kiss-ass" used in a positive sense before.

(Did they mean "kick-ass"?)

posted morning of Thursday, April 17th, 2008

It must be all rite. My spell-checker tell me sew.

posted afternoon of April 19th, 2008 by Randolph Fritz

The funny thing about it is, I'm pretty sure they did not intend "kick-ass" -- that does not go with "soulful" and "wise" very well. Maybe they're using "-ass" as an intensifying suffix, and mean the singer is very kissy, voluptuous-sounding. But that doesn't seem very likely either.

posted evening of April 19th, 2008 by Jeremy

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➪	Colin Meloy says, "I think of American folk music as being like rocky dirt, and I think of British folk music as being moss and lichen." -- This seems like a very cool analogy to me. (I need to listen to The Decemberists sometime.)

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