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***UPDATED*** A Complete List of Words, Phrases, and a Person I Had to Look Up While Reading “Look, I Made a Hat” by Stephen Sondheim

January 3, 2013 by Rebekah

***UPDATED*** A Complete List of Words, Phrases, and a Person I Had to Look Up While Reading “Look, I Made a Hat” by Stephen Sondheim

(Image source) olla podrida sententious gnomic Pirandello   Only four things! Either I’ve gotten smarter since Finishing the Hat, or Sondheim has taken pity on his less-educated readers. I’m happy to know the word sententious now. To think I’ve been sententious AND gnomic all my life and didn’t have the right vocabulary with which to […]

Filed Under: Arts, Learning Tagged With: Famous People, Music, Musicals, Product Reviews, Reading, Stephen Sondheim, Verse

A Partial List of Words and Phrases I Had to Look Up While Reading “Finishing the Hat” by Stephen Sondheim

December 9, 2012 by Rebekah

A Partial List of Words and Phrases I Had to Look Up While Reading “Finishing the Hat” by Stephen Sondheim

(Image source) uxorious bathetic homiletic explication de mortuis nil nisi bonum compos mentis stultifying sine qua non exegesis interstices mise en scene superannuated This list could also be titled “Words I Look Up Every Six Months, Dagnabbit” or “Words One Never Uses as an Elementary School Teacher.” Can you use them all in one cohesive […]

Filed Under: Learning Tagged With: Finishing the Hat, Mr. Jaunty, Music, Musicals, Product Reviews, Reading, Stephen Sondheim, Verse, Vocabulary

Good Hair/Bad Hair

May 27, 2012 by Rebekah

Good Hair/Bad Hair

I have now reached Stage Four of my Hack ‘n’ Grow Cycle. Yes world, I once again long for flowing long, luxurious hair. After all, I’ve learned so much about hair care, surely this time I could… …wow, the delusion never ends. HOWEVER! This time around, I have a photographic record on my side— and […]

Filed Under: Rugged Good Looks Tagged With: Grooming, Hair, Music, Musicals

The Ice Cream Man Cometh

January 17, 2012 by Rebekah

The Ice Cream Man Cometh

In some parts of the country, ice cream trucks don’t run year-round. This means SOME ice cream wagons don’t play Christmas tunes. Have I blown any southwestern minds yet? Here in NM, an ice cream van scoots down my street every afternoon. I never run out to greet it, due to: 1) veganism, yo 2) […]

Filed Under: Novelty Tagged With: Child Catcher, Community, Musicals

Links Ahoy!

November 29, 2011 by Rebekah

Links Ahoy!

Can’t tell one Mahler symphony from the next? Help has arrived Six Stages of Owning an Instrument. Truth. Consult the Shakespeare Insult Kit, thou qualling, hell-hated codpiece! Recently, three separate females informed me that another woman disliked them… because they’re just so pretty. I refrained from saying “no, it’s definitely your personality she hates” or […]

Filed Under: Novelty Tagged With: Already Pretty, Brains, Danny Kaye, Free Rice, Links, Music, Musicals, Peculiar Girl, Rosie Molinary, Shakespeare

Bye Bye, Birdie

October 28, 2011 by Rebekah

Bye Bye, Birdie

Yesterday morning, I spotted an injured bird on my street. Its wings looked fine, but it could only flap for a few feet and seemed to be favoring its right leg. As there are numerous dogs with “big bitey ends” around (one of which was chasing my bike when I noticed the bird), I set […]

Filed Under: Living, Rugged Good Looks Tagged With: Animals, Bye Bye Birdie, Community, Musicals, Skirts, Wardrobe

PSA: Domestic Violence Awareness Blog Carnival

October 18, 2011 by Rebekah

PSA: Domestic Violence Awareness Blog Carnival

A few nights ago, I watched Oliver!, the 1968 film version of the West End musical adaptation of Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Sorry, I don’t feel like improving that sentence. Tough it out. ANYWAY, thinking about Bill Sikes naturally reminded me that Tori of Anytime Yoga is putting together a blog carnival for Domestic Violence Awareness […]

Filed Under: Learning Tagged With: Anytime Yoga, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Musicals

Covered: Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead

July 7, 2011 by Rebekah

Covered: Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead

Just today, I learned that the song “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead” has its own wikipedia page. Now, I won’t pretend to be interested in that page’s detailed descriptions or scene-setting. But I was COMPLETELY AND THOROUGHLY floored to learn that this perfectly 60’s cover by The Fifth Estate— — swiped its punchy li’l […]

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Music, Musicals

Somebody’s Getting Married?

April 25, 2011 by Rebekah

Somebody’s Getting Married?

I wanted to post this before my little sister’s wedding on Saturday, but as the Janice to her Miss Piggy, I was pretty busy. The wedding/weekend in New Orleans were absolutely glorious, and I’ll round up supporting photos as soon as I can. Until then, sing it if you know it! Can you find the […]

Filed Under: Novelty Tagged With: Muppets, Musicals, Weddings

Recent Exchange: Railway Travel

April 12, 2011 by Rebekah

Recent Exchange: Railway Travel

  Ms. Mama: “You sure are having a travel-full and wedding-full year after staying put in one place for so long!” Me: “I know! I’m reminding myself to appreciate the adventure and not throw up over the expenses. We may take a train to New Orleans, it’s cheaper— and novel!” Ms. Mama: “Ooooh! Ive always […]

Filed Under: Novelty Tagged With: Mama Said, Musicals, Travel

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