A cautionary tale. Decadence, Poetry, and Youth are like Charcoal, Sulfur, and Saltpeter mixed. Me, just put the last disc of "Das Lied von der Erde" on REPEAT, and I will soon be in an ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS.

Ron's weblog is, as usual, "box of birds"! I knew instantly that "Swamp Formalism" was written by an ether-huffing dwarf; "95.9" (what a giveaway) by a walleyed backpacker named Opie; "Word Worm" by a revolutionary Lesbian with a degree in marketing; and "1" by an identical twin who likes kimchee and anal sex, though not necessarily at the same time. But we can't all be as gimlet-eyed as the Springster, eh?