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Couldn't decide which, if any, of these had good composition. Leaning towards #2 and/or #3, but let the masses decide!

[Poll #609572]

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Couldn't decide which, if any, of these had good composition. Leaning towards #2 and/or #3, but let the masses decide!

[Poll #609572]

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AUGH! TOO MANY NOISES!!! There's someone playing some kind of hip-hop over the PA setup in the quad, and then there is/was someone playing a bass guitar, and then the guy who was practicing his Italian classical singing ALL DAMN SUMMER BREAK out in the sunken garden or someplace seems to be back, and not only that, he's singing THE SAME DAMN SONG HE WAS SINGING ALL SUMMER BREAK. I mean seriously, how much practice do you need on a single song? It's not even a nice song. It has very weird note jumps in it. Like a flatted seventh or something. Not even a nice "Devil's interval". Bah!

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AUGH! TOO MANY NOISES!!! There's someone playing some kind of hip-hop over the PA setup in the quad, and then there is/was someone playing a bass guitar, and then the guy who was practicing his Italian classical singing ALL DAMN SUMMER BREAK out in the sunken garden or someplace seems to be back, and not only that, he's singing THE SAME DAMN SONG HE WAS SINGING ALL SUMMER BREAK. I mean seriously, how much practice do you need on a single song? It's not even a nice song. It has very weird note jumps in it. Like a flatted seventh or something. Not even a nice "Devil's interval". Bah!

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The Lore of Simple Things—Milk, Honey and Bread In Myth And Legend

(In general I can't recommend the Endicott Studio site enough.)

Placenames (by Oliver Hunter)

I want to learn the names of this place
I want to hear the name–song
Present in every step
I want to see the land through this stone
I want to see with true–sight
Underneath my eyelids
Can you speak me the curves of that hill?
The colours of that breeze?
Everything between the spectrum?
Can you paint me the songs in that flame?
The hidden water lines?
Everything heard and felt?
The land can teach these placenames
Sing the songs
Paint the pictures
Write the poems
The land can speak
And I can listen

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The Lore of Simple Things—Milk, Honey and Bread In Myth And Legend

(In general I can't recommend the Endicott Studio site enough.)

Placenames (by Oliver Hunter)

I want to learn the names of this place
I want to hear the name–song
Present in every step
I want to see the land through this stone
I want to see with true–sight
Underneath my eyelids
Can you speak me the curves of that hill?
The colours of that breeze?
Everything between the spectrum?
Can you paint me the songs in that flame?
The hidden water lines?
Everything heard and felt?
The land can teach these placenames
Sing the songs
Paint the pictures
Write the poems
The land can speak
And I can listen

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Oh man would I like to make an icon out of this. What d'ya s'pose are the chances I'd get a nasty cease-and-desist? Would anyone who would care even notice? (from the TV-listings-by-country page on the official Red Dwarf site)



(the one of the Cat on the US flag is cute, but how much use do I have for an icon with a US flag in it?)

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Oh man would I like to make an icon out of this. What d'ya s'pose are the chances I'd get a nasty cease-and-desist? Would anyone who would care even notice? (from the TV-listings-by-country page on the official Red Dwarf site)



(the one of the Cat on the US flag is cute, but how much use do I have for an icon with a US flag in it?)

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A colourful bit of Scottish history/folklore/whatever related to the Campbells, which show up in my maternal genealogy at my fourth-great-grandmother (Margaret Campbell), descended from a "Black David" Campbell who lived in Ulster, and whose parents (if I've got it right) were the ones who went there from Scotland:

"When it comes to ancient curses, the best defence is a good offence. So, the next time you are in Inveraray, near Loch Fyne in north-west Scotland, which happens to be HQ for the Campbells, consider partaking in this quaint ancient custom. As you drive past their dour castle over a narrow bridge, you extend your hand towards it, with the forefinger and little finger extended and the middle fingers curled into the palm (the devil's horns sign). Then you say "buitseach" (a Gaelic curse) three-times and also spit between the fingers three times." (http://www.thetyee.ca/Views/2004/01/22/Living_With_the_Curse_of_the_Campbells/)

"Buitseach" apparently means "witch". This is meant to cause misfortune and is all on the account of a slaughter of some McDonalds by some Campbells in 1692 - but I find it, ah, rather interesting. I assume the connotation meant is just "foul" and "evil" and "Devil take you" as opposed to anything having literally to to with witchcraft (especially since the Campbells were Presbyterians at this point, if I have it right)... but still. Amusing.

I'm also rather interested in where "Black David" got his nickname...

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A colourful bit of Scottish history/folklore/whatever related to the Campbells, which show up in my maternal genealogy at my fourth-great-grandmother (Margaret Campbell), descended from a "Black David" Campbell who lived in Ulster, and whose parents (if I've got it right) were the ones who went there from Scotland:

"When it comes to ancient curses, the best defence is a good offence. So, the next time you are in Inveraray, near Loch Fyne in north-west Scotland, which happens to be HQ for the Campbells, consider partaking in this quaint ancient custom. As you drive past their dour castle over a narrow bridge, you extend your hand towards it, with the forefinger and little finger extended and the middle fingers curled into the palm (the devil's horns sign). Then you say "buitseach" (a Gaelic curse) three-times and also spit between the fingers three times." (http://www.thetyee.ca/Views/2004/01/22/Living_With_the_Curse_of_the_Campbells/)

"Buitseach" apparently means "witch". This is meant to cause misfortune and is all on the account of a slaughter of some McDonalds by some Campbells in 1692 - but I find it, ah, rather interesting. I assume the connotation meant is just "foul" and "evil" and "Devil take you" as opposed to anything having literally to to with witchcraft (especially since the Campbells were Presbyterians at this point, if I have it right)... but still. Amusing.

I'm also rather interested in where "Black David" got his nickname...

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Ah, ok. Nothing so neat:

"Margaret Campbell Pilcher has this to say about "Black David" Campbell:

        "David Campbell (called ‘Black David,’ because of his dark hair, eyes and complexion, and to, distinguish him from his cousin, ‘White David" Campbell, who was very fair, with yellow hair and blue eyes)..."

Their wives were half-sisters, thus apparently the need for distinguishing the Davids.

This is kind of interesting, because there's a female ancestor in the mix around this time who is McKean, or some name like that, who is described as being a "Highland woman of dark complexion". Maybe I am descended from small dark people! *laughs*

But I think I need to put all this down for a while. I am not any closer to what I wanted to know (except, ping ahril, that a Vaughn also shows up way far back ca. 1580s birthdates), and my head has been buzzing for like, hours on end. Way too easy to get overloaded. It's a feast of details. *splat*

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Ah, ok. Nothing so neat:

"Margaret Campbell Pilcher has this to say about "Black David" Campbell:

        "David Campbell (called ‘Black David,’ because of his dark hair, eyes and complexion, and to, distinguish him from his cousin, ‘White David" Campbell, who was very fair, with yellow hair and blue eyes)..."

Their wives were half-sisters, thus apparently the need for distinguishing the Davids.

This is kind of interesting, because there's a female ancestor in the mix around this time who is McKean, or some name like that, who is described as being a "Highland woman of dark complexion". Maybe I am descended from small dark people! *laughs*

But I think I need to put all this down for a while. I am not any closer to what I wanted to know (except, ping ahril, that a Vaughn also shows up way far back ca. 1580s birthdates), and my head has been buzzing for like, hours on end. Way too easy to get overloaded. It's a feast of details. *splat*