Life by Tull 24 Mar 2009 One of my favourite 70s songs, below the fold: “Life’s a Long Song”, by Jethro Tull, from the 1971 EP of the same name. For some reason the final episode of Battlestar Galacticaput this in my head. When you’re falling awake and you take stock of the new day, And you hear your voice croak as you choke on what you need to say, Well, don’t you fret, don’t you fear, I will give you good cheer. Life’s a long song. Life’s a long song. Life’s a long song. If you wait then your plate I will fill. As the verses unfold and your soul suffers the long day, And the twelve o’clock gloom spins the room, You struggle on your way. Well, don’t you sigh, don’t you cry, Lick the dust from your eye. Life’s a long song. Life’s a long song. Life’s a long song. We will meet in the sweet light of dawn. As the Baker Street train spills your pain all over your new dress, And the symphony sounds underground put you under duress, Well don’t you squeal as the heel grinds you under the wheel. Life’s a long song. Life’s a long song. Life’s a long song. But the tune ends too soon for us all. Sermon
General Science Crunchy goodness 20 Oct 2008 So, as many of my readers and all of my friends know, I am a moral vacuum. I routinely brush those earnest young folk aside who seek my signature on their morally worthy petitions with that statement – they usually stand there blinking. I mean, what do you do? Run… Read More
General Science On ID and the public awareness of evolution 20 Apr 2008 Imagine a scientific theory that very few people know or understand. Let’s call it “valency theory“. Now suppose someone objects to valency theory because it undercuts their view of a particular religious doctrine, such as transubstantiation. So they gather money from rich members of their faith community and start a… Read More
Religion The religious we have always with us 23 Oct 2008 In my recent talk on secularism, I declared that there will always be religion, and a secularist ought to get used to that fact. Secularists have assumed that a secular society will cause religion to wither away and die, but this seems to me a foolish thing to believe. Every… Read More
Reminds me of the first joke that I ever deliberately invented, back in the days when my age could be counted on my fingers. Q. What do you call a short song? A. A universe. (So life is the opposite of universe? Hmmm.)
Reminds me of the first joke that I ever deliberately invented, back in the days when my age could be counted on my fingers. Q. What do you call a short song? A. A universe. (So life is the opposite of universe? Hmmm.)
Always been a fan of the mighty ape, but now I see he quotes Tull!?!? Damn, now I might have to join the super-fan club.
Always been a fan of the mighty ape, but now I see he quotes Tull!?!? Damn, now I might have to join the super-fan club.