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 Resolved: religion is the greatest threat to scientific progress and rationality that we face today 27 Apr 2008 The Nays won, narrowly, and the debate, between Daniel Dennett and Lord Robert Winston, will be available as a podcast here. A summary is here. One thing that I find interesting in these debates, which let’s face it are more important for allowing people to vent than actually proving anything,… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity The constancy of change and the lack of balance 16 Sep 2007 All the strangers look like family All the family looks so strange The only constant I am sure of Is this accelerating rate of change — Peter Gabriel, Downside-Up, from the Ovo Album Creek Running North has a delightful rumination on the lack of a balance of nature, in which… Read More
Evolution On the “Darwin Year” 1 Jul 2008 Readers may be somewhat surprised that Evolving Thoughts hasn’t made much of the Darwin bicentennial and the Origin sesquicentennial so far. Well, I haven’t needed to, given the number of other folk making hay from this. In particular I recommend Carl Zimmer’s piece, over at his new digs with Discover… 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.