"On Having a Black Name"

From hitchhiker:

On having a black name by Daisy of Daisy's Dead Air.

( Why, among several reasons, I made a note of this in my journal. )

"But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me"

And now something cheerful (unless one is a pigeon):

I love this song, not least because it makes me nostalgic for the good parts of my college experience. (Yes, I hate nostalgia. Moving right along...) The first time I ever heard this was from a bunch of nicely-dressed college students standing on the steps of Widener Library singing at the top of their lungs: HRSFA, having just celebrated the Mild Hunt (a proper foxhunt, with afternoon tea to follow, and the springtime counterpart of the autumnal, woad-bedecked Wild Hunt).

( I think the loveliest time of the year is the spring! )

Free Cone Day!

Also, today is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry's!
Locate a Ben & Jerry's here:

http://www.benjerry.com/scoop_shops/store_locator/index.htm?s=ma&fcd=1&x=41&y=16