3 thoughts on a Monday

1) Buy Celebration Rock
2) Go Celtics
3) Recall Walker

I'm with you on #2. Spent the night in a sports bar in Pittsfield, MA (research trip; Melville wrote Moby-Dick there) watching them beat the Heat. There were about 6 of us, and we were all from out of town and came for the same reason (to watch the game).

I'm lukewarm on Celebration Rock, though (at least so far). I heard the NPR stream and, for me, they seem to have exhausted their somewhat limited idiom. I'll still purchase it, of course.

Lastly, I'd like to say that Rondo is my favorite Celtic since Larry Bird (nuff said) and JoJo White (who came to my elementary school in Brookline when I was a wee Celtics fan).

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Spent the night in a sports bar in Pittsfield, MA (research trip; Melville wrote Moby-Dick there)

I would prefer not to believe that Herman Melville wrote "Moby Dick" is a sports bar.

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"I'll be your server this evening. Call me Ishmael."

Erik,

Are you aware how frequently omoo comes up in crossword puzzles? Typee also, but less so. Can you name a band having the letters "omoo" in their title?

Nose

Omoo, the little-known book that followed Typee comes up in crosswords??

Isn't there a band called Omoo Omoo out there somewhere?

"I would prefer not to believe that Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' is a sports bar."

Believe it, Kay. And back in his day, before TV, sports bars were more like dinner theater. You didn't think that mud wrestling came out of nowhere, did you? It's all true: Trust me, I'm a professor.

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nosepail wrote:
> 3) Recall Walker

I recall Walker...

I've seen Omoo in plenty of crosswords.

I've seen very little of Jimmie Walker since the '70s. In fact, I could've done with seeing less of him today.

Answer was: tuxed-omoo-n