From tree to tree. From you to me. Travelling twice as fast as on any freeway. Every single dream. Wrapped up in the scheme. They all get carried on The Relay.
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What is The Relay? "Relay" was a song recorded by The Who in 1971. It was released as a single the next year, but it was never appropriately placed in its correct context. That context was an ambitious science-fiction follow-up by Pete Townshend to Tommy called Lifehouse. Lifehouse was about an oppressive future where most people in the cities lived their lived encased in protective suits attached to "The Grid," a virtual world where they received all stimulation through an electronic network. Townshend in this regard was a true prophet, for "The Grid" is eerily parallel to what we now know as the Internet. This site will be my "grid," my virtual world where I can reflect on the world around me and my place in it. I hope to use this space to reflect, speculate, and pontificate. If anything, I hope it will give me a forum where I can leave my father in peace from annoying emails about the current thing that enrages me. I will be writing about my life in academia and the issues I'm involved in there, as well as my hobbies, which usually involve three things: sports, music, and politics. Enjoy.
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Where the Onion is best is in the initial conception of the joke, which usually means the headlines. The stories tend to be a repetitive riff to drive the point home, which is why I always think they're best stuff are the teaser headlines on the front page that don't actually have a story. This includes such classics as "Standard Deviation Not Enough For Perverted Statistician".
Obviously, that just can't be improved upon.
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