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...smooth Sinatra sound or the orgasmic church screaming of Little Richard. But to Dylan, barbed-wire vocals were an aesthetic and, as the French would say, a politique. Mellow was a lie; raspy was authentic. As he wrote in an early poem: "The only beauty's ugly, man / The cracklin', breakin', shakin' sounds're / The only beauty I understand." With extended exposure, his ugly became beauty. Intimate and accusatory, the voice twisted and tortured each word in a lyric, weirdly drawing out the silent half of a vowel sound - not "rain" but "raiiiiin", not "deal" but "deaaaaal...
TRANS FAT: 1.5 grams SATURATED FAT: 2 g Kellogg's Cracklin' Oat Bran cereal...
Nonetheless, due to my consciousness of wasted Cracklin' Oat Bran, I make it a habit to skim the conveyor belt at every meal. Most of the time, I see many plates with a substantial amount of food on them. An all-you-can-eat buffet, such as the ones in Harvard's dining halls, unfortunately encourages this waste...
...advocating the abolition of the buffet. Nevertheless, I think that we can do a better job judging what quantity of cod, corn or Cracklin' Oat Bran we take. When you can always go back for seconds, why take a gladiatorial proportion and realize that you are not Maximus as you throw your silverware down the shoot and watch a plate of cold London broil on its way to a Cambridge garbage truck...
...student will tell you, we live in a world of scarce resources. Sadly, there is only so much Cracklin' Oat Bran and only so many grilled cheese sandwiches. You should think twice before spooning out more Cracklin' Oat Bran than you can handle. If you do ever find yourself with extra on your hands, please hunt me down. Pay attention to the menu as well. Don't pick up the shrimp scampi with shell pasta only to change your mind when you see the golden Kung pao chicken. The conveyor belt should not look like a haphazard buffet...