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While in London, I was lucky enough to watch the musical "Sunset Boulevard." One of the most moving songs in the entire show is entitled "New Ways to Dream." It's a song about how pioneers in the motion picture industry gave the world novel ways of thinking about their own lives and experiences. The chorus of the song is quite moving: "We gave the world / New ways to dream." If I could change that song in honor of the BGLAD days, it would read as follows: "Lesbians gave the world / New ways to love...
Stephen A. Mitchell, Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore, and current chair of the Committee on Folklore & Mythology, takes a similar approach. "When I spill salt, I throw it over my shoulder," he remarks, pantomiming the motion. Mitchell says he learned this superstition from watching his parents but is not bothered that none of his children observe it. seems a breach of table manners...
...steps are clear reminders of swing dancing, Taylor adds many new elements by experimenting with the pace of the moves. Some of the dancing is heightened to a hysterically breakneck speed, while at different points, most notably the very beginning and end, the dancers perform the steps in slow motion. The effect of these changes is similar: the popular dance steps become humorously "uncool...
...erratic motion that is inherent--both temporally and physically--in "Crows" results in an overall effect quite similar to motion sickness, leaving us to wonder queasily whether drama and Dramamine are derived from the same etymological root...
Opponents of the theory say its subjectivitytends to debunk itself. Author Nicholas Wadewrites in the New York Times Magazine: "...[theGaia theory] quickly becomes mystical since it sostrongly implies a nice greenhouse with athermostat and a kindly gardener who set thesystem in motion...