Curious Fish

Yes, I forgot I have a personal blog. But I did read two very interesting things today, and you should take notice:

My real function is best described by an epithet that may, in future years, sum up 2006 with the same grim efficiency that terms like ‘Peace with Honor,’ ‘Iran-Contra,’ ‘Florida Recount,’ and ‘Shock and Awe’ now comprise and evoke other years. What your editor really is here is: the Decider.

Says David Foster Wallace, in the introduction to The Best American Essays 2007. (Which reminds me, I’ve got to resume reading Infinite Jest.)

Question: Does Sir Mick feel he deserves his knighthood? Andrew Platt, Warrington, UK

Mick Jagger answers: It’s not up to you to really worry about deserving it. It’s whether you get given it or not. ‘Dear Your Majesty, please accept my knighthood back because I really don’t deserve it’. I don’t think people really do that. But it’s very nice to have. (more here)

I was never a big Mick Jagger fan, but the man is sharp. Some even say he is a great profit maker.