iPod iChing: rankin' new: stop

end of semester? already?

ooh, boy.

so, as you all know, change is in the air, starting with the release last week of the revised, corrected, definitely final NRC Rankings of PhD Programs...

and we did rather well, again.
But, we must ask, Oh Mighty iPod:
what will come of this research endeavour of ours in these late lamented times?

Woosh goes the randomizer.
Woosh.

• The Covering: O Holy Night - Perry Como
• The Crossing: Mirrorball - Peter Gabriel
• The Crown: Inside Job - Pearl Jam
• The Root: Brimful of Asha - Cornershop
• The Past: I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got - Sinead O'Connor
• The Future: Nicht wahr Tamino - Mozart
• The Questioner: Þvottavísur -Thorbjorn Egner
• The House: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy - Tchaikovsky
• The Inside: Real Man - Bonnie Raitt
• The Outcome: Someday Some Morning Sometime - Billy Bragg and Wilco

The Covering: "A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices..."

The Crossing: "We made the moon our mirrorball
...
Everything has changed"

The Crown: "Make myself a pact, not to shut doors on the past
Just for today,... I am free

I will not lose my faith
It's an inside job today"

The Future: we must suffer the test of silence...? oh dead
The Questioner: needs to be given a good proper cleaning...
The House: prances about in a trite but striking way
The Inside is interesting...

As always, the Key as explained by Sean

The Root:

The Past: ah, the glorious golden Past

The Outcome:"I'll bring you a nickel, I'll bring you a dime,
Someday some morning sometime"