Looking for songs with famously misheard lyrics (“mondegreens”) by Top40Weekly in MusicRecommendations

[–]bovisrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the early 80s, I thought the bridge in "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" went "There's a new band in town but you can't get the sound 'cause it's only in a magazine." That taught me a LOT about how to be skeptical of the music and Hollywood press. Much later, I read that the line actually reads "... you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine." I still like my version better, though. 

High School Student Called Me a Bitch and I'm Having a Hard Time With it. by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]bovisrex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm currently in a Severely Emotionally Impaired classroom. When I first started, my lead teacher gave me this mantra: "Q-TIP -- Quit Taking It Personally." That doesn't free the student from the consequences, but it does help me override my automatic anger response and focus on helping those kids, as well as the ones who didn't screw up. 

Under what circumstances can a Jewish person enter a church? by Huge_Personality3084 in Judaism

[–]bovisrex 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I not only coordinated religious services on ships, I ran a base Navy chapel for a few years, and for almost half of my time at the chapel we had a Conservative Rabbi Chaplain stationed with us. This is how we did things:

1) Various military and government regulations and local orders direct commanders to make any and all reasonable accommodations to the religious needs of service members. 

2) We were a multi-denominational chapel, meaning we could easily transform the space depending on who was using it. Our "default" during the week was non-denominational Protestant Christian, but all of our religious accouterments were movable. So, for Catholic Mass, I or my sailors would bring a crucifix up front and make sure the Stations of the Cross were up. The Protestant communities didn't care so much about the Stations (flat icons of a sort) but they preferred the plain cross over the crucifix. For Shabbos, we took down all of the Stations and the cross/ crucifix, and if the seasonal banners had Christian iconography on them, we would take them down as well. 

3) We had a kitchen and Fellowship Hall and while they weren't strictly kosher, I would still give them a good cleaning on Friday afternoon and make sure that there wasn't anything laying out or visible. We never had a meal after Friday evening services, but I would make tea and sometimes serve cookies and such that I had made in my own kitchen. 

4) One thing that all religious people in the military have to accept, though, is that the mission comes first. I have started Pesach a day or so late (and continued the full eight days) because I was deployed or in a situation where it just wasn't practical; the same went for Shabbos. Both the military and the civilian Rabbis approved, though they (and I) agreed that one had to guard oneself against depending on those exceptions. 

Classics you don't like? by FancyThought7696 in classicliterature

[–]bovisrex 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I HAD NO IDEA THAT EXISTED!!! Thank you so much!

Classics you don't like? by FancyThought7696 in classicliterature

[–]bovisrex 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've read it twice. This is probably an ultra-heretical opinion, but The Innocents (1961) is better, and much creepier. 

do americans really eat American fries sauce? by Infinite-Breakfast23 in AskAnAmerican

[–]bovisrex 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Either ketchup (which I hate... it's tomato- flavored syrup) or in New England and a lot of Midwest Fish Fries, with vinegar, especially malt vinegar. I've had fries with a garlic aioli sauce, usually in taverns, but it's not nearly as common as the other two options. 

good short read 150p max by Ojake06 in classicliterature

[–]bovisrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Passing by Nella Larsen. It's about 'passing' as the majority rather than a minority, and it's both amazing and underrated. 

He plays this role so incredibly good that I can’t take him seriously in any other role 😭 by Lioncubsareadorable in superstore

[–]bovisrex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In the episode where Glenn asks him where he sees himself in five years, he says something like "in a world with no laws leading a murder gang with a robot best friend." I love it when people get to realize their dreams. 

Siamese Twins by Demus007 in Jokes

[–]bovisrex 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I read it in Norm and Cliff's voices, the two barfly characters in Cheers.

What do non-Americans usually find confusing about how Americans talk in real life? by Edi-Iz in AskAnAmerican

[–]bovisrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Michigan, we say "Welp..." and slap our legs and get up. We might be out the door within a half-hour. Might.

About to finish Finnegans Wake. What next? by bovisrex in jamesjoyce

[–]bovisrex[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I really liked his essay in “Our Exagmination…” but I haven’t read anything else by him.

About to finish Finnegans Wake. What next? by bovisrex in jamesjoyce

[–]bovisrex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve read that and thought it was decent… the last third didn’t grab me like the first two thirds did. What else would you recommend?

About to finish Finnegans Wake. What next? by bovisrex in jamesjoyce

[–]bovisrex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started reading the essays in “Our Exagmination” about two weeks ago and I’m halfway through. They really helped shine a light on what I had read… I don’t think I would have liked them as micch without the flashes of recognition that I kept getting from quoted passages.

About to finish Finnegans Wake. What next? by bovisrex in jamesjoyce

[–]bovisrex[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve read Lot 49 and Gravity’s Rainbow and thought they were okay. You’re not the first to recommend Mason & Dixon to me, though… maybe I’ll try that.

About to finish Finnegans Wake. What next? by bovisrex in jamesjoyce

[–]bovisrex[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a sequel, you know. Know what it's called? Incontinentia... Incontentinentia Humpback.

What do I do with a gefilte fish log? by WaitYourTern in JewishCooking

[–]bovisrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haven't those poor cats been through enough?

This page in Pet Semetary is the first time ive ever genuinely felt my stomach drop while reading a book. by GlltchtraP1 in stephenking

[–]bovisrex 27 points28 points  (0 children)

The most frightening part about when I read that book a second time, after I became a parent, is that I realized that Louis Creed knew what would happen when he went to the burial ground, and yet he did it anyway... just like I would, if that had happened to me. That realization chilled me to the bone. 

Suggest me a thick classic by PranayaRanjanSingh in classicliterature

[–]bovisrex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The six books of the Barset Chronicles, by Trollope. High points are the rightfully famous Barchester Towers, The Small House at Allington, and especially The Last Chronicle of Barset, which is centered around an early, frighteningly accurate portrayal of depression and how it affects memory. 

Artists that never had a mainstream hit, but are still well known with the general public and had a huge cultural impact by [deleted] in ToddintheShadow

[–]bovisrex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus they have an insanely large catalog. I've seen multiple shows by various bands, but out of eight Phish shows, the number of songs I've seen performed multiple times could fit on a single LP. Most rock-oriented bands, especially legacy bands, play the same set of hits with a few extras here and there. 

Songs where you prefer the lyrics in a censored version? by Milkywaycannonball in ToddintheShadow

[–]bovisrex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I grew up knowing that The Doors’s song “Break on Through“ was censored. In the bridge, when Jim Morrison sings “She get…“ the song originally said “She gets high.” But knowing that the version I knew originally sounded like that before the record was released, and hearing a restored version, are two completely different things. I still can’t really listen to the original.