Mondegreens

A quick thought for today:
I’ve been listening to a CD of Foo Fighters songs I made from itunes, and I misheard part of Times Like These, resulting in the following mondegreen:
…I’m a streetlight shaman…
The actual line is:
…I’m a streetlight shinin’…
A mondegreen is, of course, a misheard or misinterpreted song lyric (or line in a poem).  I [...]

Quick Update

I’m back from Nantucket, but before I continue with real blogging, I wanted to mention a new feature I’ve added to the Chemist and Poet blog: you can now receive blog updates (i.e. feeds) via email!  Just click on the link on the top of the sidebar on the right…and enjoy!

Call me Dr. P

I’m Dr. Wayne Pitcher, Chemist and Poet. Welcome to my blog. After talking about it, thinking about it, and having numerous friends suggest I do it, I am now blogging. I intend to use this space for random musings…well, maybe not so random. I have a lot of interests, from poetry to baseball to science [...]