Saturday, June 25, 2016
Eulogy to Hamlet
Don't let the sepia tone and washed out contrast fool you. The below photo is not a Daguerreotype from Civil War era Fredericksburg and 'Ham Ho Hap Ho' was not a Confederate code. The photo is from the 1980s and the homemade banner stands for Hamlet House Happy Hour, 5-7. That was back when the University had a socially vibrant campus and the happy hour was a cherished precursor to parties and socializing from Seacobek to Jefferson.
Today, the sterile, empty house is the home for computer servers or some such things. Don't let that fool you. The house would be just as lifeless if it was still the men's honor house (not that they have that anymore?) and stands as an illustration of how barren the place is now. As always it seems, a few outposts of spirit and excellence hold out against entrenched, calcified mediocrity. --Guess who I'm primarily referring to?
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Hell, I always thought that stood for the "Hamilton Hotel for Hapless Hobos." Who knew.
Yes, famous surfer Laird Hamilton came across a missing tooth one day in the surf off of South Carolina and vowed to return it whence it came--the honor house clothes dryer. There, he came across scholars that he mistook for hobos. It was a Saturday morning after all...
-tt
Wonder whether they have my Style Council and Big Audio Dynamite albums in there.
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