crazy carl's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=crazy carl2000-10-28T07:43:48ZPit preacher (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl/writeups/Pit+preachercrazy carlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl2000-10-28T07:43:48Z2000-10-28T07:43:48Z<p>The "Pit Preacher" is a name applied to any of a group of <a href="/title/evangelical">evangelical</a> outdoor <a href="/title/orator">orator</a>s with very <a href="/title/conservative">conservative</a> views. They come to <a href="/title/the+pit">the pit</a> at the <a href="/title/University+of+North+Carolina">University of North Carolina</a> at <a href="/title/Chapel+Hill">Chapel Hill</a> attempting to turn flocks of the young, impressionable students to the way of Christ, but more often than not wind up leaving in shame after being <a href="/title/taunt">taunt</a>ed for the duration of their <a href="/title/impromptu">impromptu</a> sermons.</p>The Pit (place)http://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl/writeups/The+Pitcrazy carlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl2000-10-28T07:39:00Z2000-10-28T07:39:00Z<p>"The pit" is also the name for the midday center of activity at The <a href="/title/University+of+North+Carolina">University of North Carolina</a> at <a href="/title/Chapel+Hill">Chapel Hill</a>. This <a href="/title/depressed">depressed</a>, bowl-shaped area is often used by student organizations to <a href="/title/advertise">advertise</a>. It is also home to the <a href="/title/notorious">notorious</a>, <a href="/title/proselytizing">proselytizing</a> <a href="/title/Pit+Preacher">Pit Preacher</a>.</p>hangover cure (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl/writeups/hangover+curecrazy carlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl2000-10-27T06:04:48Z2000-10-27T06:04:48Z<b>A decidedly southern solution to an age-old problem.</b><br>
I have happened upon the <a href="/title/perfect">perfect</a> <a href="/title/hangover">hangover</a> <a href="/title/remedy">remedy</a>. The secret is found in proper <a href="/title/nutrition">nutrition</a>, and what better place to look for said <a href="/title/nutrition">nutrition</a> than your friendly neighborhood <a href="/title/Bojangles">Bojangles</a>?
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<b>Ingredients</b> <br>
One Chicken and Biscuit combo (which includes french fries) with <a href="/title/sweet+tea">sweet tea</a>.<br>
Two packets of <a href="/title/honey+mustard">honey mustard</a> sauce<br>
lots of cajun seasoning
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<b>Methodology</b><br>
Before leaving the counter with your food, be sure to thoroughly coat your food with the cajun seasoning, especially the fries. Go find a table. By the time you will have sat down, half your <a href="/title/sweet+tea">sweet tea</a> will have mysteriously disappeared, so go get a <a href="/title/free+refill">free refill</a>. Now that you've secured a reasonable quantity of your <a href="/title/drink">drink</a> of choice, you're ready to construct the <a href="/title/biscuit-chicken+construct">biscuit-chicken construct</a>:
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<li><a href="/title/Carefully">Carefully</a> <a href="/title/separate">separate</a> your biscuit into two halves, sandwich-style.</li>
<li>Place the strips of chicken on one half of the biscuit.<!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></ol><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Bojangles (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl/writeups/Bojanglescrazy carlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl2000-10-27T05:15:12Z2000-10-27T05:15:12Z"Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits" is a primarily southern <a href="/title/fast+food">fast food</a> franchise, specializing in chicken entrees. Actually, they really specialize in getting the largest amount of <a href="/title/grease">grease</a> possible into their <a href="/title/french+fries">french fries</a>. They're quite good at what they do.
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Bojangles' is also known for it's "<a href="/title/cajun+seasoning">cajun seasoning</a>," which, on closer examination, seems to consist of <a href="/title/salt">salt</a>, <a href="/title/garlic">garlic</a>, <a href="/title/salt">salt</a>, <a href="/title/pepper">pepper</a>, <a href="/title/salt">salt</a>, <a href="/title/salt">salt</a>, and just a dash of <a href="/title/salt">salt</a> for variety.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>the death of books (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl/writeups/the+death+of+bookscrazy carlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl2000-10-27T04:59:43Z2000-10-27T04:59:43ZWill <a href="/title/book">book</a>s <a href="/title/die">die</a>? Fifty years from now, will I still be perusing a <a href="/title/crinkling">crinkling</a> collection of pages as I <a href="/title/recline">recline</a> in my favorite chair? <a href="/title/Michael+Crichton">Michael Crichton</a> and <a href="/title/Stephen+King">Stephen King</a> are leading the way for a wave of online publications, and around every corner a <a href="/title/critic">critic</a> is <a href="/title/harping">harping</a> about the decline of <a href="/title/literature">literature</a>. According to them, the printed medium is at risk of falling into <a href="/title/obsolescence">obsolescence</a>. Perhaps I will never again leaf through the <a href="/title/New+York+Times">New York Times</a> <a href="/title/Magazine">Magazine</a> on a slow Sunday afternoon, but instead find myself pointing a mid-twenty-first century <a href="/title/web+browser">web browser</a> to <a href="/title/Rupert+Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a> Jr.'s site.
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But there is little to suggest that books will go the way of <a href="/title/betamax">betamax</a>. During the advent of the space program, many predicted the rise of <a href="/title/space+food">space food</a> in everyday life, declaring that <a href="/title/Sunday+dinner">Sunday dinner</a> would soon consist of a <a href="/title/capsule">capsule</a> and a glass of <a href="/title/distilled+water">distilled water</a>. However, I have savored more real <a href="/title/ice+cream">ice cream</a> than the <a href="/title/dehydrated">dehydrated</a> variety over the past few weeks. One buys a <a href="/title/Creamsicle">Creamsicle</a> for its<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Gianni Schicchi (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl/writeups/Gianni+Schicchicrazy carlhttp://m.everything2.com/user/crazy+carl2000-10-22T02:04:13Z2000-10-22T02:04:13ZA famous one-act <a href="/title/opera">opera</a> by Giacomo <a href="/title/Puccini">Puccini</a>, it is considered his most <a href="/title/humorous">humorous</a> and least <a href="/title/depressing">depressing</a> work (considering that his main characters in other operas tend to die off in <a href="/title/drove">drove</a>s). It is one of three one-act works known collectively as <a href="/title/II+Trittico">II Trittico</a>.
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<h2>Origin</h2>
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Many <a href="/title/musicologist">musicologist</a>s claim the story is based on a short passage from <a href="/title/Dante">Dante</a>'s <a href="/title/Divine+Comedy">Divine Comedy</a>, which appears in <a href="/title/Canto">Canto</a> XXX:
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Rage so merciless was never seen, <br>
Either at Thebes or Troy - nor yet again <br>
When beasts, or human limbs, are gashed with wounds - <br>
As that I saw, in two pale naked shades <br>
Who, biting, ran about in that strange way <br>
A boar will do, when loosened from his pen. <br>
One, seizing on Capocchio, fixed his teeth <br>
So firmly in his neck, he dragged him down, <br>
Making his belly scrape along the bottom. <br>
He of Arezzo, who stood trembling by, <br>
Said to me: ``That mad soul is Gianni Schicchi <br>
Who mangles others in his frenzied rage.'' <br>
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