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By Lambert Strether of Corrente.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Bird Song of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n Mourning Warbler, Shannondale Springs Wildlife Managment Area, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States. \u201cAs per Wil Hershberger, this recording is of an adult male Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia) that was visually identified and in sight throughout the recording. This recording was originally archived as Mourning Warbler, but the identification was later mistakenly changed by an ML archivist due to the similarity of this bird\u2019s song to the song of Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica). The subject has been changed back to Mourning Warbler as per the recordist.\u201d Category errors abound.<\/p>\n John Zelnicker was a long-time reader and commenter at Naked Capitalism. He was also the instigator of the Naked Capitalism Songboook<\/a>, now in four volumes (thanks to the songwriting and parodic talents of many NC readers).<\/p>\n He died on Wednesday of this week. From his obituary<\/a>: <\/p>\n John was a lover of music and books, women, technology, top-shelf Scotch, religious history, philosophy, economics, and playing with numbers. He would read The Lord of the Rings trilogy and attend at least one Grateful Dead concert during every summer break from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. John was a corporate hippie, running his own tax accounting business while wearing hideous tie-dye Crocs.<\/p>\n He was a remarkably gracious man, a Southern gentleman to his core, recklessly generous, and so intelligent one could hardly keep up with him. John made friends without even realizing it, and there was never a lost soul who crossed his path that he didn\u2019t try to help if he could. Over the years, many people told him that he should write a memoir, but he preferred to share his incredible stories in person and boy, he could tell one helluva story.\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n After working with John on the Songbooks, I know I can speak for all who talked with him when I say that indeed his memoir would have been quite something, and it would have been an honor to have been included within it.<\/p>\n And:<\/p>\n Never a fan of fanfare, and with sincere apologies to his friends and family, John requested no ceremony or service upon his passing. Instead, he hoped that people would choose to honor his life by donating to their local public library or to Penelope House in Mobile, Alabama.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n A big fan of libraries, too, which speaks well of him. <\/p>\n \u2013lambert<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In Case You Might Miss\u2026 <\/strong> <\/p>\n Politics<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSo many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.\u201d \u2013Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles<\/p>\n Biden Administration<\/p>\n \u201cThese student loan grace periods end this month. Are you prepared?\u201d [WaPo<\/a>]. \u201cIn light of the chaos, activists and advocacy groups have urged the department to extend the on-ramp period while the litigation continues. The department says a provision in the Fiscal Responsibility Act prevents the agency from extending the grace period.\u201d \u2022 Well, I can apply that two thousand bucks Biden gave me to the payments, I suppose\u2026. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 2024<\/p>\n Less than forty days to go!<\/p>\n\n
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