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At The Zeus Excuse, participating bloggers were assigned a letter and asked to list things they love beginning with that letter. Since at Sunday Stealing we love Sunday Stealing, here is –
Things I Love Beginning with S
1. Soul music, particularly the sounds of Soulsville, USA, i.e., Stax Records out of Memphis, TN. I wrote about Stax here (2007). I have pushing for Stax co-founder Estelle Axton to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2015. Steve Cropper, the STAX guitar virtuoso who died in 2025, got an obit.
2. The Statue of Liberty, which I’ve seen while riding the Staten Island ferry. The meaning needs to be amplified regularly. “Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” I used to have a little statuette in a previous office.
3. I was going to say Soup. Then I came into this debate about the difference between soup versus stew, chowder, and bisque. Gumbo, e.g., I consider a stew. That said, cream of mushroom and New England clam chowder are my favorite soups. BTW, I had forgotten that Campbell’s has dropped the word Soup from its corporate name.
Dueling universes
4. The Star Trek v. Star Wars debate. I haven’t come into contact with it recently, but these two tribes used to fuss about which universe was more “authentic,” whatever THAT meant. For the record, I’ve seen far more Star Trek.
I’ve only seen Star Wars movies (renumbered) 4, 5, 6, 1, and 7. No, I’ve never seen any of the small-screen stuff. I did collect the Marvel Comics Star Wars series back in the day.
But I’ve seen Star Trek: TOS, and the 1st five films; most of the Animated Series; all of The Next Generation, though no movies; most episodes of DS9; many episodes of Voyager; the 2009 reboot movie; and random other episodes.
5. Sleep. Sometimes, I stay up too late, because my brain needs to offload NOW. So, increasingly, I take that joyous thing called the afternoon nap, usually for about an hour. I never use an alarm clock, because it is evil.
6. Sunday Stealing, of course!
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