re: #54 Cato the Elder

By the way, if God spares me and I live to write my magnum opus about matches (the fiery kind, not the sex hookups, and yes, I know someone has already tried, but he did it no justice) my next work shall be on string theory.

How stringed instruments changed the world. Bowed, plucked, hammered, wrought into a machine.

Think about it: sitar, guitar, banjo, violoncello, fortepiano, dobro, fiddle, oud.

What came after the Pan pipe?

A string.

What holds us together?

A string.

Want proof?

Listen:

Youtube Video

It’s always October.