In the New Yorker...

[Jeff Wrangler]

I read the article on the dire wolf unextinction in the latest issue. Aside from the last page, there is very little about the dire wolf. I recca-mend skipping over the first few pages.

I'm reading that article now (haven't finished it yet). All I'll say here is that I won't be surprised if the whole thing turns out to be a colossal scam.

[Front-Ranger]

I'm reading that article now (haven't finished it yet). All I'll say here is that I won't be surprised if the whole thing turns out to be a colossal scam.

I saw what you did there.... The name of the company is Colossal, isn't it? 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I saw what you did there.... The name of the company is Colossal, isn't it? 

Actually, that was an entirely fortuitous accident! 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I got on my soapbox on my blog, inspired by Jon Lee Anderson's article in the April 14 issue. I didn't think it was appropriate to do it here.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I think you might say the short story "Jenny Annie Fanny Addie" in the April 21 issue includes a mondegreen, or at least the discussion of one. Apparently people hear the familiar Dylan lyric as "Take a load off, Annie," when it's actually "Take a load off Fanny," also with no comma before the name.

Commas matter.

[serious crayons]

The Band, specifically Robbie Robertson, wrote "The Weight" (although I've heard complaints that other Band members aren't sufficiently recognized for songwriting) and recorded the most familiar versions. The confusion probably stems from the fact that the Band often played with Dylan, including in Music from Big Pink, a collaboration recorded in a house they called Big Pink. I'm a fan of the Band, so I've heard that song a million times -- in fact, I inherited their self-named album from my parents. I've always heard it as Fanny.

Oh wait, I guess it even gets more complex, in a way that explains why the song might be falsely credited to Dylan:

https://www.rollingstone.com/pro/features/bob-dylan-the-weight-the-band-explained-1100673/