Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Time in a Bottle

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It should come as no surprise to any of you that I have a deep fondness for melancholy music, and one of my favorite childhood songs from the 1970s was Jim Croce’s Time in a Bottle. The tale surrounding the song is itself rather sad; he wrote the song for his not-yet born son, A.J. Croce. In September of 1973, soon after his son was born, Jim died in a small plane crash in my home state of Louisiana.

I was listening to this song again yesterday, recalling how beautiful it was, so I thought I’d share it with my fellow Slopers (whom I chose to go through time with!)

An Homage to Slope Writers

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Not a day goes by that I am not grateful for the writers who contribute to Slope (with a special shout-out to Springheel Jack, who allows me to sleep in until 6 a.m. each morning and get myself organized). I was reminded of this when I tripped across the amusing video below by the absurdly-talented Seth MacFarlane. It combines a favorite song from The Music Man ("Ya Got Trouble") with some inventive lyrics on Seth's part to express how vital writers are to the entertainment industry. It's a pretty cool mash-up: