Use/Mention

What's brown and sounds like a bell?

Eh, Google it. I was just thinking how much jokes like that play on the fluid shift between use and mention. There's a Hegel quote to be made, but it's disconcertingly hard to find the right passage - proof I need to do more reading and less interneting.

I know there are several SCOTUS cases I could blog - I think it probable I will. And there's always random stuff to talk about. For instance, did you know that I now own a Fender Stratocaster?

I'll have more to say when I am in the proper mood. Triple-digit heat works its way through even the air conditioning.