Of course, as I work in la biblioteca I had to go right to the source of the word! Here is a copy of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The behavior of this seminal character in literature gave us the word QUIXOTIC to describe impractical, wild-eyed romanticism.
Don Quixote fought windmills in the fanciful belief that they were ferocious monsters. If I were QUIXOTIC, here is a nearby windmill that I could battle. As you can probably see, it is, yes, a Denny's. But let us not focus on that. Instead, let us channel our QUIXOTIC emotions into tilting at windmills and going mad with our chivalry.Meh. I don't know. I may be more of a Sancho Panza type :-) But it was fun to spend a bit of time being QUIXOTIC with all of you. I can't wait to see everyone getting all QUIXOTIC up in here. Could it possibly be anything less than fascinating? I think not. Also...can't wait to see who NoRegrets tags for next week. The fun never ends! It doesn't!
16 comments:
cool windmill, and interesting word.
Click here for my take on it.
why on earth does Denny's have a windmill??
Well done! I don't know why I never thought of the book. My gosh I have at least two copies in my house. Sheesh.
Never thought of windmills either. I was not as on the ball as you.
Very enjoyable game this week... well, always.
Wow - this word sure brought out a lot of windmills.
I bet they are everywhere and I just never noticed them. I'm going to keep an eye out this week. (Of course it will be a week late and a quarter short.)
Thanks for sharing the Denny's one. And why does Denny's have a windmill? To churn the butter?
Dmarks: Your post was awesome! This turned out to be a real fun one.
Pamela: I guess it used to be a Van De Kamps Bakery. Certainly makes it one of the more memorable Denny's.
Ananda: I think it a lot of the fun of this game is seeing where people's minds go...The fact that you didn't go to maybe something more obvious seems like a good thing to me :-)
Crazy4Coens: Oh, I hope you'll play! You can always jump in...early or late, no problem :-) Nowadays Denny's probably uses the windmill to as some sort of torture device for their surly waitstaff. I could be wrong though...
Like the windmill at Denny's.. Never knew that they had that.. Good take on the word..
BTW I'm back to blogging..new post!
That's a Denny's? In what era was that their design? Or is that a special one? Or is the windmill not actually a part of the structure in the foreground, but behind it? I'm optical illusioned.
Mrs: I think this is a sort of singular location. All the Denny's around here have their own little style going on, but this one is unique.
Back to blogging! Glad to hear it :-)
Bobby: Before it was a Denny's it was Van De Kamp Bakery, probably built in the 1930s or so. This is not an illusion :-)
well, van de kamp explains it all!
(haven't seen any windmills yet)
i will play next saturday. thanks for the encouragement! function (yikes)
Great Quixotic photos. When I was in college, I tried to read Don Quixote in Spanish, but didn't get too far. The old Spain Spanish is so different than the Southwest United States Spanglish I speak.
I decided to bow out of the Saturday Scavenger Shots this week. Not because I was stumped on the word, but because I'm stumped altogether about stuff to post. I do love seeing my fellow blogger friends fire up their creativity like you all do so well!
I love that windmill!
lol
GREAT JOB!!!
I have fought many windmills. They are a worthy foe, to say the least. I want to read Don Quijote in espanol, will be quite a challenge, I hope I can get around to it at some point.
Quick question: do you have a favorite Faulkner novel? or like his work? I'm exploring his stuff, read a couple of his books in highschool, and I'm just curious if you have a particular story you enjoy of his?
Just read As I Lay Dying, actually quite sad! I will probably reread Sound and the Fury, remember really liking that one...
Crazy4Coens: Makes marginally more sense at least, right? :-) Glad you are into playing along. But yeah, function may be another toughie.
Churlita: I think Don Quixote is daunting enough in Ingles! I keep looking at it though...I just might go for it.
Tara: We all get these dry spells...and this is a weird time, I know. I hope to see you inspired soon, because selfishly, I always really look forward to reading your blog.
Jessie: Aw, thanks! :-)
Sebastien: I should have known you'd be that tilting at windmills type!
I always think that if I could only read one thing of Faulkner's I would choose Absalom! Absalom! It is gothic and very non-linear in structure. Quite complex and haunting, I think.
Awesome, I have that one in audiobook form, so I will go for it in the near future.
Sebastien: That's great...let me know how you like it, okay?
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