VLVL2 (1): Annotations (pp. 5 - 6)

[Tim Strzechowski]

5.3  "Log Jam"  "A mass of logs that have become jammed in their course down the stream" (Funk & Wagnalls New International Dictionary of the English Language [2001]) and, given the circumstances, a phrase with humorous homoerotic overtones.

also see:
http://www.logjamrestaurant.com/

5.6  "death by tree"   No doubt a reference to those whose fate is sealed with a "thump."
http://forestry.about.com/library/weekly/aa040200a.htm

5.12  "Winnebagos"   Any of a variety of motor home vehicles whose owners constitute an entire subgroup of American pop culture.
http://www.winnebagoind.com/

"America's love affair with the open road and its refusal to do without the comforts of home have produced some amazing vehicles. . . . [Roger B. White] recounts the evolution of these mobile dwellings and explains their allure as an irresistible 'combination of wanderlust and family togetherness.' The author takes a pop culture approach, including the psychedelic buses of the 60s like Ken Kesey's poetically named Furthur and Wavy Gravy's Road Hog. . . . Even in a no passing zone, this is no passing fancy."
http://www.sipress.si.edu/books/titles_books/1-56098-892-4.html

5.35  "kiwi mimosas"  An effeminate drink that blends orange juice, kiwi, champagne, and ice.

6.1  "So Lonesome I Could Cry"  Words and music by Hank Williams, Sr.
http://bluegrasslyrics.com/bluegrass_song.cfm-recordID=s71272.htm

6.3  "choppers and choker setters"   The term "chopper" is perhaps self-explanatory in forestry.  A "choker" is "a noose of wire rope used for skidding or yarding logs."
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/glossary/

6.7  "Turnbull & Asser"  Not only is this the name of a distinguished clothier, but it also makes for an amusingly lewd pun, given the effeminate swank of the situation!
http://www.turnbullandasser.com/

6.15  "orientational vibes"  http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/  (from 6/25/03)

vibe (vyb) noun

   1. Vibration.

   2. An emotional feeling, aura, or atmosphere from someone or something.

[Short for vibration, from vibrate, from Latin vibratus, past participle of vibrare (to move to and fro).]

  "The Saxon sound system from London, England, kept the vibes flowing nicely."
   Rocking Reggae Shakes Germany; The Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica); June 18, 2003.

  "To him (Robert Mirabal), Tokyo appears to be a big village inhabited by another tribe, and he finds its vibe quite different than that of his homeland."
   Miki Takashima; Traditional Musicians Strike a New, Innovative Beat; The Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo, Japan); June 18, 2003.
 
6.17  "up to spec"  Likely a colloquial variation on the phrase "up to snuff."
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-upt1.htm

6.35  "Eureka," "Arcata"  Local municipalities in Northern California.
http://www.californiatraveldreams.com/eureka.htm
http://www.arcataplaza.com/media/

also see links to Mendocino County, CA in previous post.

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