More ruminations inspired by the train. I noticed a Borders books price sticker stuck on the wall of my Green line train this morning. The sticker was from my favorite medieval poem, The Song of Roland. I read it for a class as an undergrad, and enjoyed the story. Roland, Charlemagne's number one fella, is ambushed by a bunch of Basques and killed at Roncesvalles pass. Charlemagne comes back and slaughters everyone. A nice story.

A buddy and I decided that the temporary Basque victory over the French money train deserves some sort of commemoration. Thus, we designed (but never made) this T-shirt:

We drew on Gary Larson's cartoon about the Alamo, of course. Alas, I've never had the gumption to make the T-shirt because I'd never wear it. I just can't bring myself to wear rude shirts. Even pseudo-rude shirts. I never wear my "Make 7-up Yours" T-shirt either. Sigh.