Perhaps a fantasy novel meant for adults can't help being a strange mess of effects.
By contrast, the British archaeologist Arthur Evans created a strange mess in his arrogant over-restoration of Knossos in Crete.
There were few loves in Mencken's life, apart from women – "we squeeze what we can from this strange mess called life" – but they were passionate.
But Manager Art Howe offered a more nuanced perspective after this strange mess of a game filled with sloppy fielding, poor relief pitching, 30 base hits and an 11-0 lead that the A's lost.
Beacham's world is defined by a strange mess of new age stuff which includes Buddhism, Nordic Runes, the dregs of her spell as a '60s hippy, and reincarnation (hence the title, see).
Brenda Bell, who wrote the book and lyrics, provides several wry moments, including the return of the mean but not inhuman stepsisters (Freddi Mack and Danielle Beckmann), who complain that they were forced to walk home from the ball when a strange mess of smashed pumpkin pieces caused their coach to run off the road.
"Strange, messed-up San Francisco modern dance," as Mr. Gutierrez calls it, acted from the belief that art could instigate change, if not exactly policy change.
Though millions of riders saw it, by the mid-1980s, despite Mr. Brand's own efforts to keep the artwork maintained, it had fallen into awful shape and for almost two decades — except for a brief resurrection around 1990 — was either dark or was seen only as a strange, illuminated mess of spray-paint outside the subway window.
Of course, it's a little less romantic when one of the Italian honeymooners surfaces from snorkelling and comes back on board with a whole string of strange gooey mess streaming out of one of her nostrils.
There is so much jumbled and spit out of this hot, strange, sloppy mess of a film that it would be a sin of sorts to spoil it all, if those reading decide it's still worth a watch.
Despite having a purpose that seems hell bent on displacing Earn's place in the grand state of things, as evidenced by a fistacuffs between the two on "North of the Border," he still remains a fan favourite for his ability to laugh during strange situations, make messed up decisions and inability to shut his damn mouth.
