John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot: Morrissey

Sunday, May 29, 2011

"Nothing comforts me at all. I think the world is a mesmerizing mess ... And there we are."
- Morrissey

[Said during a 2009 appearance on BBC's Desert Island Discs; I heard it today while sampling some of the past episodes released as podcasts.]

Why Dot Dot Dot?

That is, where did this blog get its name?
Dot Dot Dot is Morse code for the letter 'S,' the full message Guglielmo Marconi claimed to have received atop Signal Hill in St. John's in 1901. It ushered in the age of telecommunications. My maternal grandfather worked as a telegraph operator for Canadian Marconi on Signal Hill for many years. As well, I have a habit of overusing the ellipsis when I write ... as frequent readers might notice.

John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot