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Photo Memory of the Week
Video of the Week: “It was an ambush!”
Leeloo whups a bunch of armed and nasty aliens, unarmed and all by her own self.
The quote is at timestamp 1:43.
Poetry of the Week
On Tender Hooks
- by Brian BilstonLet me cut to the cheese:
every time you open your mouth,
I’m on tender hooks.You charge at the English language
like a bowl in a china shop.
Please nip it in the butt.On the spurt of the moment,
the phrases tumble out.
It’s time you gave up the goat.Curve your enthusiasm.
Don’t give them free range.
The chickens will come home to roast.Now you are in high dungeon.
You think me a damp squid:
on your phrases I shouldn’t impose.But they spread like wildflowers
in a doggy-dog world,
and your spear of influence grows.Posted: 2025 Apr 20
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Category Archives: Musings
An Advent Gift
A useful new word. Will there be more such gifts from the world this Advent season? We’ll see. Continue reading
Tubs and Ladders
A little bit like snakes and ladders. Sort of. Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Buildings, Miscellany
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Creating Crust
Getting the last word in an argument from 40 years ago. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly
Tagged Attitudes, Conversations, Food & Drink
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A Slightly Improved Life
It’s all good (but it can be better). Continue reading
A Photographic History
It’s not just “stuff” – there are too many photos, too. Continue reading
As Ithers See Us
“O wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as ithers see us!” – Robbie Burns Continue reading
Faces, Faces . . .
Scary and not-so scary faces. Continue reading
OK, Buttercup: You’re Up
Who knew air took up so much space? Continue reading
The Night Lengthens . . .
“There are only two times of the year when the Earth’s axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in a “nearly” equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes…. The “nearly” equal hours of day and night is due to refraction of sunlight or a bending of the light’s rays that causes the sun to appear above the horizon when the actual position of the sun is below the horizon.” You’ll be relieved to know that this is the last you’ll hear of these mechanics from me. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Mortality, Through the Calendar, You are Here
Tagged Science, Weather
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