Day: February 17, 2016
A life now absurd
Tribulation seems an old fashioned word
A religious note struck and then heard.
To think of our troubles
As tests and not muddles
Gives meaning to a life now absurd.
I think I’ve had enough tribulation
And the same goes for all deviations
Standard or mean,
How numbers do scheme.
I prefer now my feline fabulations.
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U A Fanthorpe,an important poet
She wrote so well but made it understandable to all.
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So we can sin:How not to learn English
| Sadder than a set trifle with Carnation milk would be in Bloomsbury |
| I made it big from the sins of my briefs.Amongst other undies,sundries and blunders. |
| My hat is made of old money and old rope. |
| Impale that gin so we can sin. |
| I,inane, wish for beauty ‘ere I die |
| I made a brake for my mind
My mind needs a mini-break |
| Make a long story taut by editing and deleting 97 per cent |
| They made a mountain out of a coal hill and we got Abergavan |
| Make ends meet: Sew them together
Make lens suit: press your eyes. Dry your eyes and press them nearly |
| You can make heads or tails of tadpoles into soup |
| I make like a flea and leave a bite |
| We make no bones about it.It’s a corset. |
| Make or break this marriage: come to bed,my beloved.The sheets need changing as the Rorsach blots are boring. |
| He makes out like I planned it myself. |
| I make the Sadean protean and the signifier phallic , implying the edge of language is near and the Fall is clear.Oh,dear. |
| We make tracks in the sand.In the dessert,in fact. |
| Why makeup when arguing is free? |
| Don’t make the suave pay for that U |
| Make your move by collapsing all choices |
| The new kettle makes my blood boil but he prefers tea |
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Happenstance
[hap–uh n-stans]
Spell Syllables
1.
Origin of happenstanceExpand
1895-1900
1895-1900; happen + (circum)stance
Examples from the Web for happenstanceExpand
Contemporary Examples
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The success that followed 16 years later was a matter of happenstance,not of strategy.
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All of these differences add up to make each planet unique, a product ofhappenstance and history.
Historical Examples
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But the happenstance habits of nature were steadily being integrated intothe control program of man.
The Thirst Quenchers Rick Raphael -
The German was just a happenstance, a castaway in the war for Arzachel.
First on the Moon Jeff Sutton -
Out of the chaos of happenstance they were finding rules of order, certain formulas of behavior, equations of force.
Empire Clifford Donald Simak -
This is contrasted to happenstance decision making based on impulsiveness and wishful thinking.
Sequential Problem Solving Fredric Lozo -
As for deceased, his ontimely evaporation that a-way is but the frootes ofhappenstance.
Faro Nell and Her Friends Alfred Henry Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for happenstanceExpand
happenstance
/ˈhæpənˌstæns/
noun
1.
chance
2.
a chance occurrence
Word Origin and History for happenstanceExpand
n.
1897, from happening + ending from circumstance.
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The origins of the word tribulation
tribulation
noun trib-yuh-LAY-shun
Definition
: distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution; also : a trying experience
Examples
“Now Lemsford’s great care, anxiety, and endless source of tribulation was the preservation of his manuscripts.” — Herman Melville, White Jacket; or, the World in a Man-of-War, 1850
“In sharing the many tribulations of real-life patients and physicians, Nussbaum unveils a thoughtful, well-rounded, yet thorny vision of the current state of medicine.” — Kirkus Reviews, 15 Jan. 2016
Did You Know?
The writer and Christian scholar Thomas More, in his 1534 work A dialoge of comforte against tribulation, defined the title word as “euery such thing as troubleth and greueth [grieveth] a man either in bodye or mynde.” These days, however, the word tribulation is typically used as a plural noun, paired with its alliterative partner trial, and relates less to oppression and more to any kind of uphill struggle. Tribulation derives via Middle English and Old French from the Latin verb tribulare (“to oppress or afflict”), which is related to tribulum, a noun meaning “threshing board.”
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The penumbra limerick
Is Penumbra a fair name for a girl?
Hi,Penumbra let’s go for a whirl.
Penumbra and Jonah
Got engaged when he phoned her
And, by gum, did he make her hair curl.
Pemumbra was wedded in blue
As for bridesmaids, she had forty-two.
But she needed no rollers
When Jonah bowled her over
As her ringlets had been tightened with glue.
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Penumbra is derived from Latin
- From Oxford dictionary
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penumbra
See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
Line breaks: pen|um¦bra
Pronunciation: /pɪˈnʌmbrə/
Definition of penumbra in English:
noun (plural penumbrae pɪˈnʌmbriː or penumbras)
1.1 Astronomy The shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse.
2A peripheral or indeterminate area or group:an immense penumbra of theory surrounds any observation
Derivatives
Origin
Mid 17th century: modern Latin, from Latin paene ‘almost’ + umbra ‘shadow’.
Words that rhyme with penumbra
umbra
Definition of penumbra in:
- US English dictionary
- Spanish dictionary
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This variegated colour
In between the blackness and the bright,
Graded shades of grey and lilac lie.
These variegated colours give delight.
And from my soul, I hear a gentle sigh.
As we live, we dwell in mysteries;
Must take decisions based on various views.
And unknown memories from our history
Bring out the old , so misperceive the new.
For true perception, we must humble be.
Not for moral reasons but for sight.
The emptiness lets flood creative seas.
And allows bright rays of guiding golden light.
We need to know we do not know at all.
And, trembling, hold the doors of vision wide.
So gentle should be judgements when we fail.
Then errors we’ll appreciate, not hide.
We will deal with life unknown, unclear;
Perception is a better guide than fear.
How my heart sings 