Day: April 12, 2016

Of loving flesh

What angst you did inflict upon my soul
What grief gave you  mine eyes to weep afresh.
What  ire do you reserve  to take its toll;
What everlasting loss of loving  flesh?

What sorrow did you wish to save for me
What worthless thoughts did you intend to grow
What ends and means then wished you to see
What  un-contained shudders did you  sow?

Who you are has no interest to me.
Whom you pray for  makes a mock of God.
When you  feel ,then from it you shall flee.
And will he rule you then  with his own rod?

Do not think you’ve made an end of me.
Eternity and time my friends will be

 

Maths alphabet

Axes are useful,real and imaginary.Does  our earth have them?
Borrow one in  sums.Not nice.Arithmetic sucks
Calculus is based on non-understanding of first principles which may not be understandable like certain jokes..
Drawing graphs is an art and a science.
Euclid has frightened some and delighted others.And a  right angle to you as well.
Flatland is a book  set in an imaginary two dimensional world.Fractions frighten
Geometry gave way to algebra.Godel studied  axiomatic systems.
God was a Word not a number……. think about it.
Hard as maths is,there is a non-sensual beauty in there somewhere
It takes your mind off pain when you try to visualise 4 dimensions.Be aware some never return.
Jokes are not often found in our textbooks except the biggest.. that God likes jigsaws,geometry and juggling.
Kurt Godel went mad.He proved maths cannot have a complete  set of axioms with no contradictions.So don’t go there
Logic is not  identical  with mathematics.
Multiplication tables were sung by children at school in the past.Matrices are  rows and columns of numbers.
Number theory is harder than one would imagine from counting one’s digits.
Operators are imaginary concepts which have an effect on other imaginary concepts which then contribute to nuclear physics,and a few other things like the end of the world.
Probability seems to be part of the nature of the world despite Einstein’s famous words. God does not play dice.
Quantitative methods were what they called maths to stop the anxiety students felt.But it’s a bad name.
Reason is only   part of mathematics
Straight lines can meet.
Theorems can be interesting if you know why you are learning them
Why? Why indeed.Wranglers are top mathematics students at Cambridge.
X or x is often the unknown we look for.
Y is like X  just by historical  usage
Zero as a concept with a sign  is more abstract than One.Hence its late arrival on the human scene.Nothing can be symbolised. Ain’t that good?

As flawed as it’s wrong

As flawed as it’s wrong.
Be as good as the text, man.
Come away,breath.Let me die  as president
Defective love hurts.
Enemies are free and many.
Folly  gives advice to the fool.
Give aid to those who bleed.
Hello,wit free here.
In search of my fate.
Jest and be merry for wives are out.
Klues Foxed Klan
Lord have Qwerty on me!
Malice before thought seems their motto
Never  use a clean word when a dirty will do.
One who gossips, hears her fears.
Patch up your troubles before filling yourbag
Quality is ingrained.
Remember me when I have won.
Together we make a prayer.
Underneath his arches I think he has a shoe.
Vice is virtue to the  ambitious psychopaths who fool us.
What does sock it to a man, is his soul.
X is unknown like x.
Yet sorrow feel or forever be repressed.
Zebras like crossing my palm.

To hobnob

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Word of the Day : April 12, 2016
Merriam Webster

hobnob

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verb HAHB-nahb
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Definition

: to associate familiarly

Examples

“We were so far from A-listers they couldn’t see us with a telescope, yet there we were, hobnobbing with athletes and celebrities, all the while making good use of the free drinks and appetizers, especially the sushi rolls.” — Eric Plummer, The Coeur d’Alene (Idaho) Press, 14 Feb. 2016

“The Oscars ceremony might be one of the most prestigious events in the celebrity world, but the Vanity Fair celebration is the most exclusive after-party … in which all of the movie stars in all of the land are brought to one large building to hobnob and  glad-hand and get away from the mortals.” — Monica Hesse, The Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2016

 

Did You Know?

Hob and nob first came together in print in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, when Sir Toby Belch warns Viola (who is disguised as a man) that Sir Andrew wants to duel. “Hob, nob is his word,” says Sir Toby, using hob and nob to mean something like “hit or miss.” Sir Toby’s words are probably from the term habnab (also styled as a phrase: hab or nab), which meant “in one way or another” or “however it may turn out.” After Shakespeare’s day, hob and nobbecame established in the phrase to drink hobnob (also styled asto drink hob or nob), which meant “to drink alternately to each other.” Since “drinking hobnob” was generally done among friends, hobnob came to refer to congenial social interaction.

Into the woods with Stan

new trees

Stan,who just had recovered from flu , had enjoyed being fussed over by the two women Mary his wife and Anne their neighbour.Now he was feeling better he decided to take Emile,his tomcat for a walk.They set off down a little track leading into a deep dark wood behind their house.

Emile would never go to the big wood alone as it seemed very frightening to a cat.But Stan wore a red anorak which  Emile could see  for  quite a way.
Emile gambolled around the trees like a lamb,even running up one or two tree trunks which is behaviour rarely seen in lambs,even in excessively hot weather.
Thus Stan mused to himself as he wandered along between the autumn tinted trees and shrubs.surely odd in May?
I wonder what the odds are of me ever seeing a lamb run up a tree,he pondered.
Men always like to think of the serious problems such as this, unlike women who think about the curtains and the bed linen and other mundane realities like fresh food and cleanliness.And shopping for soap and matches to light their fags
I wonder if I can look it up on Google, he thought.But even if lambs running up trees has happened in New Zealand it’s much too far for me to go to look…though it would be exiting. Rather expensive too,no doubt.
Emile deliberately walked into a muddy pool and came out all brown and filthy.
Really Emile,you are five years old now.Can’t you take care?Your coat is all muddy.
Never mind said Emile,I’ll lick it all off later
No,you won’t said Stan,it’s about time you had a bath.
Emile murmured,
I think I’m too dirty to go in the bath,can’t I just have a wash in a big plastic bowl?
Well,economy is good sometimes,replied Stan You can bathe in the old jam saucepan,that’s a nice big size.
But you won’t put me on the stove and boil me,Emile teased him gently with a little smile.
Of course not.I love you too much Emile ,to torment you like that.
After Mary,Annie,Lyra and all the other ladies you love.
Well,it’s different.One can love in many ways.In theory at least.
As you grow older your heart grows larger and you can keep more creatures in there,sheltering in your bosom.
I thought only ladies had bosoms,Emile purred.
Well,according to the Bible,Abraham had a bosom.It’s a place around your heart where you keep those you love.
Have I got a bosom,Emile enquired shyly.
Do you love anyone?
Yes,I love you and Mary,the milkman and the lady cat down the road.And Annie.
Well in that case Emile,you definitely have a bosom,Stan answered confusedly yet contemplatively.
What ever will Emile ask me next ,he wondered.I don’t know if I can keep up with his development.
And so they rambled on into the deep dark wood..
What would they find in there…little Red Riding Hood?A wolf?
We shall wait and see.
One thing is sure
They’ll both need a bath if and when they get home

The alphabet

Anxiety is the price of life.
But don’t pay over the top.

Calmness is good at most times.
Dread is a bad friend.

Exploring nature soothes the soul
For what are we but part of it?

Gentle music helps the mind
How ever we do it,
Listening is a kindness to ourself.

Ink is the friend of the writer.
Judgment is another one.

Kindness is essential to the good life.
Lessons are available daily.

Money is necessary but not sufficient for happiness.
Needs are simpler then we imagine.

Oxygen is good for the brain.
Prayer is good for the mind.

Quality is hard to judge quickly.
Rest is often a good idea.

Tension inhibits ideas.
Work should involve play.

X- rated films are optional
Yes…You are a valuable person.

Z is the final letter
And life is an Art

I’s still goin’ out

Summer is a-comin’ in but I’s a-goin’ out.
The sun’s a-come,my work’s a-done and now I want my stout
The wind a-blows,the leaves all wave,what is it all about?
The kitchen tiles a-droppin’ off,I think we need some grout.
The rain a-drops the flowers a-bloom,so why does I a-doubt?
If God made me,He made thee too,and th’art a lazy lout.
Thy second most favoured thing to do, is a-doin’ nowt.
The summer may be comin’ in,but I’s still goin’ out

Winter poem..

trees in gloq_n

Trees swaying in the wind
Leaves
blow
down.

Birds flying through the sky
look
for
lorn
.
Winter edges ever nearer.
Frost and fog will soon appear.
Cats sleep cosy by the fire
I clean the mud off my bike tyres.

Trees swaying to and fro
sig
nal
love,
.
Birds flowing on air currents.
You’re my dove

Ray Monk’s writing:a conversation

Have you read many books by Ray Monk?
No,Have you?
Only one,but I’ve read it seven times so far.
That’s value for money!Why seven,is it some thing you have about numero septimus?
No,I just couldn’t understand it at first!
So why did you persist?
Well,it is written so beautifully and also I like lives.
Style over substance!
No,it has both.Unusually.
What’s it about then,detectives?
No,I don’t read those seven times.It’s the biography of Wittgenstein.
How long did it take you?
Five years!
Are you a philosopher?

Well,I am now.

How to spell and rebel

 

She was sweeter than money till she met him
He has plenty of elan brutal.
Where are the borders of prayer?
By whose Messiah was love preserved?
Toujours re-bless.
Dies prayer,
A la printemps de l’annee je suis flosse.
A quicksand is no place to gather moss.
He said,Oh,No! Raaaa.Ahaha
A passim a day keeps  Word at bay
He is bluish and almost unconscionable.
Je m’appelle la diva derider.
I think I aren’t.
Is he now  a psychowrath?
I write with a pin on my arm.
I love to watch bones knitting
Quelle est l’heure de la torte?
C’est le mort diable.Scriabin.
Tortelier,mon amour.
How the hell he spells ,Romans nose  love
I think my destiny was to greet this occupation … a la quartz

Home is where to start

 
Stan was cooking  tea that day,
While his wife went out to play.
He cooked a pie of frogs and cress,
He wanted to impress.
Stan was wearing his old clothes.
Where old clothes come from,no-one knows.
He meant to change when he was done,
So he and Mary could have fun.
But Anne his neighbour rang the bell,
Stan was so surprised he fell.
He hit his head upon the stove,
And his poor scalp turned blue and mauve.
Ring 999 and ask for Dave,
This man is old yet must be saved
The paramedic gave him glue
To stick together his old shoe.
Then he rubbed on arnica..
The head looked like Guernica.
“Get the camera,take a pic.”
Stan was feeling rather sick.
“How can you use my wounds as art?
Rest assured I’ll take no part.”
He hit the camera with his stick,
And felled his mistress with a brick.
So now they’re in a mixed sex ward,
This experience can be shared.
They get their food at 3 am
Half for the ladies,half for the men.
The doctor asked them what went wrong.
Both of them had lost their tongues.
Neither would say what they’d done!
Now their anger is all gone.
The moral of my myth is this:
Being unfaithfail is not bliss.
Mistresses can be a pain,
Especially if they’re very vain.
And better not to look for love,
Except with cats or sweet white doves.
Let your neighbour love you less!
And don’t make comments on her dress.
As for voyeurs,keep a crutch.
Hit them hard, but not too much.
If they want a work of Art,
Tell them home is where to start.

Ept?

If something is “inept”, what is “ept?”?

Answers
Relevance

Julia N
Best Answer:  The word “inept” comes from the Latin word “ineptus,” which is formed from the terms “in-“, meaning not, and “aptus,” meaning suited, fitted, etc. So while “ept,” doesn’t mean anything, “apt” certainly does. They aren’t complete opposites, but as words evolve from their ancient origins, they are often “apt” to change a little.
Julia N · 9 years ago
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  • david
    “inept” is incapable, “in” is a negating prefix, so to be “ept” is surely “to be able or capable.”
    And as Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) said a word means exactly what I intend it to mean.
    EB White coined “ept” in the 1930s. The Oxford Dictionary cites “eptly” and “eptitude”.
    It is seldom wise to assert that a collection of letters isn t a word without spending some time looking.
    david · 2 months ago

A lover of the vapid is my friend

A lover of the vapid is my friend
So rapidly to boredom we  can wend.
Yet should  love like this  be brought to sudden end
Or clung to as we struggle through the bends?

Is the choosing  of insipid  acts
Genetic, to be treated with mere tact?
Or if it’s learned, then how should I react
To give him aid to  learn  that which he lacks?

And who am I to judge that he  should change?
For vapidity’s subjective  in its range.
And criticism if ept may then derange,
To lunacy his mind  be rearranged.

Personal  judgements   should not issue   fast,
As  the pains we cause may for an era last