Monday, August 31, 2015
object lesson
First, make sure the object is an actual thing and not some damn picture of a thing. Or, worse yet, a three dimensional carving of the thing in soapstone or balsa wood.
Then, measure it. Top to bottom, side to side, fore and aft. It might be a good idea to make sure it’s not alive. It could bite.
Next, weigh it and take a guess as to where it comes from. Go ahead; it doesn’t matter if you’re wrong. It’ll still be here.
Finally, ignore it. Because, you know, it’s only an object. You should be trying to answer the deep, philosophical questions and not be wasting your time on such junk.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Jarilo
Lost son of thunder god Perun,
raised by underworld god Veles,
he returned each spring to bestow growth.
Friday, August 28, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Notus
The warm south wind, as in
auster, buster, khamsin and kona.
Can jugo his way to sirocco proportions.
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Gustav Peritz
Although better known for his inventing the peritzscope,
he also knew how to handle a monocularscope.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
bumblepuppist
(n.) one who plays bumblepuppy "either in utter ignorance
of all its known principles, or in defiance of them, or both."
- Century Dictionary & Encyclopedia, 1911 ed.
