A curious horoscope for Virgos in The Age today:
Today is the birthdate of Leonardo Da Vinci, who knew how to get out of his own way so genius could pour through him unimpeded. Sometimes you have to leave things alone so what needs to happen, can.
What does this mean? I have studied the text but can't get my head around it.
Apart from the physical or metaphysical feat of knowing how to get out of his own way, Leo is an Aries?
Still puzzled, I consulted an online horoscope for Leonardo Da Vinci where these are some of the findings:
Your mind is your most valuable asset; you could be an intellectual.
Essentially, you need to be assured that everything's O.K., safe and secure. Once that's taken care of you are ready for gracious living.
You're verbal and like to talk things out. You have good mental reflexes. You can be easily bored.
Consider getting a brain machine and taking "smart drugs." Learn speed reading and typing. To avoid overstimulation, cut back on the use of artificial sweeteners and sugar. To the same end, you might take a mineral supplement and kelp tablets
For at least 5 minutes a day for 5 weeks focus your mind exclusively on the meanings of this statement, "All observation tends to be self observation
Once you develop an intellectual rapport with someone, the flirting really escalates. You can increase your powers of attraction literally through the wink of an eye.
Your personal life is unsettled. Probably you're fond of electronic devices.
See also leonardo-da-vinci.org a visual review of items seen on the web which have been associated with Leonardo da Vinci
Thursday, April 15, 2004
cqd
It was a warm and sultry night at Trivia...
when we were asked the jackpot question concerning the distress call of the Titanic. When we heard the answer, CQD, there was further speculation concerning the possible acronym.
Nora suggested Come Quickly, Damnit which sounded pretty good to boynton.
The real meaning is disclosed here
You can see the morse at Wikipedia
You can hear it here
Or here
a recreation of part of one of the Titanic's distress calls sent by Marconi operator Jack Phillips (left) aboard RMS Titanic just after midnight on Monday, April 15, 1912
And you can wear it here: Titanic Wireless Signal Necklace
Comments: cqd
Hmm. A necklace to wear when you have that sinking feeling...
Posted by MG at April 19, 2004 04:52 AM
You can distress it up or down...
Posted by boynton at April 19, 2004 12:10 PM
when we were asked the jackpot question concerning the distress call of the Titanic. When we heard the answer, CQD, there was further speculation concerning the possible acronym.
Nora suggested Come Quickly, Damnit which sounded pretty good to boynton.
The real meaning is disclosed here
You can see the morse at Wikipedia
You can hear it here
Or here
a recreation of part of one of the Titanic's distress calls sent by Marconi operator Jack Phillips (left) aboard RMS Titanic just after midnight on Monday, April 15, 1912
And you can wear it here: Titanic Wireless Signal Necklace
Comments: cqd
Hmm. A necklace to wear when you have that sinking feeling...
Posted by MG at April 19, 2004 04:52 AM
You can distress it up or down...
Posted by boynton at April 19, 2004 12:10 PM
memery
More on the page 23 sentence 5 meme
There I was pondering the memery of it all in the comments:...
...when I checked into J walk to discover a similar meme-track had taken place.
I wonder what it was about this one that made me want to find the source.
Perhaps I suspected I had come in late to the party. Or that the random bit of text with the form-like instructions seems like the essential meme, the start of a chinese whisper, spidering through the web.
Tracking seems to be the only way to quantify it, a backward linear anthology. Whereas it would be nice if all these 23/5's could assemble somewhere, as the running acronyms used to gather at blogstop. As one would expect it's all in the disjunction. The magic is in the gap between two random sentences.
A tangent from a commenter at J walk places it within the greater Mystery of 23
There I was pondering the memery of it all in the comments:...
I wondered if there had been any purpose in it.
The string of random 23/5's could gather strength as they accumulate, but will probably disapear off the screen/loop soon
...when I checked into J walk to discover a similar meme-track had taken place.
I wonder what it was about this one that made me want to find the source.
Perhaps I suspected I had come in late to the party. Or that the random bit of text with the form-like instructions seems like the essential meme, the start of a chinese whisper, spidering through the web.
Tracking seems to be the only way to quantify it, a backward linear anthology. Whereas it would be nice if all these 23/5's could assemble somewhere, as the running acronyms used to gather at blogstop. As one would expect it's all in the disjunction. The magic is in the gap between two random sentences.
A tangent from a commenter at J walk places it within the greater Mystery of 23
nobody
Kevan has turned The Diary of A Nobody into a daily weblog.
Comments: Nobody
I couldn't possibly write such a thing: it would be a shameful recounting of my sloth, indolence and vices.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 15, 2004 12:37 PM
The Diary of a Cricketer ;)
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 03:11 PM
Well, the Warick Todd dairies did sell well!
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 15, 2004 08:07 PM
It works very well as a blog, doesn't it?
And it reads as almost contemporary.
Such a funny book, too.
Posted by mcb at April 16, 2004 04:51 PM
Comments: Nobody
I couldn't possibly write such a thing: it would be a shameful recounting of my sloth, indolence and vices.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 15, 2004 12:37 PM
The Diary of a Cricketer ;)
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 03:11 PM
Well, the Warick Todd dairies did sell well!
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 15, 2004 08:07 PM
It works very well as a blog, doesn't it?
And it reads as almost contemporary.
Such a funny book, too.
Posted by mcb at April 16, 2004 04:51 PM
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
halls
The previous link was one in a series of similar halls and museums seen around the traps recently.
The Museum of Unworkable devices (via Sarcasmo)
(Not sure if I understand the physics, but the language is appealing. Might steal the name Buoyant Optimism for a new blog.)
Victorian Patents and Patentees Patents of Victoria (1854-1904)(via Ramage)
The ambition behind this Victorian idea would seem fairly realistic.
An Improvement in garden seats or chairs.
And there is a fascinating gallery, or rather Circus of Disembowled Plush Toys within a wonderful post on Dog Toys at Giornale Nuouvo
(wish Bronte would hurry up and disembowel her latest, although after a week the orange football would seem to have an immortal squeak)
Comments: halls
Okay that Circus is just golden.
I can have the blog up by the weekend. Drop me a line when you've settled on a name.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 14, 2004 05:34 PM
Yes, I feel rather sorry for the Victorian gentleman and his palatable squashed meat product idea - though I do feel the "crisp toasted smell" was a somewhat over-romantic touch, and probably what cost him his patent.
Posted by dave at April 15, 2004 03:17 AM
Scott - many thanks. (Although choosing a good name might take me some time);)
Dave. Yes, it could well have been the show of buoyant optimism.
The words of the verdict are the strongest in these florid documents. "Refused" with Mr Reeves, and "Lapsed" with the chairs of Mr. McIntosh.
Another of the "lapsed" was the "Rotary Hair Brush"
(styled 'The Champion.'")
http://patentsvictoria.net/002156.html
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 11:35 AM
Flat-pack funiture? He was ahead of his time.
Posted by Averil at April 16, 2004 04:31 AM
The Museum of Unworkable devices (via Sarcasmo)
(Not sure if I understand the physics, but the language is appealing. Might steal the name Buoyant Optimism for a new blog.)
Victorian Patents and Patentees Patents of Victoria (1854-1904)(via Ramage)
The ambition behind this Victorian idea would seem fairly realistic.
An Improvement in garden seats or chairs.
And there is a fascinating gallery, or rather Circus of Disembowled Plush Toys within a wonderful post on Dog Toys at Giornale Nuouvo
(wish Bronte would hurry up and disembowel her latest, although after a week the orange football would seem to have an immortal squeak)
Comments: halls
Okay that Circus is just golden.
I can have the blog up by the weekend. Drop me a line when you've settled on a name.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 14, 2004 05:34 PM
Yes, I feel rather sorry for the Victorian gentleman and his palatable squashed meat product idea - though I do feel the "crisp toasted smell" was a somewhat over-romantic touch, and probably what cost him his patent.
Posted by dave at April 15, 2004 03:17 AM
Scott - many thanks. (Although choosing a good name might take me some time);)
Dave. Yes, it could well have been the show of buoyant optimism.
The words of the verdict are the strongest in these florid documents. "Refused" with Mr Reeves, and "Lapsed" with the chairs of Mr. McIntosh.
Another of the "lapsed" was the "Rotary Hair Brush"
(styled 'The Champion.'")
http://patentsvictoria.net/002156.html
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 11:35 AM
Flat-pack funiture? He was ahead of his time.
Posted by Averil at April 16, 2004 04:31 AM
tech doc weird
From a Dell computer box. I believe the caption should read 'If you drop this box on a dog, don't trip over its tail'.
Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness (via the Presurfer)
Comments: tech doc weird
This is good/strange. What is the graphic supposed to mean? I should show it to my Dad who taught graphic communication at Tech School - quite a few years ago. I am sure he would make it a fail.
Posted by phlip at April 16, 2004 03:15 PM
I have been studying it carefully and just don't get it.
His foot looks like it is submerged in office quicksand.
All I can conclude is that it is the box itself that is to be feared. It has some sort of evil power.
Perhaps it is an accident report.
The Arrow and ! are the marks of a forensic assessment.
(of course I can't really improve on Darren's original caption about the tail of a dog.)
Posted by boynton at April 17, 2004 01:18 PM
Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness (via the Presurfer)
Comments: tech doc weird
This is good/strange. What is the graphic supposed to mean? I should show it to my Dad who taught graphic communication at Tech School - quite a few years ago. I am sure he would make it a fail.
Posted by phlip at April 16, 2004 03:15 PM
I have been studying it carefully and just don't get it.
His foot looks like it is submerged in office quicksand.
All I can conclude is that it is the box itself that is to be feared. It has some sort of evil power.
Perhaps it is an accident report.
The Arrow and ! are the marks of a forensic assessment.
(of course I can't really improve on Darren's original caption about the tail of a dog.)
Posted by boynton at April 17, 2004 01:18 PM
Tuesday, April 13, 2004
page 23
via Topher Tune's Times
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
My father trusted Paul, he said Paul could build anything and fix anything.
Margaret Atwood's Surfacing was lying next to the PC.
Just as well really, because a few inches away was Enid Blyton's Happy Story Book.
Go and tell your father what you mean to do
Comments: page 23
The head and body of a man carved from mammoth ivory were found in a burial site at Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Posted by Nora at April 14, 2004 12:55 PM
Which Blyton is that, Nora?
Posted by boynton at April 14, 2004 01:18 PM
"A new series of marks should begin on each page; therefore all references have to be verified when the type is made up in pages."
— "Words Into Type" (3d ed.)
Posted by Colin at April 14, 2004 09:58 PM
Interesting.
I just followed the meme back to where it stopped (or started?) to find another Margaret Atwood.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sternel/
Along the way there are some good bookish diversions.
I wondered if there had been any purpose in it.
The string of random 23/5's could gather strength as they accumulate, but will probably disapear off the screen/loop soon
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 11:53 AM
"Sam would wait until the car had passed, then five minutes more, until the unsuspecting motorist was well and truly bogged!" A Record Low by Ivor Bumbers
Posted by phlip at April 15, 2004 12:01 PM
a motoring theme, if not from the beloved book.
Not surpsisingly, the Melways IS often the closest book to hand, and I could have stretched it by calling Map 23 page 23 (in the absence of page numbering) where the 5th sentence would be
"Map Symbols see page 20"
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 03:08 PM
Fair point. I did actually grab the Melways to check this out at the time, but it genuinely was not the closest book to me at the time (no cheating!). The Melways I have here (ed 25) does have page numbers for all that stuff at the front prior to getting to the maps. BUT - it stops at 22 and then begins doing map numbers. The book that DID happen to be the closest at hand at the time is a history of Lake Eildon - but 23/5 happened to show up a motoring story.
Posted by phlip at April 16, 2004 03:13 PM
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
My father trusted Paul, he said Paul could build anything and fix anything.
Margaret Atwood's Surfacing was lying next to the PC.
Just as well really, because a few inches away was Enid Blyton's Happy Story Book.
Go and tell your father what you mean to do
Comments: page 23
The head and body of a man carved from mammoth ivory were found in a burial site at Brno, Czechoslovakia.
Posted by Nora at April 14, 2004 12:55 PM
Which Blyton is that, Nora?
Posted by boynton at April 14, 2004 01:18 PM
"A new series of marks should begin on each page; therefore all references have to be verified when the type is made up in pages."
— "Words Into Type" (3d ed.)
Posted by Colin at April 14, 2004 09:58 PM
Interesting.
I just followed the meme back to where it stopped (or started?) to find another Margaret Atwood.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sternel/
Along the way there are some good bookish diversions.
I wondered if there had been any purpose in it.
The string of random 23/5's could gather strength as they accumulate, but will probably disapear off the screen/loop soon
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 11:53 AM
"Sam would wait until the car had passed, then five minutes more, until the unsuspecting motorist was well and truly bogged!" A Record Low by Ivor Bumbers
Posted by phlip at April 15, 2004 12:01 PM
a motoring theme, if not from the beloved book.
Not surpsisingly, the Melways IS often the closest book to hand, and I could have stretched it by calling Map 23 page 23 (in the absence of page numbering) where the 5th sentence would be
"Map Symbols see page 20"
Posted by boynton at April 15, 2004 03:08 PM
Fair point. I did actually grab the Melways to check this out at the time, but it genuinely was not the closest book to me at the time (no cheating!). The Melways I have here (ed 25) does have page numbers for all that stuff at the front prior to getting to the maps. BUT - it stops at 22 and then begins doing map numbers. The book that DID happen to be the closest at hand at the time is a history of Lake Eildon - but 23/5 happened to show up a motoring story.
Posted by phlip at April 16, 2004 03:13 PM
w@ dzt thou knw?
a scene from 12th Night translated into Txt
(via collision detection)
see also BBC Classic Texts in TXT for reader's suggestions.
Reading the last comment, I'll be checking to see if Chris Coutts' Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet is in "true L33T" or Basic l33t.
Comments: w@ dzt thou knw?
See, what we need to do is translate Romeo And Juliet into Txt for the benefit of David Beckham, who I understand is having some txt related dramas of his own...
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 14, 2004 12:25 AM
heh heh.
May be more prudent of Becks to txt bits of the Bard, and I'd be interested to see if the tabloids would publish the transcriptions.
"I know a lady in Venice would have xxxxxx barefoot
to Palestine for a xxxxx of his nether xxx."
Othello 4.3.42-3, Emilia speaking to Desdemona about Lodovico
see:
http://shakespeare.about.com/library/weekly/aa102500b.htm
Posted by boynton at April 14, 2004 01:38 PM
A horny chap, that old Bard... and as for that lady in Venice, someone should take her aside and point out there are other fish in the sea...
Lear to Gloucester:
"Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand!
Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back;
Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind
For which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the cozener.
Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all."
I'm all for dressing down, but I'm ashamed to reveal small vices.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 14, 2004 05:26 PM
Scott is led by the craft of sport to the art of life. Zounds, sirrah.. thine own small vices are likely to be shouted at the umpire.
Posted by David Tiley at April 15, 2004 02:22 AM
And not even referred to the third umpire- sent back to the pavillion..
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 15, 2004 12:30 PM
(via collision detection)
see also BBC Classic Texts in TXT for reader's suggestions.
Reading the last comment, I'll be checking to see if Chris Coutts' Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet is in "true L33T" or Basic l33t.
Comments: w@ dzt thou knw?
See, what we need to do is translate Romeo And Juliet into Txt for the benefit of David Beckham, who I understand is having some txt related dramas of his own...
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 14, 2004 12:25 AM
heh heh.
May be more prudent of Becks to txt bits of the Bard, and I'd be interested to see if the tabloids would publish the transcriptions.
"I know a lady in Venice would have xxxxxx barefoot
to Palestine for a xxxxx of his nether xxx."
Othello 4.3.42-3, Emilia speaking to Desdemona about Lodovico
see:
http://shakespeare.about.com/library/weekly/aa102500b.htm
Posted by boynton at April 14, 2004 01:38 PM
A horny chap, that old Bard... and as for that lady in Venice, someone should take her aside and point out there are other fish in the sea...
Lear to Gloucester:
"Thou rascal beadle, hold thy bloody hand!
Why dost thou lash that whore? Strip thine own back;
Thou hotly lust'st to use her in that kind
For which thou whipp'st her. The usurer hangs the cozener.
Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear;
Robes and furr'd gowns hide all."
I'm all for dressing down, but I'm ashamed to reveal small vices.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 14, 2004 05:26 PM
Scott is led by the craft of sport to the art of life. Zounds, sirrah.. thine own small vices are likely to be shouted at the umpire.
Posted by David Tiley at April 15, 2004 02:22 AM
And not even referred to the third umpire- sent back to the pavillion..
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 15, 2004 12:30 PM
Monday, April 12, 2004
white templates
Blog Templates based on the Beatles White Album. (via Exclamation Mark)
I like the Blackbirds, and it's tempting to borrow the tag line of Julia Half of what I say is meaningless as a definitive blog description.
Comments: white templates
I also love the tag line, "She's not a girl who misses much" from Happiness Is A Warm Gun.
Posted by Mark at April 12, 2004 10:33 PM
Cool. To see some rejected White Album cover art from '68, go here:
http://www.beatletracks.com/btwhite.html
Posted by at April 13, 2004 08:36 AM
I don't normally like the dark blog designs, but I definately preferred the second (darker) "Blackbird".
Something of the "Old Forest" about it.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 13, 2004 10:51 AM
I missed it, Mark ;)
The album covers are interesting alternatives, but glad they went with the White.
(also glad that the missing verse of 'While My Guitar gently weeps' didn't make it, but good to hear an unplugged bit of that song.)
I agree about Blackbird, Scott. That's one dark design that does work. (Guess I was attracted to the "Take these broken wings" line too)
Posted by boynton at April 13, 2004 02:37 PM
I like the Blackbirds, and it's tempting to borrow the tag line of Julia Half of what I say is meaningless as a definitive blog description.
Comments: white templates
I also love the tag line, "She's not a girl who misses much" from Happiness Is A Warm Gun.
Posted by Mark at April 12, 2004 10:33 PM
Cool. To see some rejected White Album cover art from '68, go here:
http://www.beatletracks.com/btwhite.html
Posted by at April 13, 2004 08:36 AM
I don't normally like the dark blog designs, but I definately preferred the second (darker) "Blackbird".
Something of the "Old Forest" about it.
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 13, 2004 10:51 AM
I missed it, Mark ;)
The album covers are interesting alternatives, but glad they went with the White.
(also glad that the missing verse of 'While My Guitar gently weeps' didn't make it, but good to hear an unplugged bit of that song.)
I agree about Blackbird, Scott. That's one dark design that does work. (Guess I was attracted to the "Take these broken wings" line too)
Posted by boynton at April 13, 2004 02:37 PM
easter highlights
Recorded Concert For George on a Faulty Tape.
Not sure of the diagnostics involved, but I might just take up the suggestion of turning the VCR into an alternative bed for a pet.
How to make Cream Cheese (via Rebecca Blood)
What I also need is How not to make a scene when you discover your Blue Heeler has just gobbled a whole platter of cheese while you were seeing off your visitors at the gate.
Oh well, Flo. All Things Must Pass.
Comments: easter highlights
Evil, that Blue Heeler
Posted by Averil at April 12, 2004 07:02 PM
Well, to her credit she did look a bit contrite when I found her lurking round the campfire.
I'm just not used to having such an opportunistic dog, and didn't remove it from the coffee table which was convieniently at canine nose level.
Posted by boynton at April 13, 2004 02:43 PM
I love the way dogs turn into different creatures in the presence of food. You think you have a relationship with them, with interaction and stuff, and then FOOD TAKES OVER. Treachery abounds, snarling and violence can ensue, and the beast is totally focussed.. it turns out we just amuse them while they wait for the main game.
Posted by David Tiley at April 13, 2004 04:28 PM
Exactly right.
Even gentle Abby once turned nasty and had a sudden violent stoush with Doug over a potato chip once.
It is indeed a reality check re these beasts who impersonate pets.
Posted by boynton at April 13, 2004 05:36 PM
Not sure of the diagnostics involved, but I might just take up the suggestion of turning the VCR into an alternative bed for a pet.
How to make Cream Cheese (via Rebecca Blood)
What I also need is How not to make a scene when you discover your Blue Heeler has just gobbled a whole platter of cheese while you were seeing off your visitors at the gate.
Oh well, Flo. All Things Must Pass.
Comments: easter highlights
Evil, that Blue Heeler
Posted by Averil at April 12, 2004 07:02 PM
Well, to her credit she did look a bit contrite when I found her lurking round the campfire.
I'm just not used to having such an opportunistic dog, and didn't remove it from the coffee table which was convieniently at canine nose level.
Posted by boynton at April 13, 2004 02:43 PM
I love the way dogs turn into different creatures in the presence of food. You think you have a relationship with them, with interaction and stuff, and then FOOD TAKES OVER. Treachery abounds, snarling and violence can ensue, and the beast is totally focussed.. it turns out we just amuse them while they wait for the main game.
Posted by David Tiley at April 13, 2004 04:28 PM
Exactly right.
Even gentle Abby once turned nasty and had a sudden violent stoush with Doug over a potato chip once.
It is indeed a reality check re these beasts who impersonate pets.
Posted by boynton at April 13, 2004 05:36 PM
Saturday, April 10, 2004
blog fiction
How to write a Blog Buster
Indeed, with their short daily entries, reader feedback and links to the net, blogs seem purpose-built for creating episodic stories.
(via Jerz's Literacy Weblog)
Serialised publication is also revived online at Discovering Dickens
(via Follow Me here)
meanwhile we follow the dovecote
Indeed, with their short daily entries, reader feedback and links to the net, blogs seem purpose-built for creating episodic stories.
(via Jerz's Literacy Weblog)
Serialised publication is also revived online at Discovering Dickens
In December 2002, Stanford’s Discovering Dickens project began with the serial release of Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. By the time the project concluded in April, 2003, it had enjoyed success far beyond what we had anticipated. Interest in the project, which has attracted participants from around the country and around the world, has remained keen, and we are happy to announce our next project: Discovering Dickens 2004.
Between January 9 and April 16, 2004, Discovering Dickens will rerelease the facsimile of Dickens’ famous novel of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities.
(via Follow Me here)
meanwhile we follow the dovecote
Friday, April 09, 2004
sleeping dogs
these links seem to have found me, after a week of being house-bound on stitches-watch with my old post-operative dog. And the three dogs have also found me and surround me as I blog, a solace of sleeping hound.
Walking With Leeloo at Never Neutral
Dog Fights Reading and Writing
(as a cohab of a gentle old lab and a Jack Russell I understand some of the canine mix involved)
Legend Stupid Dogs - a gallery of canine close-ups.
(via the ultimate insult)
and a strange flash game that involves shooting dogs at zombie kittens, which is oddly enjoyable in a dumb toon sort of way. (And because walking with mad Flo can sometimes bring on strange revenge fantasies.)
(via diversionz)
Comments: sleeping dogs
ah dogs..
Coco the Wonderdog has had a tumour removed from a back foot and dogwarts off her back, so now she zooms around with a blue elastic sock and a big saddle of pink freckly skin on her back. And one of her front legs somehow gives so she occasionally lies down and screams unnervingly.
I battle with her on walks, thinking she has to be kept fairly sedentary till the stitches have healed, while she charges ahead to celebrate the end of the pain I gather must have come from her tumour. Grown up Protestantism cannot be communicated to a dog, even if you understand Lacan and Derrida in Spanish and English like your dauntingly educated doglover at Never Neutral..
lovely post, as usual.
Posted by David Tiley at April 9, 2004 06:03 PM
all the best for Coco in her post-operative zoom.
Amazing how they take the socks and saddles and e.collars in their stride.
The worst time was when I bound up Doug's stitched foot with a rubber glove (as you do) that stretched out with a squelch on each step. This drew much laughter from kids as we passed them, but we walked on regardless, waterproof, foolproof.
Posted by boynton at April 10, 2004 12:40 PM
Walking With Leeloo at Never Neutral
Dog Fights Reading and Writing
(as a cohab of a gentle old lab and a Jack Russell I understand some of the canine mix involved)
Legend Stupid Dogs - a gallery of canine close-ups.
(via the ultimate insult)
and a strange flash game that involves shooting dogs at zombie kittens, which is oddly enjoyable in a dumb toon sort of way. (And because walking with mad Flo can sometimes bring on strange revenge fantasies.)
(via diversionz)
Comments: sleeping dogs
ah dogs..
Coco the Wonderdog has had a tumour removed from a back foot and dogwarts off her back, so now she zooms around with a blue elastic sock and a big saddle of pink freckly skin on her back. And one of her front legs somehow gives so she occasionally lies down and screams unnervingly.
I battle with her on walks, thinking she has to be kept fairly sedentary till the stitches have healed, while she charges ahead to celebrate the end of the pain I gather must have come from her tumour. Grown up Protestantism cannot be communicated to a dog, even if you understand Lacan and Derrida in Spanish and English like your dauntingly educated doglover at Never Neutral..
lovely post, as usual.
Posted by David Tiley at April 9, 2004 06:03 PM
all the best for Coco in her post-operative zoom.
Amazing how they take the socks and saddles and e.collars in their stride.
The worst time was when I bound up Doug's stitched foot with a rubber glove (as you do) that stretched out with a squelch on each step. This drew much laughter from kids as we passed them, but we walked on regardless, waterproof, foolproof.
Posted by boynton at April 10, 2004 12:40 PM
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
sunny
so sunny here today it's the perfect day for a spin in a datsun
(Datsun Japanese Domestic Sales Literature via things)
Comments: sunny
It's true - they made some cute little cars.
Posted by David Tiley at April 7, 2004 11:30 PM
(Datsun Japanese Domestic Sales Literature via things)
Comments: sunny
It's true - they made some cute little cars.
Posted by David Tiley at April 7, 2004 11:30 PM
catty2 on blogging2
Chatting with Catty the chatbot about blogging and writing, as you do.
you> is blogging good for writing?
catty2> monday morning okay no time for writing today but here are some links you may enjoy
you> is blogging good for writing?
catty2> whats good for the gander is good for the goose
you> what is good for the goose?
catty2> the next step is for the individual to see a physician
Catty via Sarcasmo
Comments: catty2 on blogging2
Catty bot said:"...cognitive restructuring simply put this means changing the way you think". Is this my new guru?
Posted by Nora at April 7, 2004 10:37 PM
It seems like there are no stars the branches dont pierce. At the web rating places it seems like everywhere else. Foots tap tap tapping all over wants to get me out tonight but everyones working it seems like. Im going out tonight with dana and were going to good old sanjays house. As if were going to choose them after the threats to remove social security :) Even though we both wondered how id accumulated so much crap and how we were going to get it all in the car ;) This makes me highly uncomfortable even though they dont mention anything. I just feel like i know at least evidenciarily whats going on with alpha female i dont have a crush on her and this makes me a special case in her world ;-) Maybe i just feel compelled to inform people of the words i receive. Maybe i just wanted a few hours with someone who wasnt so damn argumentative :-(
(My conversation with Catty! I especially like the first and last sentences)
Posted by Averil at April 8, 2004 08:02 AM
Chatting with Catty again...
"Please don’t let the fact that I am presently in jail deter or scare you away from a potentially good friendship? Well the reason I haven’t been in touch is because there was a death in my family."
Posted by Nora at April 8, 2004 12:41 PM
Fascinating haul from a google-trawl.
I like :) the way the emoticons punctuate :-(
the text, Averil. ;)
and yes Nora, I think Catty may be as good as any guru, not to mention life-coach, Averil.
boynton may turn to Aunty Catty's advice on men for help with the trials and tribulations of her love life from now on ;)
Posted by boynton at April 8, 2004 01:00 PM
you> is blogging good for writing?
catty2> monday morning okay no time for writing today but here are some links you may enjoy
you> is blogging good for writing?
catty2> whats good for the gander is good for the goose
you> what is good for the goose?
catty2> the next step is for the individual to see a physician
Catty via Sarcasmo
Comments: catty2 on blogging2
Catty bot said:"...cognitive restructuring simply put this means changing the way you think". Is this my new guru?
Posted by Nora at April 7, 2004 10:37 PM
It seems like there are no stars the branches dont pierce. At the web rating places it seems like everywhere else. Foots tap tap tapping all over wants to get me out tonight but everyones working it seems like. Im going out tonight with dana and were going to good old sanjays house. As if were going to choose them after the threats to remove social security :) Even though we both wondered how id accumulated so much crap and how we were going to get it all in the car ;) This makes me highly uncomfortable even though they dont mention anything. I just feel like i know at least evidenciarily whats going on with alpha female i dont have a crush on her and this makes me a special case in her world ;-) Maybe i just feel compelled to inform people of the words i receive. Maybe i just wanted a few hours with someone who wasnt so damn argumentative :-(
(My conversation with Catty! I especially like the first and last sentences)
Posted by Averil at April 8, 2004 08:02 AM
Chatting with Catty again...
"Please don’t let the fact that I am presently in jail deter or scare you away from a potentially good friendship? Well the reason I haven’t been in touch is because there was a death in my family."
Posted by Nora at April 8, 2004 12:41 PM
Fascinating haul from a google-trawl.
I like :) the way the emoticons punctuate :-(
the text, Averil. ;)
and yes Nora, I think Catty may be as good as any guru, not to mention life-coach, Averil.
boynton may turn to Aunty Catty's advice on men for help with the trials and tribulations of her love life from now on ;)
Posted by boynton at April 8, 2004 01:00 PM
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
on blogging
As a religious practice, blogging acquired the same status as begging. Many theories have been offered to explain the phenomenon. It has been interpreted as a beating out of evil spirits, as beautification, and even - erroneously - as buffoonery
Ela Kotkowska On Blogging
( from Morio poetry Journal via Okir)
Pedro Ángel Palou, a member of the Crack Generation, is a professed skeptic. "Alfonso Reyes would have called them (Web logs) an ancillary genre, a dependent form of the literary."
Nevertheless, the author of With Death in His Fists recognizes Web logs' potential for literary reflection and creation: "A generation of writers will have their sketchbooks read before they produce a finished work."
Mexico: The Web Log as Literary Genre Translated from Erika P. Buzio's article in Mural, A new form of writing found in Web logs
(via wood s lot)
Someone please tell me, on which page of the rule book does it say that you can't write a novel, have a life, and keep a weblog, all at the same time?"
(Whiskey River via Fait accompli)
Comments: on blogging
As a religious practice blogging as beatification?
Posted by Nora at April 7, 2004 12:14 AM
A good question from Whiskey River. Cory Doctorow manages it, but then he is a young evil genius. I am afraid blogging takes away from my "serious" writing, but since nobody has any money to pay me for that these days, I say what the hell.
Thank you for the blogback, by the way!
Posted by Colin at April 7, 2004 11:57 AM
Nora: self-beatification. s'aint me.
Colin: self-editing
is one of the main appeals of self-publishing. It's a way to exercise the voice that may have become less bold after the neccessary evils of editing, writing to a brief, and collaborative revisions (dramaturgy) elsewhere...
Nevertheless, WR's question is one that surfaces daily.
I think it's the second area that may suffer the most with this procrastination machine ;)
Much food for thought in the article and links.
Posted by boynton at April 7, 2004 01:27 PM
aint no rules.
exercise and exorcism..
how else in our particular world do we do things for ourselves?
Posted by David Tiley at April 7, 2004 11:28 PM
Exercise and Exorcism.
Excellent. E&E should soon take its place beside R&R in the ABC of blogging.
Tempted to pinch this as a new 'description' for boynton. ;)
Posted by boynton at April 8, 2004 01:09 PM
unheimlich
| Doctor Unheimlich has diagnosed me with Miss boynton's Lurgy | |
| Cause: | peer pressure |
| Symptoms: | tooth loss, talking like a pirate, gastrointestinal bleeding, facial paralysis |
| Cure: | pass it on to someone else within seven days |
via as above
Comments: unheimlich
Good lord- talking like a pirate?
Posted by Scott Wickstein at April 6, 2004 01:00 AM
My pirate name apparently...
"if ye'll give me some grog, I'll sing ye a song"
http://www.council-of-elrond.com/games/namegenerators/pirate/
Posted by Captain Betsy Bonnet at April 6, 2004 01:08 AM
whatever I have it caused by excessive consumption of burgers AND too much sleep. As far as I'm concerned you can never have too much sleep.
Posted by Averil at April 6, 2004 05:31 AM
I agree.
And watch you don't pass whatever you have onto Ross. His burger consumption levels are already high enough ;)
Posted by boynton at April 6, 2004 02:09 PM
Congratulations! You are suffering from
Nora bone's Syndrome.
Cause: poor dental hygiene
Symptoms: regurgitation, embarrassing noises, diarrhoea, dry eyes
Cure: sleep
Posted by Nora at April 6, 2004 02:54 PM
Dr U would seem to be on the money there, Nora.
Posted by boynton at April 6, 2004 03:01 PM
Monday, April 05, 2004
o beermat
boynton has been bombing out at the flipping beermat game and was told
move outside please
you caught 0 beermat in 30 secs
Probably safer to stick to Spots
(haven't progressed beyond level one here either but at least the soundtrack is smooth)
Two of the flash games in this collection (via Sarcasmo)
move outside please
you caught 0 beermat in 30 secs
Probably safer to stick to Spots
(haven't progressed beyond level one here either but at least the soundtrack is smooth)
Two of the flash games in this collection (via Sarcasmo)
Sunday, April 04, 2004
flags
I was surprised that the Australian flag fell over the line by five points didn't Fail in this The World's Flags Given letter ratings rated (via Incoming signals)
But another flag to score a C was Samoa, which seems silmilar to some of the variations on the southern cross sans "colonial rubbish" proposed by Ausflag.
(I like the Eureka flag myself)
Comments: flags
Yes, I like the Eureka flag too. There's something subliminally reassuring about it.
Posted by Mike Jericho at April 5, 2004 08:14 AM
some funny comments (lions rolling cigarettes, hawk sitting on a toilet.. thought that was a chicken in a basket, myself..)
but off the money in many places.. Brazil's flag is a cracker!
and I'm partial to a parrot on a pole (or even a bird of paradise, or an eagle grappling with a snake on a cactus)
our mob: the Torres Strait Islander flag captures the 'brown eye' neatly; the Aboriginal flag is easily the strongest design-wise, altho' I like the NT state flag too..
This Brendan Jones flag works for me...
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~brendan.jones/flags/aus-1.html
also this derivation:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/putland/flag/sb23.htm
Posted by nardo at April 5, 2004 02:47 PM
I also like this one:
http://www.ausflag.com.au/new/images/95-1.gif
Posted by nardo at April 5, 2004 02:51 PM
I had to include a link to the Torres Strait flag after that intriguing (and very apt)description:
http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/images/torres.gif
The problem with many of the variants is the logo look. And I'm with the Frequent:
"I don't want a green and gold flag - nor a flag with animals on it"
http://www.ausflag.com.au/ausflag/qa.html
However, the Eureka flag question is dismissed on this page too:
"It could never be a suitable unifying national symbol."
If this is true, it's a shame, because I find its 'authenticity' reassuring, and its graphic simplicity.
Maybe the Southern Cross is the subliminal bit, in which case I could settle for this:
http://www.ausflag.com.au/new/91.html
Posted by boynton at April 5, 2004 05:47 PM
Just love that flag site, was chuckling away in the front room here...beats watching snooker as the rest of the den haag household are doing.
Posted by Averil at April 6, 2004 05:27 AM
I see the Netherlands gets a B.
I guess this site would have come in handy for Trivia, once upon a time.
Posted by boynton at April 6, 2004 02:05 PM
but Carson's phraseology within poems ionic breeze remains her own: "Rotate the husband and designer handbag expose a hidden side," she urges early coach handbag on
Posted by Purse at May 5, 2004 07:56 AM
But another flag to score a C was Samoa, which seems silmilar to some of the variations on the southern cross sans "colonial rubbish" proposed by Ausflag.
(I like the Eureka flag myself)
Comments: flags
Yes, I like the Eureka flag too. There's something subliminally reassuring about it.
Posted by Mike Jericho at April 5, 2004 08:14 AM
some funny comments (lions rolling cigarettes, hawk sitting on a toilet.. thought that was a chicken in a basket, myself..)
but off the money in many places.. Brazil's flag is a cracker!
and I'm partial to a parrot on a pole (or even a bird of paradise, or an eagle grappling with a snake on a cactus)
our mob: the Torres Strait Islander flag captures the 'brown eye' neatly; the Aboriginal flag is easily the strongest design-wise, altho' I like the NT state flag too..
This Brendan Jones flag works for me...
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~brendan.jones/flags/aus-1.html
also this derivation:
http://www.users.bigpond.com/putland/flag/sb23.htm
Posted by nardo at April 5, 2004 02:47 PM
I also like this one:
http://www.ausflag.com.au/new/images/95-1.gif
Posted by nardo at April 5, 2004 02:51 PM
I had to include a link to the Torres Strait flag after that intriguing (and very apt)description:
http://www.ausflag.com.au/flags/images/torres.gif
The problem with many of the variants is the logo look. And I'm with the Frequent:
"I don't want a green and gold flag - nor a flag with animals on it"
http://www.ausflag.com.au/ausflag/qa.html
However, the Eureka flag question is dismissed on this page too:
"It could never be a suitable unifying national symbol."
If this is true, it's a shame, because I find its 'authenticity' reassuring, and its graphic simplicity.
Maybe the Southern Cross is the subliminal bit, in which case I could settle for this:
http://www.ausflag.com.au/new/91.html
Posted by boynton at April 5, 2004 05:47 PM
Just love that flag site, was chuckling away in the front room here...beats watching snooker as the rest of the den haag household are doing.
Posted by Averil at April 6, 2004 05:27 AM
I see the Netherlands gets a B.
I guess this site would have come in handy for Trivia, once upon a time.
Posted by boynton at April 6, 2004 02:05 PM
but Carson's phraseology within poems ionic breeze remains her own: "Rotate the husband and designer handbag expose a hidden side," she urges early coach handbag on
Posted by Purse at May 5, 2004 07:56 AM
Friday, April 02, 2004
collared
My dog, Doug, is into his third day of convalescence.
We hear his conical collar as comical advance guard, bumping into doors, dogs, walls. A plastic skiffing noise as he loudly scents along the ground.
He gave Bronte a shock as her small head was suddenly enclosed by his coned nose hunting down a bit of biscuit
He looks more like a fifties space dog than a van dyck nobleman.
Collar consciousness follows me around, even down to the op shop, where over the counter I look up to see that famous print of a ruffled nobleman staring back at me. He was $25. I leave him to it.
Maybe I'm turning into this woman.
We hear his conical collar as comical advance guard, bumping into doors, dogs, walls. A plastic skiffing noise as he loudly scents along the ground.
He gave Bronte a shock as her small head was suddenly enclosed by his coned nose hunting down a bit of biscuit
He looks more like a fifties space dog than a van dyck nobleman.
Collar consciousness follows me around, even down to the op shop, where over the counter I look up to see that famous print of a ruffled nobleman staring back at me. He was $25. I leave him to it.
Maybe I'm turning into this woman.
Thursday, April 01, 2004
martial manuals
When Adversarius wants to throw a jar or some such at you, advance towards him with your arms crosswise, covering your head, as in N° 9.
from
Johann Georg Passchen's 1659 wrestling & self defense text, Vollstandiges Ring-Buch.
One of many manuals at The Association for Renaissance Martial Arts
The Armarium Online Historical Fencing Manuals & Texts
See also Talhoffers fencing book Talhoffers Fechtbuch aus dem Jahre 1467
XIV Fight Between a Man and Wife
The beginning stance in which the man and wife shall fight each other. – The woman is in the open stance and means to strike and has a stone in the veil weighing four or five pounds. – Thus, he stands in the pit up to the waist and his club is as long as her veil is from her hand
(a marital martial routine which seems to end like this:)
She has him in a hold by the throat and by his equipment and means to pull him from the pit.
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