AUG 5, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILES #25 and #26

You have reached the "Submitted Palindromes" thread on the blog "Daily Edifying Nonsense", a light literary entity that emanates through the blogosphere daily (almost), i.e. 30 times per month.

  On the 25th of each month you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. Their profiles are indicated in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", and continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s).

JUL 31: the start of a hiatus

PLEASE NOTE THAT GIORGIO WILL BE TAKING A MUCH-NEEDED VACATION.

REGULAR NEW POSTINGS ON THIS BLOG (as well as our related blogs "Edifying Nonsense" and "Silly Songs and Satire") WILL LIKELY RESUME IN THE LATE FALL OR EARLY IN THE NEW YEAR. (Most of the material that happens to appear on the blog after today has been software-generated). 

PLEASE CHECK BACK THEN, FOR NEW MATERIAL (although the old stuff, as detailed in each post's righthand column, remains available for nostalgic review). 

HAVE A GOOD SUMMER !!!  

Disappointed readers may be partly cheered by two exceptions:

 --the submitted palindrome thread on "Edifying Nonsense" has been honored by our contributors, and prepared new posts will be automatically displayed on the 25th of each month until the end of the current calendar year.

--  on "Daily Illustrated Nonsense", there will be a new palinku verse posted on the 17th of each month, also until the end of the year.  

JUL 30, photo-collage: voting from abroad + an upgraded sign

photos by Giorgio Coniglio... 

seating at an airport departure gate,
Vancouver, Canada

We owe a debt of gratitude to the volunteers who staff organizations like this.. 

Unrelated to the previous photos, here's the reworking (for enhanced legibility) of a sign attached to a housefront, as posted recently on the internet. ...

JUL 29, photo-collage: Long Lake, Nanaimo, British Columbia

Photos obtained by Giorgio Coniglio, and edited on his i-phone 13 ...

    

JUL 28, photo-collage: flying back east, Vancouver Island to Toronto

Above the Canadian portion of the planet (photos by Giorgio Coniglio) ...

(dated Aug 25, 2024)

safety information in French and English, coast to coast

taking off from Nanaimo, British Columbia;
 very short flight to YVR (Vancouver)

rolling into Vancouver

starting out from YVR
across the Fraser River

icefields of the Rocky Mountains

flying over the foothills/prairies,
just east of the Rocky peaks

descending to the airport in Calgary, Alberta

next morning's descent;
 the final flight terminates in Toronto

 

JUL 27, holidays and celebrations: unicorny fifth birthday

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 

You-Know-Who !!!

JUL 26, photo-collage: sunny afternoon at the Duck Ponds, High Park, Toronto

A sunny afternoon at the Duck Ponds, Toronto's High Park, as photographed using his i-phone 13, by Giorgio Coniglio... 

(dated Aug 27,2024)

 

view of photographic apparatus
(see the detailed description)

To discover Giorgio's illustrated poem about great egrets, click HERE (Nov 24, 2023), and for other photo-shoots highlighting these  photogenic birds, in various venues around the continent, click HERE (Apr 18, 2024), HERE (Sep 19, 2023), HERE (May 20, 2022)  and HERE (May 10, 2022). 

wood ducks, females

To see Giorgio's illustrated poem about wood ducks, click HERE.

JUL 25, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILES #23 and #24

  On the 25th of each month you will find a slide-filling group of palindromic phrases submitted to the editors by a panel of 7 palindromists. These folks have all been working on this project since January 2020. Their profiles are indicated in panels published here at the start of things, and then, we have asked them to provide (palindromically, of course) their views on one of the iconic items in the classic literature, starting with "A man, a plan, a canal -- Panama", and continuing with other well-known phrases, such as "Dennis sinned". Otherwise, their contribution will be grouped in random piles (a phrase that you might recognize as an anagram of the word p-a-l-i-n-d-r-o-m-e-s).

JUL 25, photo-collage: High Park Zoo, Toronto

Authors' Note: All the fencing separating the residents from the visitors initially appears rather pathetic at this site, but at least the residents seem to have sufficient space, and are protected from the worst impulses, e.g. unapproved feeding, of the otherwise-well-intentioned visitors.

A few other residents of this secondary zoo in Toronto have been highlighted in posts on this blog. Click HERE(Jun 29,2023), HERE(Jun 25, 2023) and HERE(Nov 5, 2020).  
And, please check in tomorrow when we will display local birdlife in natural settings at this urban park. 

 

JUL 24, magical canal palindromes: "A man, a plan --- Paris"

reprise from 2000

APR 18 2000, magical canal palindromes: 'A man, a plan, ... Paris'

AUG 29 2000, magical palindromes: 'A man, a plan (racy, carnal) ... Paris'

You can become an expert fan of our wordplay concoction 'magical palindromes' by reviewing the explanatory material found in ancient days on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense" HERE; then, you could check how we applied this technique to 'canal palindromes' by viewing this more recent post.

JUL 23, handbook on trace minerals and vitamins: vitamin B12 (erythropoiesis)

 

Authors' Note: The myelin sheath is an envelope of lipid-rich material that wraps around peripheral nerve fibers, acting as a form of insulation; its development and maintenance is dependent on vitamin B12. 

You can find our incipient collection of verse related to micro-nutrients, i.e. trace minerals and vitamins on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE. 

JUL 22, artistic weightlifting + special events (Paris Olympic Games, 2024)

a) poetic inspiration

Authors' Note:   In the currently televised Olympic summer games, Paris 2024, the term artistic is used to cover all gymnastic events (four for women and six for men), and is now used exclusively for what was once called "synchronized swimming" (synchronized retains usage in duet platform and springboard diving).

All of these events, and scores more, such as standard weightlifting, provide awe and inspiration for viewers. In certain cases, there is wonderment that a global athletic community has developed around the particular competitive activity. Artistic weightlifting is an apocryphal mind-sport concocted by the author.

b) photo-collage

actual date of the opening ceremony: July 26, 2024
Thanks to the CBC! 

Readers can find reminiscences of some key Olympic moments in Giorgio's photos that are  appended randomly to certain posts in the previous three months. To find them, search for "Olympic sport, 2024").  

JUL 20, singable satire: The Beatles sing "RELIC SUBMARINES"

 PARODY SONG-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG:  "Yellow Submarine", The Beatles 1966, with lead vocals by Ringo Starr.

U.S.S. Clamagore at Patriots Point
(background: Arthur Ravenel Bridge, in fog)

BACKGROUND: Giorgio's substitute lyrics draw on his personal experience as an occasional resident of South Carolina. With prominent tourist sites for the display of submarines from the Civil War, World War II and the Cold War, Charleston SC and the adjacent suburb of Mt Pleasant seem like a grim version of The Beatles' fantasy "land of submarines". 

SATIRE COMPOSED: Dr G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2018. As a bonus, you can read about the history of development and deployment of submarines in Charleston SC in three informative blogposts on our blog "Daily Illustrated Nonsense" (HERE, HERE, and HERE).

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Relic Submarines" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

[Giorgio's other satire lyrics substituted to Beatles' songs include "Vonnegut" (Imagine); "Saturday Night" (Yesterday); "Brennan's Tweet" (Let It Be); "Jake" (While My Guitar Gently Weeps)].

RELIC SUBMARINES

(to the tune of "Yellow Submarine")

In the town where I’ve retired

A Memorial’s awfully near.

And it tells us of the time

When the Cold War engendered fear.

Sailors sailed, to keep us ‘safe’ --

Secret missions ‘neath the waves.

Soviet strike? Well we’d respond.

They could never make us slaves.

Nuclear power transformed the submarine --

Submerged months in between, with missile launch unseen.

Trident warheads, a payload that’s obscene,

A missile-launch machine, nuclear submarine.

No recourse, all mankind’s caught

In the path of the juggernaut.

So give Gor--bachev our thanks,

(nautical tune)

We all live near a nuclear submarine,

Missile-launch machine; we’re all trapped in between.

We all live with nuclear submarines.

Missile-launch machines blow Earth to smithereens.

Cold War’s thawed – a time of peace.

From a gruesome fate, we’re now released.

A Memorial down the street --

Tourists gripe about the summer heat.

We all live near a nuclear submarine,

Missile-launch machine; we’re all trapped in between.

Live or die with nuclear submarines.

Missile-launch machines blow Earth to smithereens.

JUL 19, special event: rooftop crane dismantling, finishing the job! (part 2)

 In yesterday's post we showed how a large retrieval crane was erected on the street and used to remove pieces of a smaller rooftop crane; the latter had been used for a year to hoist construction materials, and was repositioned progressively on the topmost floor of the nearby building as it was constructed skyward to over 30 stories. This morning, the large ladder-like yellow upper tower for the rooftop crane was brought down to street level.

Today, we'll see the retrieval crane used to remove more temporary pieces from the top of the new building, and then all the cranes will be disassembled, loaded on large trucks and carried away. 

  yellow tower supporting the rooftop crane
brought to earth using the retrieval crane
(large red vertical structure on the right) 

additional pieces of the rooftop construction crane
progressively brought to street-level for transport

control module for the rooftop crane
lowered towards the street

pieces of the rooftop crane are packed
 on a flat-bed truck for removal  

the large retrieval crane is then brought flat 
for packing up, with the aid of a smaller working crane

early evening: only the base of the retrieval device
and its smaller helper-crane remain on site

9 o'clock on the second morning:
all equipment removed, the street reopened

Other issues of interest to readers who live in deep downtown locations can be found in illustrated poems on our more encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE for the collection entitled "Urban Concerns".