SEP 12, folio-entry, couples: dogpark figures

 

You can view all of our folio-photos from the collection of 'Couples' portraits in a wider context on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE. 

SEP 11, dental feelings (sentimental verse): amalgam fillings

 

Authors' Note:  The toxicity of mercury, known by its chemical symbol Hg (for the Latin hydrargum), is dependent on its chemical form; classically it includes the manifestations in felting workers known as mad hatter syndrome (see our verse HERE about erethism. 

Metal amalgams have been in longstanding use as the the basis of dental fillings. Although standard dental amalgam is an alloy of mercury and silver, routine removal of these fillings is not routinely recommended. Ask your dentist.

SEP 10, a brief saga (medical statistics): clinical trial

 

Authors' Note: The conclusion of this imaginary placebo-controlled trial of magic in the prevention and treatment of ILLS can be stated as follows:

Parenteral administration of a low dose (1 gram) was found uniformly effective in prevention. For oral treatment of later established cases, the dosage requirement was found to be higher by a factor of 16 times (95% confidence interval: 9 — 25).
The above conclusion could, with inherent limitations of proportionality, be converted back to older units (as spoofed on the OEDILF site by Giri): "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

You can review a collection of related poems about clinical trials and clinical statistics by advancing to the blog "Edifying Nonsense" where you can find "A Limerick-Based Handbook on Medical Testing". Click HERE.  

 For the purpose of this blog, a 'brief saga' is defined as a poem, usually narrative, but occasionally expository, that tell its story in at least 15 lines. Most commonly, the format involves three stanzas in limerick form, constituting a single submission to the online humor site 'Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form'. On the OEDILF site, rigorous standards for content and format are involved in a collaborative editing process that may take several weeks to over a year. 

 There are now over 40 of these lengthier bits of doggerel featured at OEDILF in Giorgio's "Author's Showcase". The OEDILF number for each accepted multiverse poem is shown here on the slide with its first verse. We have been blog-publishing these poetic adventures here monthly since January 2020, and the good news is that almost all limerick verses can be set to music!.

To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog (October 2023), proceed to ... 'linguISTICALLY'. 

To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (August 2023), back up to 'Herbicides'.

To access all of our 'brief sagas' by the year of their creation, click on your selection below.

2020
2021
2022
2023.

SEP 9, lexicon of word-pairs: echoic binomials E to H

Giorgio's lexicon of word-pairs (repetitive or 'echoic' binomials)

Quite a few repetitive ('echoic') binomials have been highlighted in short verses by the authors. You can check out about 20 of them if you read the brief saga "Echoic Binomials".   

For readers with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE. 

Proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (echoic binomials I to O) by clicking HERE.

SEP 8, poetic non-sequitur: Edmond Hoyle

Authors' Note: 

according to Hoyle: an idiom alluding to Edmond Hoyle's books as the ultimate authority on the rules of social games, particularly cardgames such as whist

There are few verifiable details of the early life of Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769). As a tutor in parlour games, he published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist at the age of 70. Other books of rules followed, primarily involving card games, but also chess and probability theory. Hoyle died at age 97 in London, England, prior to the popularization of today's most common games such as poker and contract bridge. 

Our collection of "Non-Sequiturs" on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense", contains an admittedly bizarre assortment of nonsensical odds-and-ends, that don't quite fit into other topic-based offerings. But should you want to review the entire collection, click HERE.

SEP 7, defining opinion: hourly

Authors' Note:   As the hour is one of the most commonly used measure of time, fitting well with the time-frame of daily human activities, it is used more often in a general than in a scientific or precise sense. Examples of this usage include the appointed hour and happy hour. The derived adverb hourly shares this attribute.

Our blogpost, "Defining Opinion", on the topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" shows a selection of similar verses submitted to OEDILF (the online Omnificent English Dictionary in Limerick Form). You can see all of these on one visit by clicking HERE.

SEP 6, lexicon of word-pairs: echoic (repetitive) binomials A to D

 

 Giorgio's lexicon of word-pairs (repetitive or 'echoic' binomials)

Quite a few repetitive ('echoic') binomials have been highlighted in short verses by the authors. You could check out about 20 of them if you read the brief saga "Echoic Binomials".  

For readers with a musical bent, we have a song-cycle of 9 songs displaying the spectrum of these binomial expressions. They have lyrics stuffed with word-pairs, arranged to familiar tunes. You can readily access this singable treasure trove of binomial expressions of various types by clicking on the link for the first song, "WORD PAIRS", HERE.

 Proceed to the next blogpost in the lexicon series (echoic binomials E to H) by clicking HERE.

SEP 5, American satire: 'covfefe'

We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find dozens more on this topic in 7 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!  

SEP 4, photo-collage, Toront-oases: Toronto Islands, 1,2,3

SEP 3, illustrated verse, Toront-oases: floating islands (Brickworks ponds)

turtles sunning on a floating island
(exceptionally warm day)