A blogsite offering entertaining oddities since January 2020 at the rate of 30x/month. There are now over seventeen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- poetic (including song-lyrics), photographic, and computer-simulated -- are drawn from daily life as well as from poems and wordplay grouped by topic on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense". The poetry displayed is all original (as are the song-lyrics), although portions evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
September 28, 2023
SEP 28, duplication: hocus-pocus
September 27, 2023
SEP 27, ambulatory verse: scamper (seduction)
September 26, 2023
SEP 26, gruesome verse: hidey-hole
Check out the whole collection called "Gruesome Verse" on our blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE.
September 25, 2023
SEP 25, Submitted Palindromes: D, targeted at "WON'T LOVERS REVOLT NOW?"
September 23, 2023
SEP 23, waterfowl: flightless seabirds
September 22, 2023
SEP 22, "pictures at a renovation": finishing touches
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September 21, 2023
SEP 21, objectionable adjectives: forced (bulbs)
September 20, 2023
SEP 20, singable satire: Allan Sherman sings "MINOS'S TAIL TWIST"
ORIGINAL POEM: "Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, the first book in the triad, "The Divine Comedy", written in the early 14th century.
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Mexican Hat Dance", Allan Sherman, 1963.
- Michelangelo's "Last Judgment", painted on the altar wall of the Sistine Chapel was criticized by a papal attendant, Baigio da Cesena, as more appropriate for a tavern because of its use of nude figures.
- In its final version, Minos is portrayed at the lower right portion of the scene, with facial features presumably similar to Baigio. surrounded by other devils, with donkey ears, and with his tail wrapped around him. One can observe the subtle detail of a serpent biting the Minos-figure on the genitals!
- The Pope claimed he had no jurisdiction over Hell, and therefore let the painting remain in this form, despite da Cesena's objection.
September 19, 2023
SEP 19, photo-collage: great egrets at a Toronto pond
September 18, 2023
SEP 18, lexicon of word-pairs: repetitive binomials I to O
Giorgio's lexicon of binomials (repetitive, echoic)
You can easily find all of these on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE, and following the links.
September 17, 2023
SEP 17, palinku (poetic novelty): reliable transport
September 16, 2023
SEP 16, chemical states (and provinces): eastern U.S.
September 15, 2023
SEP 15, exemplification: Donald Duck's malarkey
September 14, 2023
SEP 14, cinematic guide: gainless (M*A*S*H theme-song)
Authors' Note: Director Robert Altman had initially requested music for a single scene in the 1970 movie M*A*S*H; in keeping with the plot, this was to be "the stupidest song ever written". Having difficulty in completing the lyricist's task himself, Altman called on his 14-year-old son, who presumably finished the job in a few minutes. The music for "Suicide is Painless" went on to become highly popular as the principal theme for the movie and the TV series; the lyrics are not widely known, but earned the junior Altman large sums in royalties.
September 13, 2023
SEP 13, pill-poppin' poem: antimalarials to treat epidemic viruses
Or, check this link to the story in the Washington Post.
September 12, 2023
SEP 12, portraits of couples: dogpark figures
September 11, 2023
SEP 11, dental feelings (sentimental verse): amalgam
Authors' Note: Although standard dental amalgam is an alloy of mercury and silver, routine removal of these fillings is not routinely recommended. Ask your dentist.
September 10, 2023
SEP 10, a brief saga (medical statistics): clinical trial -- a gram of prevention
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.
September 9, 2023
SEP 9, lexicon of word-pairs: echoic binomials E to H
You can easily find all of these on our topic-based blog "Edifying Nonsense" by clicking HERE, and following the links.
September 8, 2023
SEP 8, poetic non-sequitur: Edmond Hoyle
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.