male (above right), female (below, left) |
A blogsite offering entertaining oddities since January 2020 at the rate of 30x/month. There are now over sixteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- poetic, 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.
January 8, 2024
JAN 8, photo-collage: more attempted birdfeeder photos
January 7, 2024
JAN 7r, waterfowl: pelicatessen
a) reprise from January 2020:
Authors' Note:
fress is a loanword verb from either German or Yiddish implying eating heartily or snacking frequently.
delicatessen has been applied to both high-end retail food stores selling unusual and imported prepared foods, and to restaurants preparing German, Jewish or other ethnic cuisine (frequently, the two functions are combined). It may also refer to the products purchased in these outlets.
Sushi is not among the expected foods in such an establishment, so the analogy to a pelicatessen for waterfowl has been unexplored until now. At least in Canadian official documents, for the sake of gender-neutrality, fishermen are referred to as fishers.
After initially using this neologism (word-creation) as a descriptor on the blog "Edifying Nonsense", and misconstruing it as his personal invention, the author became aware, via the internet, that there is a restaurant located at a resort on Bald Head Island, North Carolina with that name. Although that fact is of interest, it is of limited relevance. Seabirds are apparently not served at the establishment, either as customers, or as menu-fare.
b) recent birdie-pic
a post-prandial stroll |
You can review these illustrated verses in a wider context by proceeding to 'Immersible Verse: Limericks about Waterfowl' on the full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'.
January 6, 2024
JAN 6r, American satire: Hillary pilloried
a) reprise from January 2020
We hope that you enjoyed this verse. You can find more than 30 similar verses on this topic in 5 collections on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to start!
b) recent birdie-pic
house finch (male) |
January 5, 2024
JAN 5, Submitted Palindromes: K, targeted at "TIP-TOP POT PIT"
January 4, 2024
JAN 4r, American satire: make-believe 2016
a) reprise from January 2000
JAN 4, American satire(1): make-believe 2016
January 3, 2024
JAN 3, ambulatory verse: hasten
January 2, 2024
JAN 2, postal places, Canada: Grande Prairie, AB
If you want to know more about the Canadian province of Alberta, consult our verse on Red Deer, AB, or ask speedysnail, author of the OEDILFian poem Alberta.
At one swell foop, you can review all our postal poems about intriguing places in the USA and Canada, by proceeding to the encyclopedic blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !
January 1, 2024
JAN 1, special events: New Years' Day concert, Vienna
If today is January 1, we must be in Austria!
(PBS viewer's world-view)
Christian Thielemann, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic |
interior of the Musikverein, Viennese concert hall |
December 30, 2023
DEC 30, singable satire: New Years' song, updated by R. Burns, "AULD LANG's SINE"
PARODY-LYRICS
Robert Burns |
WORDPLAY LINK: A somewhat different version on the Simon Lang story, with a more modern take, has been twisted into limerick verse, and can be seen HERE.
AULD LANG’S SINE
For Simon's radiant angles,
Bright his ratios still shine!
O' Trig we'd all be mindless were
Related Palindromes
T. set stats test.
Crazy Z-arc.
I-pen is rotator: sine pi.
December 29, 2023
DEC 29, birdlore: new birdfeeder!
New birdfeeder!!!
Initial photo-experience on a rainy day using a cell-phone camera. Stay tuned as the technique develops!
tufted titmouse |
i-phone photo with automated "removal of background"; this software works relatively well with persons, but for birds, the tails and legs get detached relatively often |
You can also view an encyclopedic collection of illustrated poems on this topic (land-birds) by proceeding to the posts "Poems about BIRDLORE" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE.
December 27, 2023
DEC 27r, poetic non-sequitur: cumulative song
a) reprise from December 27, 2020
DEC 27, non-sequitur: cumulative song
Authors' Note: The cumulative song "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" was created by two Canadian folksong aficionados in 1952, and then recorded by Burl Ives in 1953. Other well-known cumulative songs which are traditional include "Old MacDonald had a Farm" and "The Green Grass Grew All Around".
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.
b) current birdie-picpoolside, late afternoon
at the Ibis Hotel
poolside, late afternoon at the Ibis Hotel |
December 26, 2023
DEC 26, Submitted Palindromes: J, targeted at "ZEUS SEES SUEZ."
DEC 26, Canadiana: Haida Gwaii
December 25, 2023
DEC 25r, holidays and celebrations: Xmas post
December 24, 2023
DEC 24, postal places, Canada: Red Deer AB
If you want to know more about the Canadian province of Alberta, ask speedysnail, author of the OEDILFian poem Alberta.
December 23, 2023
DEC 23r, classic palindrome: 'Yreka Bakery'
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, P.E.H !!!
a) reprise from December 23, 2020
HAVE a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON !!!
b) Seasonal photo:
seasonal lighting at City Hall |