MAY 5, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #12

a) Reprise of material posted on May 5 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, pardoning Sheriff Joe (poem)
2021: reptiles, painted turtles (illustrated poem) 
2022: mammalian wildlife, hippos (illustrated poem)
2023: excursion, meanwhile, great outdoors (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (May 5, 2024): 

 

 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).

You can access all of this delightful entertainment by entering submitted palindromes in one of the two search bars at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover. 

MAY 4, Olympic sport -- beach volleyball

a) Reprise of material posted on May 4 in previous years ...

2020: limerick variation, multi-verse universe (poem)
2021: waterfowl, anhingas (illustrated poem) 
2022: singular plurals, pluralia tantum, imply/infer (poem)
2023: homophonous verse, hippo's hip (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (May 4, 2024): 

Olympic sport 

beach volleyball

 

MAY 3, urban concerns: pre-stressed concrete

a) Reprise of material posted on May 3 in previous years ...

2020: new world palindromes, #17 (wordplay maps)
2021: Greek prefixes, Eu- (poem) 
2022: bar-fauna, ark's bar (poem)
2023: condo reno, pictures, third week (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (May 3, 2024): 

Authors' Note: Surveillance of tension cables in pre-stressed concrete is an arduous process, but is essential in older buildings, particularly in parking garages, although apartment towers may also be at risk. Sampling by drilling into the slabs only allows assessment of whether cables have failed, i.e. are broken, and are no longer under tension. Since the 1980s, the development of occlusive plastic fittings at attachment points has apparently reduced the possibility of corrosion due to moisture, a major cause of failure.

The author concedes a lack of professional knowledge concerning this problem. Please consult a structural engineer.

 

Our collection of illustrated poems about "Urban Concerns" on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense", contains a number of intriguing verses that you can access by clicking HERE.

MAY 2, Olympic sport -- artistic gymnastics

a) Reprise of material posted on May 2 in previous years ...

2020: savoir-faire, French loanwords (poem)
2021:    lish lit, Hamlet's fardels (poem) 
2022: trees, ponytail palm, (illustrated poem)
2023: waterfowl, seabird feeders (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (May 2, 2024): 

Olympic sport

gymnastics, vault

MAY 1, Olympic sport -- platform diving

 a) Reprise of material posted on May 1 in previous years ...

2020: pandemic poetry, Happy Birthday to me (illustrated poem)
2021: etymology, George (poem) 
2022: defining opinion, hamuli (hooks) (poem)
2023: magical palindromes, examples #21 - #25 (wordplay)

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b) Today's Offering (May 1, 2024): 

Olympic sport

platform diving, 10m

APR 30, singable satire: "THREE BEARS IN OUR HOT-TUB"

a) Reprise of material posted on April 30 in previous years ...

2020: exotic destination, Nome, Alaska (illustrated poem)
2021: poems of Nuclear Medicine, SPECTiloquy (Shakespearean verse) 
2022: reprehensible modern history, Crimean War (illustrated poem)
2023: singable satire, adenoma (pair-ody lyrics)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 30, 2024): 

PARODY-LYRICS

ORIGINAL SONG: "Three Coins in The Fountain", 1954, as performed by Frank Sinatra. The song was written by Jule Styne (melody) and Sammy Cahn (lyrics) for the romantic film "Three Coins in the Fountain". The film has a plot involving Rome's famous Trevi Fountain, with a man named Giorgio as one of the principal characters. The song received an Academy Award in 1955 for Best Original Song. Hear Sinatra croon the tune HERE.

PARODY COMPOSED: Giorgio Coniglio, 2016. 

PARODY-SONGLINK: To find ukulele and guitar chord-charts to help you accompany "Three Bears in Our Hot-Tub" on your favorite instrument, click HERE.

INSPIRATION: A newsfeed story related that a California man found his outdoor jacuzzi invaded by a bear who had climbed over his fence; the animal drank a cocktail at tub-side, then left the property and fell asleep in a nearby tree. Similar tales are not uncommon in the Pacific Northwest, but the current story of ursine home-invasion is considerably more elaborate than any single news report found online. 

THREE BEARS IN OUR HOT-TUB

(to the tune of "Three Coins in the Fountain")

Three-meter-high barriers

Should ensure your privacy.

Yogi swings with his cronies,

Down from that overhanging tree.

Three bears in our hot-tub

Each one loosening its bowels.

Good guests should wipe up messes;

These bears use our new white towels.

Three bears drank our cocktails,

Each snarfed snacks in our lanai.

Bare bears then tried romance

When margaritas got them high.

Is the new pool-liner wrecked?

Is the new pool-liner wrecked?

Three bears on our pool-deck,

Snoring after so much fun.

"I can no longer bear it - 

Get help! (I think that that's a pun.)"

"Nine-One-One.

Nine-One-One.

Nine-One-One."

"Three Bears", Anna Hyatt Huntington,
aluminum sculpture,
Brookgreen Gardens, SC. 

APR 29, Olympic sport -- pole vault

 a) Reprise of material posted on April 29 in previous years ...

2020: American satire, first impeachment (computer art)
2021: invertebrates, ghost crabs (illustrated poem) 
2022: defining opinion, gluten sensitivity, (poem)
2023: exemplification, hillbilly (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 29, 2024): 

Olympic sport

APR 28, Olympic sport -- balance beam

a) Reprise of material posted on April 28 in previous years ...

2020: insects, mosquitoes (poem)
2021: American satire, twitter-ban (poem) 
2022: objectionable adjective, flaccid (poem)
2023: defining opinion, cruddy (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 28, 2024): 

Olympic sport

balance beam

APR 27, photo-collage: Carolina lowcountry wildlife, with another trip to the pelicatessen

a) Reprise of material posted on April 27 in previous years ...

2020: Carolina lowcountry, chainsaw sculpture (photo-collage)
2021: culinary, peel'm 'n' eat'm shrimp (illustrated poem) 
2022: save the planet, clean coal (poem)
2023: waterfowl, flight of the GBH (photo-analysis)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 27, 2024): 

A continuation from the post of April 18 

processing the morning's catch

the "pelicatessen" reopens for lunch

See our previous posts about the "pelicatessen", and brown pelicans.

Henrietta poses for a formal portrait

another five-lined skink

tractor-seat plant

snowy egret, afternoon fishing

sediment balls, intertidal zone,
sign of crabs' feeding activity.

fiddler crab, carrying food,
sandy edge of brackish marsh at low tide

glossy privet hedge in bloom

great blue heron, in crepuscular light 

Get a poetic glimpse of the term "crepuscular" by clicking HERE.

sunset view from the boardwalk

APR 26, Olympic sport -- freestyle wrestling

a) Reprise of material posted on April 26 in previous years ...

2020: trees, gnarling (illustrated poem)
2021: classic palindrome, Panama canal (illustrated poem) 
2022: bar-fauna, Lizards' Lair (illustrated poem)
2023: condo reno, pictures, second week (photo-collage)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 26, 2024): 

Olympic sports

wrestling, freestyle

APR 25, Submitted Palindromes: RANDOM PILE #11

a) Reprise of material posted on April 25 in previous years ...

2020: Carolina lowcountry, further spring excursions (photo-collage)
2021: humorists' scurrilous talk, the fa#t (poem) 
2022: waterfowl, swans at Swan Lake, SC (illustrated poem)
2023: waterfowl, mute swans pose (photo-op)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 25, 2024): 

 You can access more of this delightful entertainment by entering submitted palindromes in one of the two search bars at the top of this post and scrolling downwards through the wordplay posts that you will discover. 

APR 24, Carolina lowcountry: rainy day excursion glitch!!!

a) Reprise of material posted on April 24 in previous years ...

2020: scopes of medicine, endoscopic spectrum (poem)
2021: anagrams, US scramble-towns (wordplay maps) 
2022: toxic vignette, antifreeze poisoning (poem)
2023: creative anachronism, Hippocratic oath (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 24, 2024): 

 rainy-day excursion:

trip to a charming rural church for a chamber-music concert

APR 23, Olympic sport -- single canoe racing

 a) Reprise of material posted on April 23 in previous years ...

2020: new world palindromes, #15 (wordplay maps)
2021: reptiles, green anoles (illustrated verse) 
2022: binomial phrases, hem and haw (poem)
2023: saving the planet, last free lunch (photo-display)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 23, 2024): 

 Olympic sport

boating: canoe singles racing

APR 22, exemplification: synonymous (equivalent)

a) Reprise of material posted on April 22 in previous years ...

2020: boating, kayaking, My Blue Heaven (illustrated poem)
2021: diagnostic imaging, image-guided biopsy (poem) 
2022: pill-poppng poems, oral hypoglycemics (poem)
2023: non-sequitur, victims of bullying (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 22, 2024): 

 To review our whole collection of "exemplary exemplifications", click HERE. 

APR 21, Olympic sport -- artistic (synchronized) swimming

a) Reprise of material posted on April 21 in previous years ...

2020: mammalian wildlife, star-nosed mole (illustrated poem)
2021: pandemic poetry, down the street (illustrated poem) 
2022: culinary verse, goober peas, boiled peanuts (illustrated poem)
2023: mammalian wildlife, elephant seals (illustrated poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 21, 2024): 

You can find a song about the star-nosed mole on our blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. Click HERE to access it! 

Olympic sport

artistic swimming, team