Authors' Note: There is variability in patients' response to the development of blockages in the coronary arteries. Part of this is due to the gradual development of collateral arteries or side branches, which may mitigate the effect of the obstructions to produce chronic symptoms or acute severe damage to heart muscle. The net impact on flow can be assessed through imaging showing blood flow to heart muscle at rest and stress, with nuclear or other studies of myocardial perfusion (‘gated SPECT’).
A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over fifteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- photographic, computer-simulated and poetic -- 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.
July 22, 2020
JUL 22, at heart: myocardial ischemia
July 21, 2020
JUL 21, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #11
Bonus wordplay concoction:
You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view: ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams
July 20, 2020
JUL 20, singable satire: Tom Lehrer sings "ALLITERATIVE BINOMIALS #1"
PARODY SONG-LYRICS
ORIGINAL SONG: "The Elements", Tom Lehrer, 1959.
PARODY COMPOSED: Dr. G.H. and Giorgio Coniglio, 2015. This song is the second of nine in the series on Word-Pairs. You can find the links to the lyrics of the previous songs at the bottom of the post.
phrases include some of the most colorful expressions in English. There are probably a thousand binomial expressions in the English language. To enhance the singability, I have skewed my selection of binomial pairs here, to emphasize those that have alliteration of the 2 elements.
For a recently revised discussion of binomials, click HERE; there is also a post that honors our earlier exploration of these intriguing expressions entitled "The Allure of Word-Pairs: Alliterative Binomials (compendium)".
UKULELE and GUITAR-FRIENDLY LINK: Our whole series of songs can be found in a friendly format for ukulele (and guitar)-players on our sister blog "SILLY SONGS and SATIRE". Click HERE to proceed to this site.
For house and home, and king and country, love or leave it, bull or bear
And wild and woolly, weeping wailing, whys and wherefores, wash and wear
There’s lend and lease, lewd and lascivious, longitude and latitude
And odds and evens, wax and wane, and hoot and holler, crass and crude.There’s form and function, farm and factory, and fling and flirta-ation
And feast or famine, rhyme and reason, rest and relaxa-ation
There’s rough and ready, rags to riches, rock and roll, down and dirty
And dine and dash, and cheque or cash, and foppery and frippery.
There's live and learn, last but not least, and lemon lime, and life and limb
Safe and secure, and search and seizure, signs and symptoms, sink or swim
And sweet and sour, and Stars and Stripes, and sticks and stones, and sights and sounds
And hale and hearty, hot and heavy, birds and bees, and horse and hounds.
There’s flora fauna, fun and frolic, fin and fur, forgive forget
Over and out, and tots and toddlers, tit for tat, restore reset
And Jew and Gentile, dribs and drabs, naughty or nice, and juke and jive
And one and only, publish perish, bed and breakfast, drink and drive.
There’s poke and prod, and pen and paper, post and pillar, pig in poke
And rant and rave, and bread and butter, mix and match, and jeer and joke
Hell or high water, rod and reel, gruff grim, footloose and fancy-free,
Deny his due to devil, dos and don'ts, and also deep blue sea.
Nieces and nephews, peas in pod, kit and caboodle, meek and mild
And ghosts and goblins, trick or treat, witches and warlocks, wet and wild
And trials and tribulation, tried and true , thick thin, and tic-tac-toe
And cute and cuddly, fair or foul, and spick and span, and friend or foe.
Note: A second collection of amusing and instructive phrases has been posted as "More Alliterative Binomials #2".
July 19, 2020
JUL 19, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #9/#10
Bonus wordplay concoction:
You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view: ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams
July 18, 2020
JUL 18, political palindromes, L
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 20.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 14.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.
July 17, 2020
JUL 17, a brief poetic saga: broken arrows (nuclear weapons mishaps)
Authors' Note: The poem relates a story from the Cold War, as highlighted on its 60th anniversary by the Charleston S.C. press. A Broken Arrow is defined as an accidental event which does not create the risk of nuclear war, but involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components.
An atomic bomb weighing 7600 pounds was inadvertently dropped on a South Carolina farm in 1958 by a B-47 bomber on a training mission, with destruction of the farmhouse, and creation of a crater 30 feet (9m.) deep, but only minor injuries to the family. Apparently, a total of 32 such episodes have been acknowledged by the U.S. Department of Defense; many of these resulted in no victims or even civilian involvement. By 1960, the practice of warheads being carried on bomber training flights was presumably discontinued.
EDITORIAL UPDATE: You can now find a parody-song about this same episode by clicking 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. Your blogging team has been presenting these concoctions at the rate of one per month, mixed in with the shorter poems, wordplay and other stuffthat we offer.
To access the next 'brief saga' on this blog (August 2020), proceed to 'the Aegean cat'.
To access the most recent previous 'brief saga' (June 2020), back up to 'life as a loon'.
July 16, 2020
JUL 16, bottom line of medical humor: anal fissure
You can view these informative verses in a wider context by proceeding to the collection 'The BOTTOM LINE of MEDICAL HUMOR' on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE!
July 15, 2020
JUL 15, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (28-30)
July 14, 2020
JUL 14, savoir-faire: la Francophonie
Authors' Note:
d'accord (da-KOHR): French for "certainly" or "of course"
pays (peh-EE): French for "country" (singular or plural)
Belgique (behl-ZHEEK): French for Belgium
Canada (ka-na-DUH): French pronunciation
Haïti (ah-ee-TEE or ah-ee-SEE): Haiti, a difficult name for anglophones
to pronounce
July 13, 2020
JUL 13, political palindromes, K
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 18.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 12.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic.
July 12, 2020
JUL 12, political palindromes, J
From this point, you can proceed, ditheringly, either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 13.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 10.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.
July 11, 2020
JUL 11, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#29,#30)
You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE!
July 10, 2020
JUL 10, political palindomes, I
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 12.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 7.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic.
July 9, 2020
July 8, 2020
JUL 8, bi-lyrical limerick: dual-rhyme schemes
Authors' Note:
Despite the message of the verse, the author has taken pains to construct a slate of dual rhyme scheme, or bi-lyrical limericks, including the above instance; the rhyme scheme can be characterized as:
line 1: C...A
line 2: C...A
line 3: D...B
line 4: D...B
line 5: C...A.
I'm addicted to crafting verse terse,
Though constricted by constructs perverse.
To use dual-scheme rhymes
Can confuse me at times;
But, inflicted on readers? That's worse!
In the above verse, the additional C- and D-pattern rhymes are distinguished using green font. The scansion (pattern of beats), usually involves stressing the third syllable in each line (as indicated by underlining). In this instance, this pattern is broken in the third line of the verse.
July 7, 2020
JUL 7, political palindromes, H
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 10.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 4.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.
July 6, 2020
JUL 6, wordplay maps: new world palindromes (#27,#28)
Keep more to yourself for a while, wash your hands frequently, remember to laugh on occasion, and stay well!
You can view the entire collection of these 50 wordplay maps, by accessing the collection 'Tourists Palindromic Guides: The Americas'. Start by clicking HERE!
July 5, 2020
JUL 5, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (25-27)
July 4, 2020
JUL 4, political palindromes, G
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 7.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on July 2.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic.
July 3, 2020
JUL 3, wordplay maps: sister-cities anagrams (22-24)
July 2, 2020
JUL 2, political palindromes, F
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 4.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on June 30.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.
July 1, 2020
JUL 1, Canadiana: 'CANADIAN' defined
In honour of Canada Day, July 1, 2020...
You can review poems, pictures and diverse nonsense related to Canada on the post "Canadiana" on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense".
June 30, 2020
JUN 30, political palindromes, E
What you had all been waiting for: the king of palindromes.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on July 2.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on June 28.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.
June 29, 2020
JUN 29, mammalian wildlife: raccoons in the city
You can review the whole collection of illustrated verses about mammals (both domestic and exotic) by checking out the more extensive post on our full-service blog "Edifying Nonsense". Click HERE !
June 28, 2020
JUN 28, anagram swarm: A-VERY-STABLE-GENIUS, #8
Bonus wordplay concoction:
You can review an amazing number of anagrams based on this book title on our full-service blog 'Edifying Nonsense'. There are two posts to view: ’A Very Stable Genius': Theme and Variations (97 anagrams), and
'A Very Stable Genius': additional funky anagrams
June 27, 2020
JUN 27, bi-lyrical limerick: 'E.M.S.'
Be sure to check out the whole collection of 'bi-lyrical limericks' by proceeding to "Edifying Nonsense." CLICK HERE ! (Or, if you prefer, you could look over this stuff on Giorgio's Facebook photo-albums.)
June 26, 2020
JUN 26, political palindromes, D
Any collection of palindromes, such as the above assemblage, is likely to present a mix of the various structural formats discussed so far.
From this point, you can proceed either forwards or backwards.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on June 30.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on June 21.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.
For FORWARD, proceed to the next set of 'POLITICAL PALINDROMES' on June 30.
For BACKWARD, return to the previous set on June 21.
OR, return to the ORIGINAL POST on this topic on May 17.
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