B and I are officially engaged to be married...
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
I am in need of!
An anorak or parka is a type of coat with a hood, often lined with fur or fake fur. The hood protects the face from freezing temperatures and wind. The Caribou Inuit invented this kind of garment, originally made from caribou or seal skin, for hunting and kayaking in the frigid Arctic. Some Inuit anoraks require regularly coating with fish oil to retain their water resistance.
The words anorak and parka have possibly been used interchangeably, but they are somewhat different garments. Strictly speaking, an anorak is a waterproof, hooded, pull-over jacket without a front opening, and sometimes drawstrings at the waist and cuffs, and a parka is a knee-length cold-weather coat; typically stuffed with down or very warm synthetic fiber, and with a fur-lined hood
The words anorak and parka have possibly been used interchangeably, but they are somewhat different garments. Strictly speaking, an anorak is a waterproof, hooded, pull-over jacket without a front opening, and sometimes drawstrings at the waist and cuffs, and a parka is a knee-length cold-weather coat; typically stuffed with down or very warm synthetic fiber, and with a fur-lined hood
Monday, November 25, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Movember is nearing the end...
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
DULCE ET DECORUM EST(1)
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares(2) we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest(3) began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots(4)
Of tired, outstripped(5) Five-Nines(6) that dropped behind.
Gas!(7) Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets(8) just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime(9) . . .
Dim, through the misty panes(10) and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering,(11) choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face
,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud(12)
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest(13)
To children ardent(14) for some desperate glory,
The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.(15)
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares(2) we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest(3) began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots(4)
Of tired, outstripped(5) Five-Nines(6) that dropped behind.
Gas!(7) Gas! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets(8) just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling,
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime(9) . . .
Dim, through the misty panes(10) and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering,(11) choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face
, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud(12)
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,
My friend
, you would not tell with such high zest(13) To children ardent(14) for some desperate
glory, The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est
Pro patria mori.(15)
Wilfred Owen
8 October 1917 - March, 1918
8 October 1917 - March, 1918
Roling on the River
1ju·li·enne
noun \ˌjü-lē-ˈen, ˌzhü-\Definition of JULIENNE
1
: a consommé containing julienned vegetables
2
a : food (as meat or vegetables) that has been julienned
b : a preparation or garnish of julienned food julienne
— julienne adjective
Why do we get all te hectic stuff??
29/10/2013Do we do too much? Try too hard??
I ask you, Run Forest, Run!
Is that a comfortable cat? Or a dog with a ruff life?
Who is hard done by?? and where the heck did that bear go???
I ask you, Run Forest, Run!
Who is hard done by?? and where the heck did that bear go???
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Dulce, dulce...
Arlington Memorial Amphitheater -- this is from about four / five days ago
A humorous elaboration of the original line was used as a toast in the 19th century: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et dulcissimum pro patria bibere. Ergo, bibamus pro salute patriae." In English this is rendered as: "It is sweet and dignified to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest to drink for it. Therefore, let us drink to the health of the homeland."
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Sweet and fitting
Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
"It is sweet and fitting to die for your country."A humorous elaboration of the original line was used as a toast in the 19th century: "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, sed dulcius pro patria vivere, et dulcissimum pro patria bibere. Ergo, bibamus pro salute patriae." In English this is rendered as: "It is sweet and dignified to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest to drink for it. Therefore, let us drink to the health of the homeland."
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Sweet and fitting
Big words mean...
...whateva.
Antidisestablishmentarianism, you may ask???
Merriam-Webster
Clearly, whatever she was, she was not Antidisestablishmentarianism.
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." He asked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called the "common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself."[49]
Now for some interesting news!
Siats – full name, Siats meekerorum – was about 30 feet long. It weighed about 4 tons. And that’s just the size of a juvenile Siats; the hind limb, pelvis, and backbone that the paleontologists found, in Utah’s Cedar Mountain Formation in 2008, is from a not yet full-grown dinosaur. It’s possible that, at adult-size, Siats is the second largest carnivorous dinosaur ever known to roam North America, says Dr. Zanno. The largest is T. rex, which weighed twice as much as Siats and appeared not until 30 million or so years later.
Antidisestablishmentarianism, you may ask???
Merriam-Webster
"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." He asked the nations of the world to join together to fight what he called the "common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself."[49]
Siats – full name, Siats meekerorum – was about 30 feet long. It weighed about 4 tons. And that’s just the size of a juvenile Siats; the hind limb, pelvis, and backbone that the paleontologists found, in Utah’s Cedar Mountain Formation in 2008, is from a not yet full-grown dinosaur. It’s possible that, at adult-size, Siats is the second largest carnivorous dinosaur ever known to roam North America, says Dr. Zanno. The largest is T. rex, which weighed twice as much as Siats and appeared not until 30 million or so years later.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705][Note 1][Note 2] – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'.[1] He facilitated many civic organizations, including a fire department and a university.
Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.[2] Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, "In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat."[3] To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."[4]
Franklin, always proud of his working class roots, became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies.[5] He was also partners with William Goddard and Joseph Galloway the three of whom published the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British monarchy in the American colonies.[6] He became wealthy publishing Poor Richard's Almanack and The Pennsylvania Gazette.
Franklin gained international renown as a scientist for his famous experiments in electricity and for his many inventions, especially the lightning rod. He played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and was elected the first president of the American Philosophical Society. Franklin became a national hero in America when he spearheaded the effort to have Parliament repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations.
For many years he was the British postmaster for the colonies, which enabled him to set up the first national communications network. He was active in community affairs, colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served as governor of Pennsylvania. Toward the end of his life, he freed his slaves and became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored on coinage and money; warships; the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, namesakes, and companies; and more than two centuries after his death, countless cultural references.
Benjamin Franklin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses of "Benjamin Franklin", "Ben Franklin" and "Franklin", see Benjamin Franklin (disambiguation) and Franklin (disambiguation).
| Benjamin Franklin | |
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| 6th President of Pennsylvania | |
| In office October 18, 1785 – November 5, 1788 |
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| Vice President | Charles Biddle Thomas Mifflin |
| Preceded by | John Dickinson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Mifflin |
| United States Minister to France | |
| In office September 14, 1778 – May 17, 1785 Serving with Arthur Lee, Silas Deane, and John Adams |
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| Appointed by | Continental Congress |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Jefferson |
| United States Minister to Sweden | |
| In office September 28, 1782 – April 3, 1783 |
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| Appointed by | Congress of the Confederation |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Russell |
| 1st United States Postmaster General | |
| In office July 26, 1775 – November 7, 1776 |
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| Appointed by | Continental Congress |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Richard Bache |
| Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly | |
| In office May 1764 – October 1764 |
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| Preceded by | Isaac Norris |
| Succeeded by | Isaac Norris |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Assembly | |
| In office 1762–1764 |
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| In office 1751–1757 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1706 Boston, Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | April 17, 1790 (aged 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Read |
| Children | William Franklin Francis Folger Franklin Sarah Franklin Bache |
| Profession | Printer-Publisher Writer Politician Scientist |
| Signature |  |
Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation.[2] Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Steele Commager, "In a Franklin could be merged the virtues of Puritanism without its defects, the illumination of the Enlightenment without its heat."[3] To Walter Isaacson, this makes Franklin "the most accomplished American of his age and the most influential in inventing the type of society America would become."[4]
Franklin, always proud of his working class roots, became a successful newspaper editor and printer in Philadelphia, the leading city in the colonies.[5] He was also partners with William Goddard and Joseph Galloway the three of whom published the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British monarchy in the American colonies.[6] He became wealthy publishing Poor Richard's Almanack and The Pennsylvania Gazette.
Franklin gained international renown as a scientist for his famous experiments in electricity and for his many inventions, especially the lightning rod. He played a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania and was elected the first president of the American Philosophical Society. Franklin became a national hero in America when he spearheaded the effort to have Parliament repeal the unpopular Stamp Act. An accomplished diplomat, he was widely admired among the French as American minister to Paris and was a major figure in the development of positive Franco-American relations.
For many years he was the British postmaster for the colonies, which enabled him to set up the first national communications network. He was active in community affairs, colonial and state politics, as well as national and international affairs. From 1785 to 1788, he served as governor of Pennsylvania. Toward the end of his life, he freed his slaves and became one of the most prominent abolitionists.
His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, and status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers, have seen Franklin honored on coinage and money; warships; the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, namesakes, and companies; and more than two centuries after his death, countless cultural references.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Another day has launched and my position is to move forward
What shall I post here today?
The reference is to Helen of Troy in the famous 'Iliad"
Helen was wooed by many, but was finally married to King Menelaus of Sparta. She was seduced by Paris, a Trojan prince and carried off to Troy. Menelaus was not prepared to see her go lightly and launched a thousand ships to go to Troy and get her back.
Hence the phrase that Helen had the "face that launched a thousand ships"
Happy 1 November! Do you know what time of the year it is? If you don’t know already it’s Movember and TCM is excited to be celebrating all things Mo’tastic in their movie lineup this month.
The latest thing
The reference is to Helen of Troy in the famous 'Iliad"
Helen was wooed by many, but was finally married to King Menelaus of Sparta. She was seduced by Paris, a Trojan prince and carried off to Troy. Menelaus was not prepared to see her go lightly and launched a thousand ships to go to Troy and get her back.
Hence the phrase that Helen had the "face that launched a thousand ships"
Elizabeth Taylor on TCM
Quiz: Movember's greatest hits on TCM
By DStv Online | Fri, 01 Nov 2013
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
The whole day long
Monday, November 4, 2013
Yes Please I can dance
That was the other day...Monday,04\/10/2013
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Sunday, November 3, 2013
I have been a bit lax...so much is happening!
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