tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-114429972024-03-08T00:30:31.060+00:00unhemmedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger347125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-80199598645731319112010-10-20T13:27:00.001+01:002010-10-20T13:27:50.499+01:00printpart of ch 1<br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-35073086962201729902009-08-26T09:52:00.002+01:002009-08-26T09:54:47.209+01:00Hugh of St Victor“There are those who wish to read everything. Don’t vie with them. Leave well enough alone. It is nothing to you whether you read all the books there are or not. The number of books is infinite: don’t pursue infinity! Where no end is in sight, there can be no rest. Where there is no rest, there is no peace. Where there is no peace, God cannnot dwell. ‘His place,’ says the Prophet, ‘is in peace, and his abode in Sion.’” (Translated from the Latin by Jerome Taylor)<br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.closecallswithnonsense.com/2009/08/21/of-norwich/">Stephen Burt's blog</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-45154099938871710932008-07-14T16:02:00.002+01:002008-07-14T16:03:59.242+01:00fao: everybodyunhemmed is taking an undeserved break of undetermined length.<br /><br />Until next time!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-4824826280895151132008-06-29T13:51:00.002+01:002008-06-29T13:52:14.086+01:00star-nosed moles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6bNGT_TLRynjnJcKM5-qoRZavZdgeM3JVQ8-0Zmx8DPYhXgd_9Vqfk3dRzlXsp47vjfeWKTOk-JHG2QQsd2_bBPVVwY5sBYUqCE7TiiHVnxeRSLoCxL3VVaswSArTtI-A0tf/s1600-h/starnosedmoles.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6bNGT_TLRynjnJcKM5-qoRZavZdgeM3JVQ8-0Zmx8DPYhXgd_9Vqfk3dRzlXsp47vjfeWKTOk-JHG2QQsd2_bBPVVwY5sBYUqCE7TiiHVnxeRSLoCxL3VVaswSArTtI-A0tf/s400/starnosedmoles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217285449317803234" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-52941752057383064302008-06-20T23:17:00.002+01:002008-06-20T23:17:55.364+01:00puddle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LL5nJxaBFyV-qbu4rJEYrWvdWPSn18IPkqChxa4oLzcrkcoNZv4EplYKWjLqjoS5-msYhFc8iEyPbXpoUpPvrY_hdLCTIKriqjG-bK2jzedi6siFCQ5UcYGiK4y2aU-bF8-6/s1600-h/DSCF4390.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LL5nJxaBFyV-qbu4rJEYrWvdWPSn18IPkqChxa4oLzcrkcoNZv4EplYKWjLqjoS5-msYhFc8iEyPbXpoUpPvrY_hdLCTIKriqjG-bK2jzedi6siFCQ5UcYGiK4y2aU-bF8-6/s400/DSCF4390.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214091457775928274" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-27963326985084886692008-06-17T09:53:00.001+01:002008-06-17T09:54:28.184+01:00motyl<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0X0_M-wfD3pe_YHp99wIOSoAM4-z540D2rBLqLoNvLws2DLr-4NzH6N41_Dxcm90YKDYshFhFWgIDYGS8mAmbA1SXtbp5JaEJRRbuZrlV_61cKJpjIfa55trggUpB2NoFZZw/s1600-h/butterfly.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0X0_M-wfD3pe_YHp99wIOSoAM4-z540D2rBLqLoNvLws2DLr-4NzH6N41_Dxcm90YKDYshFhFWgIDYGS8mAmbA1SXtbp5JaEJRRbuZrlV_61cKJpjIfa55trggUpB2NoFZZw/s400/butterfly.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212771157234449218" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-33737457404376438892008-05-26T11:53:00.001+01:002008-05-26T11:54:34.476+01:00The New York Times<div id="articleTips"> <h3 style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Tips</h3> <div class="summary"><span style="font-style: italic;"> To find reference information about the words used in this article, double-click on any word, phrase or name. A new window will open with a dictionary definition or encyclopedia entry.</span> </div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-76185363547811329712008-05-15T15:25:00.003+01:002008-05-15T15:30:24.660+01:00Robert Rauschenberg's 'Odalisk'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMz3kN_UjymSACyx88_ZVkusreYaQ23TllxvBvrz8qVUoCW54KKOUXQ80mh6cdyNLotNYk5N4HD9i3-guakGqQYZ9cBZN9_YbkFP_jYgeNdxuO4GKXO4jeoQMpM3B7Gk3iT0b/s1600-h/Rauschenberg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMz3kN_UjymSACyx88_ZVkusreYaQ23TllxvBvrz8qVUoCW54KKOUXQ80mh6cdyNLotNYk5N4HD9i3-guakGqQYZ9cBZN9_YbkFP_jYgeNdxuO4GKXO4jeoQMpM3B7Gk3iT0b/s400/Rauschenberg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200611042899366306" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-44104722814233252672008-05-01T22:28:00.002+01:002008-05-01T22:28:46.472+01:00poopookarian<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE26mPNc3LEN7zeSIfGV9MJkv_vfAdNyfozzhoQx0lXpzkU2iivNDtJq715XZ3fUMzAjz7GG-3hwvFiNZCey5MMcX_6RW0rrr0TK9I3zIKFFEeN2QSJFmkAxmPLXYliSEo6uRz/s1600-h/humpty.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE26mPNc3LEN7zeSIfGV9MJkv_vfAdNyfozzhoQx0lXpzkU2iivNDtJq715XZ3fUMzAjz7GG-3hwvFiNZCey5MMcX_6RW0rrr0TK9I3zIKFFEeN2QSJFmkAxmPLXYliSEo6uRz/s400/humpty.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195524511038215250" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-88110202478873319052008-05-01T21:03:00.001+01:002008-05-01T21:09:22.120+01:00Edinburgh Man<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVqEW1nwXquBUa4M1UatOZEkPL2jgvPfpjNtYOqt0J-w6Dd8yDx6LbZwkwtxvK_HeG0zJPOdcxaziPLQd45gc-U1EEX0Yco6wmiXRrvMwIPcfuLV1MAS6N0syzm2xnWUQCM6V/s1600-h/Edinburgh.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVqEW1nwXquBUa4M1UatOZEkPL2jgvPfpjNtYOqt0J-w6Dd8yDx6LbZwkwtxvK_HeG0zJPOdcxaziPLQd45gc-U1EEX0Yco6wmiXRrvMwIPcfuLV1MAS6N0syzm2xnWUQCM6V/s400/Edinburgh.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195502825748337730" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Fall/_/Edinburgh+Man">A link.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-26584572035396377762008-04-20T21:53:00.000+01:002008-04-20T21:54:02.539+01:00sawhorse<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTV39EKOemH14Yt-2vU932O7TR2ehFknrWtqq9W7AXBBgL52ZGwUR9nrDzWqkda4sjqKbs1fHV3rhakPllYkLSdwW_69p-bnoR-dMxTffSzrvemXK9Ek8U0jKPcZuSY8J7mpT/s1600-h/Sawhorse.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTV39EKOemH14Yt-2vU932O7TR2ehFknrWtqq9W7AXBBgL52ZGwUR9nrDzWqkda4sjqKbs1fHV3rhakPllYkLSdwW_69p-bnoR-dMxTffSzrvemXK9Ek8U0jKPcZuSY8J7mpT/s400/Sawhorse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191433634933508898" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-53889085637328184552008-04-13T20:54:00.000+01:002008-04-13T20:55:07.306+01:00Splodgkin<a href="http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10904774275,00.html">A Small Thing, But My Own</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-75540294184544194452008-04-04T15:16:00.002+01:002008-04-04T15:18:54.879+01:00The Fall of the Rebel Angels<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFQTAoV9o-_fo6GUDdnffanYLJbAYfemE4j23eYxd6xNW3_NeBJ8wceOBTFiFKz8fRDFCzxWzJ05ZTuZePbhrKBru3neNOfcP8SC9F3l4NNTKCa1A-FBa69OhlZXj_3bGwTT_/s1600-h/rebel-angels.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFQTAoV9o-_fo6GUDdnffanYLJbAYfemE4j23eYxd6xNW3_NeBJ8wceOBTFiFKz8fRDFCzxWzJ05ZTuZePbhrKBru3neNOfcP8SC9F3l4NNTKCa1A-FBa69OhlZXj_3bGwTT_/s400/rebel-angels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185394445293859890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.opac-fabritius.be/fr/F_database.htm">Pieter Bruegel, 1562<br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-32887178970238406392008-04-01T10:18:00.002+01:002008-04-01T10:18:46.950+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZA3KLuuY8n1OVlCvmFiaud4HoYfPULij-a9cYbgy9_TZ5m5p-DWH8NrsAruQmpDI_JZvFEVXWr9H-fFHxahtjkB4JkGI5hO-zA0vY5Xu8sm7oZMtFpBlNH7H_7AWS0vJDt5a/s1600-h/palace-magic.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZA3KLuuY8n1OVlCvmFiaud4HoYfPULij-a9cYbgy9_TZ5m5p-DWH8NrsAruQmpDI_JZvFEVXWr9H-fFHxahtjkB4JkGI5hO-zA0vY5Xu8sm7oZMtFpBlNH7H_7AWS0vJDt5a/s400/palace-magic.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5184203845999670306" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-74092379918997222812008-03-31T11:26:00.002+01:002008-03-31T11:27:49.810+01:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAQW6ltPf37zRzoIuhpBmYK0pdYCDZdRcnTY8Xtvy8Do7ydrnPRMyExjHRB-6eKC2r49iQvD2L1bV4-3igWADel-5BjYamUx4dTwxaB5tRsVybmD64lgcwwotYfy8kYJu_B5T/s1600-h/pelorus+jack.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxAQW6ltPf37zRzoIuhpBmYK0pdYCDZdRcnTY8Xtvy8Do7ydrnPRMyExjHRB-6eKC2r49iQvD2L1bV4-3igWADel-5BjYamUx4dTwxaB5tRsVybmD64lgcwwotYfy8kYJu_B5T/s400/pelorus+jack.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183850443205653522" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-3215037839034018332008-03-23T21:38:00.002+00:002008-03-23T21:40:46.689+00:00a nematode gushes<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/books/06walk.html?ei=5088&en=a32a1187af9c7823&ex=1323061200&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all">A wonderful, wonderful article</a>. Not least because it takes the time to explain what 'off piste' means. Don't miss the slideshow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-27869120834582802852008-03-22T21:08:00.002+00:002008-03-22T21:08:42.506+00:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouXMc0qU3P1FwGVeR1hyphenhyphenmx2DXvzCuqHuTwfhhss7QTQQ-Y0tTGW_e6TFDn1XsABIaz2PnFmrmIfypXcErsaTA-H8MWeYf_ZUGY242kFk9aLCZ1NctLhj68z6uria6pTqPr_uW/s1600-h/iris.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouXMc0qU3P1FwGVeR1hyphenhyphenmx2DXvzCuqHuTwfhhss7QTQQ-Y0tTGW_e6TFDn1XsABIaz2PnFmrmIfypXcErsaTA-H8MWeYf_ZUGY242kFk9aLCZ1NctLhj68z6uria6pTqPr_uW/s400/iris.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180675946977833986" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-2281822185314084152008-03-18T11:44:00.004+00:002008-03-18T11:52:33.383+00:00wgw1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBaufZm0kMTMrcKQBplWokM9kfvzJJ8TmkiihQNGMcFKfMhDjkfC6bFsIVbazsJt375jifpRodxEOVv_eEd_lWIii7c-ZyAZ6Eu50CIyvL0nd-0TPfJrcD-CN888jA0ZyAGMk/s1600-h/pig.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBaufZm0kMTMrcKQBplWokM9kfvzJJ8TmkiihQNGMcFKfMhDjkfC6bFsIVbazsJt375jifpRodxEOVv_eEd_lWIii7c-ZyAZ6Eu50CIyvL0nd-0TPfJrcD-CN888jA0ZyAGMk/s400/pig.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179046798388132162" border="0" /></a>How fluent is yr <a href="http://www.transl8it.com">txting</a>?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKpTbBLcPa-nDb2ws-dicvq0vRHjcVUMoSPcuaVICw4PfM7dif4US3gR14gnLK9KvvPbEh7ZUFLplNDZGhOzj-dhyphenhyphenbYpSZO2e4OPaD-vYkOk2hQ1sRp8NcSWPb56BEgtZzPmo/s1600-h/pig.jpeg"><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-3049260816726600332008-03-12T17:57:00.003+00:002008-03-12T18:05:16.529+00:00The Turning Road, L'Estaque<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nRPAoFUSEpuu0EfNap1BionnUOTxDG9A9L_7xP2bY4piK_g3hlc58hLU-zieqdw1NxBGcojpx9_dDdk5H27bwOfDDE0Not8g-anXoACLrqTdrfyZHxTodKH8dKsdPry9CTAJ/s1600-h/derain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nRPAoFUSEpuu0EfNap1BionnUOTxDG9A9L_7xP2bY4piK_g3hlc58hLU-zieqdw1NxBGcojpx9_dDdk5H27bwOfDDE0Not8g-anXoACLrqTdrfyZHxTodKH8dKsdPry9CTAJ/s400/derain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176916705062713634" border="0" /></a>Andre Derain, 1906. If you're ever in <a href="http://www.mfah.org">Houston, Texas</a>, you could take it in.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-27629498796082094942008-03-05T22:12:00.002+00:002008-03-05T22:13:16.502+00:00no<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJGGGLRg5W7c5kRkDCzAMMBS0Fl6_v8UPi8Wp_ivnuMCEl1LVLpPK9oCUgZGt5lcy0tXMUM5NNvcPu2BZQBeAawyGUVK-as2m7-Bv_bKx2R085k77LPLq4UhLKNU6gN4IIeeP/s1600-h/DSCFgoodbye.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKJGGGLRg5W7c5kRkDCzAMMBS0Fl6_v8UPi8Wp_ivnuMCEl1LVLpPK9oCUgZGt5lcy0tXMUM5NNvcPu2BZQBeAawyGUVK-as2m7-Bv_bKx2R085k77LPLq4UhLKNU6gN4IIeeP/s400/DSCFgoodbye.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174384120172007666" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-74525095645936863122008-02-24T16:55:00.003+00:002008-02-24T17:02:39.089+00:00St Jerome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51WR0nBQW0PEfumjcXpnhT2uci9m3DSqB76vtx477xJQmTeoXqjnRrFboLCKNLPC8e0cN-U1FZPgmnRYJf0iHa7Sf4eyvLHSoyVWZOTA28QE3bpY1hzEBhzLNsZoqKv9FsWGC/s1600-h/jerome.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51WR0nBQW0PEfumjcXpnhT2uci9m3DSqB76vtx477xJQmTeoXqjnRrFboLCKNLPC8e0cN-U1FZPgmnRYJf0iHa7Sf4eyvLHSoyVWZOTA28QE3bpY1hzEBhzLNsZoqKv9FsWGC/s400/jerome.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170591451858596738" border="0" /></a>Reading <a href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2259152,00.html">this</a> about the British Library prompts <span style="font-style: italic;">unhemmed</span> to take a peek at <a href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/collection/guides/jerome.htm">St Jerome</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-57418655137626069732008-02-14T09:23:00.001+00:002008-02-14T09:24:37.511+00:00Buzz<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflyLr04cilD1mozx8v0U_VRLfxTB0qheb3p8zZ1rLdwHQFTfZ-GPmjcVEApPvd4pwJo1sEeq9om1fiGLjToJmvNsJhD2bycgt7IMy29EluYv6yEA7MMA29AcJYwnBYrxauNL_/s1600-h/lego.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhflyLr04cilD1mozx8v0U_VRLfxTB0qheb3p8zZ1rLdwHQFTfZ-GPmjcVEApPvd4pwJo1sEeq9om1fiGLjToJmvNsJhD2bycgt7IMy29EluYv6yEA7MMA29AcJYwnBYrxauNL_/s400/lego.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166764356824986482" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-18308602446627422262008-02-07T16:55:00.000+00:002008-02-07T16:58:02.221+00:00home sweet home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5C-KVEsWpUSk7UtysSPtT9yKdyCPl8KL94sTu2XVAnvuwKVvu8BHyiZeTHpgyEWGx8LoHeVlgxnWYoBW9OxtKYt4YB0TjgcN4RCxmLaYvgPJGIM9eKtkrFnPHqtqEWaAEuor/s1600-h/pechstein.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5C-KVEsWpUSk7UtysSPtT9yKdyCPl8KL94sTu2XVAnvuwKVvu8BHyiZeTHpgyEWGx8LoHeVlgxnWYoBW9OxtKYt4YB0TjgcN4RCxmLaYvgPJGIM9eKtkrFnPHqtqEWaAEuor/s400/pechstein.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5164283372786644258" border="0" /></a>Max Pechstein, <span style="font-style: italic;">Meadow at Mortziburg</span>, 1910Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-16317385456955521192008-01-31T12:04:00.000+00:002008-01-31T12:09:14.656+00:00Z for effectThe last poem in Hugh Haughton's <span style="font-style: italic;">Chatto Book of Nonsense Poetry</span> (1988) is Paul Muldoon's 'Quoof'. Here's the last-but-one (a version of which is a favourite with my grandpa):<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">An English Alphabet</span><br /><br />A for ’orses<br />B for mutton<br />C for yourself<br />D for dumb<br />E for brick<br />F for vescence<br />G for police<br />H for retirement<br />I for an eye<br />J for oranges<br />K for restaurant<br />L for leather<br />M for size<br />N for a penny<br />O for there<br />P for relief<br />Q for ticket<br />R for mo<br />S for you<br />T for two<br />U for mism<br />V for l’amour<br />W for a shilling<br />X for breakfast<br />Y for Gawd sake<br />Z for effect.<br /><br />Haughton writes: ‘Based on the alphabet published in the Daily Express on 20 June 1936, probably derived from the surrealistic alphabet performed by the cross-talk comedians Clapham and Dyer, with interpolations from other alphabets recorded in Eric Partridge, Comic Alphabets, Their Origin, Development, Nature, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1961.'Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11442997.post-28892606320701893822008-01-25T16:11:00.001+00:002008-01-25T16:14:12.142+00:00Strine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43Cxy6__e_UeWY_gROe-cPYbWaBmMRpsG4GIwGmfWWmv_D9r7_AhHV-_laAnLLEXdJC90w4G0Ra_WJ3dtn96tM-6uvV3ojamROyjkOqIA1BU8TxWdJO0JDv1uyN0vKaHVlbRK/s1600-h/strine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43Cxy6__e_UeWY_gROe-cPYbWaBmMRpsG4GIwGmfWWmv_D9r7_AhHV-_laAnLLEXdJC90w4G0Ra_WJ3dtn96tM-6uvV3ojamROyjkOqIA1BU8TxWdJO0JDv1uyN0vKaHVlbRK/s400/strine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159447673403045138" border="0" /></a>(From 1965. Does 'Afferbeck Lauder' translate into English?)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1