Going Above & Beyond

APRIL 25TH What went through the headOf the inventorThe great ideaTo rewardMindless crimeWith the loss of one's head 1792: Guillotine first used in France, executes highwayman Nicolas Pelletier Fun Fact:During the Reign of Terror (June 1793 to July 1794) about 17,000 people were guillotined. Former King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette were executed at …

From Gnomes to Longfellows

For next to being a great poet is the power of understanding one.Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I will never understand you,Mister Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.You may have had the greatestever porn star nameAnd you let it go to waste. Elämää on runouskaikilla kielillä. Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in …

Hot Crossed Origins (Hot Buns)

Good Sacrifice coupled with beliefAs many consider it shouldBut I feel it somewhat twistedTo deem this Friday good Christian Logic:A horrific act that leads to salvation is good Due to inflation and the rising unemployment rate caused by corona, the traditional rhyme: One a pennyTwo a pennyHot cross buns will now be: Forget the pennyCan't …

I Got the Fever?

It's a spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want to — oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!Mark Twain It's spring!What is itthat makes me feel so,I don't knowAnd …

Abhanga: So Lucky

I pray you were ableto have a good night's restand are feeling your best,you know you should I congratulate youon waking up today.Not everybody maybe so lucky Abhanga: “the completion” is a stanzaic form commonly used for devotional, cynicism, satire and reflective moods. It was popular from the 13th through to the 17th century, in …