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  • Assignment (L.10.1–I think)

    I
    four
    one
    can’t
    count
    and
    don’t
    amount
    two
    much

  • L.10.1: Ounce dice trice

    I have two so far, a kind of variation of the ounce dice trice in which I attempt a sentence.

    I
    die
    trying
    for
    fire
    sessions,
    living,
    late
    entheo-
    genesis.

    When
    do
    the
    sore
    love
    sex?
    Never.
    Wait—
    fine,
    then.

  • What is art?

    httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNR74UCidBI&NR=1

    All I could think of when watching this–and I felt like Terence Stamp’s character in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert during the ping pong ball scene–was how grateful I was not to be undergoing entheogenesis at the time.

    Discuss. (The name of the song is “Solid Potato Salad.”)

  • Assignment?

    I found this link through one of my favorite blogs, and thought it rather amazing in its own right.  After a few minutes, I thought it might make an interesting assignment/challenge for one of the proposed film festivals.  The page uses only cupcakes, but I think (with what you will find at the link as inspiration) that we might expand on that a bit.  Both sweet and savory, as well as other forms of edibles than cupcakes could be used as the medium.  I think “Blockbusters” might make a reasonable source of inspiration.  What sayeth the brotherhood?

  • L.10.1: Ounce Dice Trice

    Here’s a warm-up kind of assignment for the new year.  Recently on NPR, Daniel Pinkwater was interviewed about a book that is part of The New York Review Children’s Collection: Ounce Dice Trice by Alastair Reid (drawings by Ben Shahn).  The book is a brief collection of odd words, giddy in its delight in usage and euphony.

    One of the sections, from which the book takes its title, is about counting to ten.  It gives a couple of alternatives to the boring old everyday “one two three”:

    OUNCE
    DICE
    TRICE
    QUARTZ
    QUINCE
    SAGO
    SERPENT
    OXYGEN
    NITROGEN
    DENIM

    or

    INSTANT
    DISTANT
    TRYST
    CATALYST
    QUEST
    SYCAMORE
    SOPHOMORE
    OCULIST
    NOVELIST
    DENTIST

    or

    ARCHERY
    BUTCHERY
    TREACHERY
    TAPROOM
    TOMB
    SERMON
    CINNAMON
    APRON
    NUNNERY
    DENSITY

    You get the idea.

    This led my brain back to Mason Williams’ poem, “How to count to from 1 to 10 in Spanish in English”:

    Who knows
    Those
    Waves
    What though
    Sea cold
    Said as they
    Sedately
    All chose
    New wave way
    Zeniths

    Which in turn led me back to “The Aeronaut to His Lady,” a sonnet by Frank Sidgwick which consists of one word per line:

    I
    Through
    Blue
    Sky
    Fly
    To
    You.
    Why?

    Sweet
    Love,
    Feet
    Move
    So
    Slow!

    So here’s the Assignment: write something inspired by these. Create your own list of counting words.  Write your own bilingual counting poem.  Write a sonnet with a bare minimum of words.  Or a combination of any or all of the above.

    Make them separate posts, and remember to tag yours with the L.10.1 tag.

  • New quote?

    Can we add this to the quote rotator?

    I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
    - Douglas Adams

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  • Fun Game

    Posted a fun–and time wasting–game over on my blog. Feel free to play along.

  • The Call to the Annual Meeting

    As Chair of the Lichtenbergian Society, I hereby enjoin our membership to attend the Annual Meeting, set according to the Charter for December 19, being on or before the Hibernal Solstice, to begin at or around 7:00 p.m.

    Herewith is the Order of Business:

    1. Roll Call, including confirmation of new members
    2. Toast to GCL
    3. Acclamation of the Officers
    4. Corroboration of the Validity of our Claims
    5. Consignment of the Corroborative Evidence to the Flames
    6. Engrossment of the Year’s Efforts
    7. Meditation on the Year’s Efforts, followed by a Silent Toast
    8. Engrossment of the Proposed Efforts for the Next Year
    9. Toast to the Proposed Efforts
    10. Agenda: ??

    With 12 days, 7 hours, and 41 minutes until the Annual Meeting, it’s probably time to see if there’s any consensus on what the agenda should be.