Monthly Archives: December 2015

Sonnet: 1984

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As we said on the net from the very beginning: lolz.
Don’t ask me why this came to mind.

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Why are all the Orwell jokes forsworn?
I think forgetting these is quite a sin.
I thought I’d see Big Brother T-Shirts worn;
And parties serving casks of Vict’ry Gin.

So, why is there not one Big Brother sign;
Nor pundits blath’ring on in TV Spots;
Comparing economical design;
Nor tales told of recent commie plots?

Perhaps the joke is just too cheap a shot;
That no-one of importance really heads.
Or maybe it’s that everyone forgot;
Er maybe’ts them what hardly never reads.

Whatever’s causing all (or none) of this.
I’m thinking what a wild time we’ll miss.

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Watch Out For The Yeti In The Art Game’s Silent Night

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May the fates forgive me, i could not resist this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxQwtl_giK4

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Ode to Joy

Posted by David Emeron on

Ever since I have, as it were, “hit” the double digits, things have never been the same. Still, the Holidays are what we make of them. And as for me and mine, we do so very greatly enjoy them.

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The year our youngest daughter, Shelly, was four, she received an unusual Christmas present from “Santa.”

She was the perfect age for Christmas, able to understand the true meaning of the season, but still completely enchanted by the magic of it. Her innocent joyfulness was compelling and catching — a great gift to parents, reminding us of what Christmas should represent no matter how old we are.

The most highly prized gift Shelly received that Christmas Eve was a giant bubble-maker, a simple device of plastic and cloth the inventor promised would create huge billowing bubbles, large enough to swallow a wide-eyed four-year-old. Both Shelly and I were excited about trying it out, but it was after dark so we’d have to wait until the next day.

Later that night I read the instruction booklet while Shelly played with some of her other new toys. The inventor of the bubble-maker…

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Where no man has gone before:

Posted by David Emeron on

To be a bit more accurate, regarding poets in any case, a few such men have gone here before.

I believe, although I choose not to look for it now, I have offered up another post on this subject; as such, this is the continuation of that post; in that, this morning, Continue reading →

Hell has finally frozen over… twice….

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  1. I actually bought a single track (from iTunes–as it was not available somewhere more convenient)
  2. I am actually posting a YouTube video.

Two firsts.

The following is called “I Do” and is written, arranged, and performed by Yoko Kanno, a composer and musician with which animé fans will be quite familiar.  The vocal is performed by Ilaria Graziano, and is in Italian, a language which shares some mechanics with Japanese in that both languages are unaccented–very unlike English in this regard.  This makes both languages very suitable for libretto.

The Italian here is beautifully pronounced–crystal clear, bell-like–and is very easy to understand due to the  pure vowels and consonants of the language; I have only a passing acquaintance with it (although my father spoke it fluently.)

This piece was used in its entirety during the closing credits of a special episode of “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.”  There are perhaps better links to the audio on YouTube, however this one offers up the Original Italian and an English Translation.  I found a few more links there, one of which is actually a section of the show in which the song was used.  The audio in these is somewhat better than in the embedded video below.   Enjoy!

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4(Steve) + Martha= Ubermensch

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See there! You made me smile yet again! I somehow missed Blackadder and saw two of his co-conspiritors Mr. Fry, and Mr. Laurie, late of “Gregory House” fame, in an adaptation of PG Wodehouse’s “Jeeves and Wooster” first; which, if you have not yet seen it, is classic Fry and Laurie! Later of course, I enjoyed all of Blackadder–oh my, his Christmas special was…

But, I really came here to share with you a different type of post; more I should say, inspired by you, than was the previous one on which you were kind enough to comment.

http://sonnetblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/after-a-fair-bit-of-searching-i-have/