“Today is the first day of the rest of your life,” and: “Your message is very important to us” – I was impressed Continue reading “Quiz erat demonstrandum”
Category: language
Regard the Sun
Was it fair to call the three words I recited at yesterday’s Armistice commemoration – the names of my three dead uncles – a poem? Continue reading “Regard the Sun”
My Name is a Joke
“Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, gunpowder, treason, and plot.” And then remember, on the next day Continue reading “My Name is a Joke”
The best word ever invented
Readers have offered a number of comments on words since Continue reading “The best word ever invented”
Language, so there
Comments arose – That reminds me of the limerick Continue reading “Language, so there”
Ta’arruf
Iranians value what they call Continue reading “Ta’arruf”
Font verdict
Thank you, readers of this weblog, for your advice as to which Continue reading “Font verdict”
Oumuamua Pursued
Here’s my space picture redrawn.
Gander
This is how the great-circle route from London to Puerto Vallarta should have looked. Beginning,
The snake’s two parts
Here is the evening sky scene for Thursday evening, October 19.