infantile.....

my better half who received this by e-mail didn't think it was funny, nor the fact that I laughed for about half -an-hour..... is this one just a guy thing? anybody?

irony....

having survived 2 days last week of the nastiest stomach flu i've had in years, i find myself sitting alone, contemplating at work today.

i say alone, because everyone else in my section has called in sick, with..... you guessed it.

there's a subtle irony here, that i just can't appreciate. maybe down the line, but i have my doubts.


** i swear your honour, i didn't know i was contagious - it hit me at 5am.... and i was over it when i came back to work....... damnit.

did you know......

that refried beans, pretty much look the same going in one end as they do coming out the other?

however, they do:

1. provide a source of fibre
2. provide their own propulsion for expulsion

hmmm... perhaps i should have just title this post:

Mexican, perhaps not the best choice for a first meal after a 2 day stomach flu.....

turn of phrase....

in the movie donnie darko, the character played by drew barrymore has what is referred to by "a famous linguist" as the most beautiful phrase in the english language written on the board.....

cellar door

phrases can catch one unawares by sound, by meaning, by memory....

other phrases that have stayed with me over the years:

• unmitigated audacity (Frank Zappa, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow)
• Seven Sentences (found item)
• cunning stunts (infantile humour)
• cunning linguist (also, infantile humour)

donnie darko - definitely worth watching

khrēsmoi

oracular utterances, called ''khrēsmoi'' in Greek language

got a call today from a friend. they received an email, that stated "you have been infected with a major virus. click here." So they did........

....damned if that e-mail wasn't correct.

they called to thank me for backing up all of their data last night..... looks like i'll be doing a system rebuild on the weekend.

Endymion

Endymion the shepherd,
As his flock he guarded,
She, the Moon, Selene,
Saw him, loved him, sought him,
Coming down from heaven
To the glade on Latmus
Kissed him, lay beside him.
Blessed is his fortune.
Evermore he slumbers,
Tossing not nor turning,
Endymion the shepherd.

Theocritus