June 2011
13 posts
O, sir, the metrical eludes your grasp!
Speas: [Reading a Text from Last Night] "I just realized that 'Hey girl, when you gonna let me tap that?' is in iambic pentameter. I am going to write a poem."
Caroline: It is not! . . . . "Hey girl" is a trochee.
“Speas, make that face again…you kinda look like a cute little prairie dog.”
– My wonderful camper
The Winter's Tale is the best.
“What you do still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet, I’d have you do it ever: when you sing, I’d have you buy and sell so, so give alms, Pray so; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too: when you do dance, I wish you A wave o’ the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that; move still, still so, And own no other function: each your doing, So...
Strawberry Muffin Recipe
I need to try this. Stat. 2 Cups of diced strawberries, slightly under-ripe, a squeeze of lemon juice, two cups of flour, a cup of sugar, two teaspoons of baking powder, two teaspoons of vanilla extract, cup of vegetable oil, two large eggs, and two thirds of a cup of sour cream.
1- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and line a 12 cup tin with muffin cups, spraying each.
2- Put diced...
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“Regular maps have few surprises: their contour lines reveal where the Andes are,...”
– Alexander McCall Smith, Love Over Scotland
“Everything we do is a choice. Oatmeal or cereal. Highway or side streets. Kiss...”
– Ned the Piemaker, Pushing Daisies
Experiment.
I was curious as to what this newfangled tumblr thing is. So we shall see whether this will be something to keep up, or whether it’ll fizzle out…
