May 2012
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Double Dactyl XXV
Purple-y, derple-y Nikephorus Phokas Ensconced in the locus At empire’s seat,
Commanded the armies Constantinopliest, Until he got killed, he Couldn’t be beat.
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Double Dactyl XXIV
Jokery, Pokery, Bonnie Prince Charlie, that Jacobite rebel with Singular cause:
Dynastic obsession Tragi-monarchical, Highland processions he Led to applause.
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“I hope to God I’m not still in Manhattan at 8:30.”
– JB at work, upon being informed that Manhattanhenge will occur tonight around 8:30.
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Me: The Great Gatsby is a classic work of literature about the hollowness of--
"Great Gatsby" trailer: no it's about sexy parties
Me: --the hollowness of prosperity and the deceptive elements--
"Great Gatsby" trailer: the elements of sexiness
Me: --deceptive elements of the American Dream
"Great Gatsby" trailer: sexy sexy sexy
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“By learning about history, you’re connecting yourself to the story of man....”
– Greg Proops
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Double Dactyl XXIII
Higgeldy-piggeldy, Diogenes, Cynic, Sat in the sunlight just Taking a nap—
Raw onions abounding, Dog barking resounding, Couldn’t be bother’d ‘bout Giving a crap.
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Double Dactyl XXII
Higgeldy-piggeldy Anaxagoras, he Never could to bore us—a Grecian most wise:
Sun-girth calculating, Heliometrically; Always quite weirdly was Obsessed with size…
“…There can never be enough superrich Americans to power a great economy. The...”
– Nick Hanauer (the first non-family investor in Amazon.com), on the the decline of the middle class and whether the rich are actually job creators (they’re not).
From “The Inequality Speech That TED Won’t Show You.“
(via juliatopaz)
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floriental:
Колыбельная медведицы (Lullaby Of...
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"How Many 'How You Know You're a Real Adult in New...
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Sonnet Sandwich
Wheeling clouds abounding break Against these pillars wrought of steel Within one do I contemplate Of when to take my lunchtime meal. Early makes a morning quicker, But lingers long the afternoon; An hour later, hunger thicker Takes away the day so soon. These maying mists they smack of pity; Office workers in distress. Grisly gray goes Gotham city A soaked and sodden, writhing mess. Sound the...
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Limerick II
Old Democritus of Thrace Kept a smile of scorn ‘pon his face If that Abderitan laughter Is what you are after Then surely you’re in the right place.
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Limerick I
A philosopher ancient of Thrace— The one with the smirk on his face— His name’s Democritus He cleared the detritus But what did he leave in its place?
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Double Dactyl XX
Higgeldy-piggeldy Old Democritus he Sat down beside us and Began to speak
Of pure theoretics And void-hypothetics “Thank you,” he added, “I’ll Be here all week.”
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Double Dactyl XIX
Stonily-bonily, Homo antecessor Tried to impress her with Crude tools of stone,
But scientists’ findings, Archaeological, Show she preferred primates Bad to the bone.
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Double Dactyl XVIII
Rasterus-flasterus Homo ergaster just Wrapped up in plaster with No where to go;
A Pleistocene era, Proto-grammatical Tool-using animal Didn’t you know?
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“Anybody who wanders around the world saying, “Hell yes, I’m from...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, “The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved”
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April 2012
58 posts
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Enheduanna was an aunt of Akkadian king Narām-Sîn,... →
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Double Dactyl XVII
Higgeldy-piggeldy Julius Caesar, he Batted clean-up in the Lineup of Rome;
Runs, he could score ‘em for Vox populorum; when the bases were juiced, he’d Drive ‘em all home.
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Double Dactyl XVI
Bamboni-bambini For Ben Mussolini, Fascist-fanatic who Never was crossed,
Defeat was verboten, “Vincere est totem,” He cried—too late, as he’d Already lost.
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Double Dactyl XV
Snowily-blowily St. Vladimir, was he Kiev’s grand princeling and Novgorod’s saint;
Upon his conversion By Constantinople, Gave for his reason: “It Is what I ain’t.”
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Double Dactyl XIV
Jokery-pokery Olympiadorus He burnished his best the great empire’s sheen:
Diplo-poetical, Poly-polemical, Slightly alchemical Law Byzantine.
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Double Dactyl XIII
Constantine Constantine Porphyrogenitus Purple by name and Aug- -ustus by hope,
But resurfaced records Historiographic Paint him less purple; more Heliotrope.
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Double Dactyl XII
Higgeldy-piggeldy Priscus of Panium Sent by Byzantium, Lived among Huns;
Found them most bellicose, Missus in rusticos, “Raiding and looting? They Find it good fun.”