The other day, I was watching a TV series on the development of the English language, and they provided the most wonderful list of euphemisms for ‘penis’, from the 18th C: tailpipe pilgrim’s staff Captain Standish silent flute pike of pleasure mutton dagger Cupid’s torch chink stopper Nimrod the mighty hunter His Majesty and purple [...]
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Tailpipe
Posted in Babble, Nerd, tagged history, linguistics, penis, words on November 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Hereandnow
Posted in Babble, Photos, tagged senses, shoelace, weather on November 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Weather: Raindrops and roses. Hoping for some lightening. Taste buds: Whole-grain rice sushi with avocado, cucumber, capsicum, and dill(?!) Olfactory receptors: Jasmine flowers Optical nerve: Birds, faces, and mirrors, and a mushroom shoelace Cochlea: Joanna Newsom Fingertips: New pens – so fresh
Protected: Shhh
Posted in Babble on November 3, 2007 |
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Curry
Posted in Babble, Photos, tagged gigs, insect, ladybird, Moustache, Nick Cave on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Nick Cave is mindblowingly amazing, and has a truly formidable moustache to rule all moustaches. I do so wish that I could write something more wordy about this genius being, but I shall leave it at this: W O W
Three
Posted in art, Babble, tagged art, friends, spray paint on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One – Spray paint is FUN and EASY! My first attempt was, of course, a mushroom. And my fingernails are blackish. Two – Beering and dining with old friends, beautiful friends, lovely humans is the nicest possible way to spend an evening. Three – Favourite artist of the day: Ronald Kurniawan
Van Gogh’s Shoes. Image from here. This evening, I was watching people’s feet as they trudged up the escalator from the train station. I found that 98% of Sydney’s rush hour population sport utterly predictable footwear. You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly judge an accounts [...]
Worms
Posted in Babble on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I don’t dislike much. I’m happy in the company of spiders, snakes, moths, monkeys, birds, and most other critters. Do not, however, ask me to invite a maggot or a worm home for dinner. When I was younger, (at least three years younger…) I used to play a game with myself: I would dig in [...]
A new toy?
Posted in Babble, tagged blog, privacy on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Although I created this (allegedly) around a year and a half ago, it certainly FEELS new. I feel like I need to work out what I’m going to write about on here. Maybe it will be everything, maybe it won’t. Also, I’m not sure how private to make it. Yay!
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