tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-111525642024-03-07T18:37:36.890-08:00Waking AmbroseRedefining misanthropy for a fresh generation. Standard posts begin with a definition from Ambrose Bierce's <em>The Devil's Dictionary</em> followed by a modern adjustment. Miscellany on Wednesday and storytelling on Saturday.Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.comBlogger1756125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-33580243197626560902010-11-06T03:41:00.000-07:002010-11-06T04:07:54.716-07:00The Reformation of Wolfshausen<div><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/.Public/95-Wolfshausen.mp3"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG95jkeLQy6WLv2DPL1Y1SP-SDiT0HXUuUexX-v_QE0LIdsX2Jyng8a4NQYlTuz4c3tsRMzB_r3CMMoh9F8mMZnSlSdzxJ-yckBn9hk9jRVlbd5UEQLPXTMHT_tkyUUaqzGX9t/s320/friedhofVI.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536385451977806610" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Teil Fünfundneunzig</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">To hear <a href="http://greenteapot.blogspot.com/">Actonbell</a> read the final episode, gather up before the angel.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/Wolfshausen%20XCV.pdf"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVtFCApuTQSZX2-QWAoNEiH79tCE1EQwgT66BYmCxfwxbeVBwpcS_OSxgMMaX2OCLqy0400wFdLiv3fHQ1OjHZrq9XhnO4XNdwnmYESEIfV_ZnryGK-YEbzTeqFWV4dcDjZOu/s320/wisteria_lge1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536385455290596978" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Or, you can read this episode among the Wisteria.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The whole kit and caboodle can be downloaded </span><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/The%20Reformation%20of%20Wolfshausen.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This episode also concludes Waking Ambrose, with gratitude and appreciation for all of you who have participated and made this site so much fun for such a long time. Thank you all. Be well and be in touch.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>T<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">RANSFER</span></b>, <i>n</i>. The opportunity to board a different wrong train.</div></div></div></div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com97tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-8483912181758761772010-11-05T05:35:00.000-07:002010-11-05T05:39:19.608-07:00Deposit<b>D<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EPOSIT</span></b>, <i>n</i>. A charitable contribution to the support of a bank.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: A portion of there allocated to the establishment of a new here. </div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-34657718824267659382010-11-04T04:47:00.000-07:002010-11-04T04:52:17.781-07:00Defaulter<b>D<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">EFAULTER</span></b>, <i>n</i>. An important officer in a bank, who commonly adds to his regular functions the duties of cashier.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: A restitutionary revolutionary. The median American.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-20861015275497158672010-11-03T06:10:00.000-07:002010-11-03T07:08:07.360-07:00Advice to my nephew, Eamon, on the day after his third birthdayMama's fine, don't mind the cracks<div>But watch where you put your feet.</div><div>A life is led in countless steps</div><div>And strangers you will meet.</div><div>Each one's a home and family</div><div>Each is a trap to bind your toes</div><div>Every place you go's somewhere you'll leave</div><div>And every path, to one more flows.</div><div>Nod your head at the lunatic</div><div>Hide yawns below the preacher</div><div>Hold the door for every girl your age </div><div>Whether you're glad to reach her.</div><div>Laugh with anyone who strikes you funny</div><div>Cry with everyone pathetic</div><div>Let every dream a dreamer shares</div><div>Be your own soul's diuretic.</div><div>For everything you say and write, </div><div>Each and every word</div><div>Will sound to you like heaven's voice </div><div>And to Uncle Doug, absurd.</div><div>Keep your feet beneath you-</div><div>Your day has come at last-</div><div>Keep one eye open, one hand held out,</div><div>And waddle forward to your past.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>C</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b>ORNY</b></span>, <i>adj</i>. Avuncular</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-6986076704519460382010-11-02T04:53:00.000-07:002010-11-02T05:02:15.430-07:00Defame<b>DEFAME</b>, <i>v.t</i>. To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: To martyr without slaying, a shameful waste of piety.</div><div><br /></div><div>And happy birthday to Eamon!</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-19181635219107745222010-11-01T05:13:00.000-07:002010-11-01T06:08:34.447-07:00Decide<b>D<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ECIDE</span></b>, <i>v.i.</i> To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.<blockquote>A leaf was riven from a tree,<br />"I mean to fall to earth," said he.<br /><br />The west wind, rising, made him veer.<br />"Eastward," said he, "I now shall steer."<br /><br />The east wind rose with greater force.<br />Said he: "'Twere wise to change my course."<br /><br />With equal power they contend.<br />He said: "My judgment I suspend."<br /><br />Down died the winds; the leaf, elate,<br />Cried: "I've decided to fall straight."<br /><br />"First thoughts are best?" That's not the moral;<br />Just choose your own and we'll not quarrel.<br /><br />Howe'er your choice may chance to fall,<br />You'll have no hand in it at all.<br />—G.J.</blockquote><b> 2010 Update</b>: To offer destiny a consideration.Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-70522368513686068462010-10-30T05:33:00.000-07:002010-10-30T05:47:12.255-07:00The Reformation of Wolfshausen<div><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/.Public/94-Wolfshausen.mp3"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fWPccj9HmafPrFDdAMmuNSPZe4W53_at62yssSTdFNil6cTQcxc51mJxtYkQB5VShFKVdfd-6RocaeUKkPe2Ad9y9ct60C75LPCQXIv5vsTJyM2tWNIO8bZ9iLNJz0FGey0y/s320/angry-man.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533819298914609298" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Teil Vierundneunzig</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">To hear <a href="http://tanlucypez.blogspot.com/">TLP</a> read this week's story, click on the angry man.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/Wolfshausen%20XCIV.pdf"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhijrLYvdzf62mc6zHNHWW27_WQqbuuy4QWj5b8EI1VQxHIkfO2Iw8iR-gVWp_EfUe6rltQa2xArELr5OX3dZIr8C4uYTlD6B8pJXqqaiUW6AayPfrMAcHapPdD872kDoE0ggm/s320/0.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533819297910888226" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Or, you can read this episode with the adolescent novice at left.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The story so far is </span><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/The%20Reformation%20of%20Wolfshausen.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And happy birthday to my separated-at-birth <a href="http://aralecho.blogspot.com/">sister</a> and TLP's separated-at-birth <a href="http://quackbirder.blogspot.com/">daughter</a>.</span></div></div></div></div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-71830576764319370172010-10-29T07:00:00.000-07:002010-10-29T07:18:01.252-07:00Pillory<b>P<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ILLORY</span></b>, <i>n</i>. mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction- prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: <i>v.t.</i> To redistribute disdain. To shield a pig with a goat.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-422303749879164982010-10-28T05:44:00.000-07:002010-10-28T05:59:20.741-07:00Pigmy<span style="font-weight:bold;">P<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">IGMY</span></span>, <i>n</i>. One of a tribe of very small men found by ancient travelers in many parts of the world, but by modern in Central Africa only. The Pigmies are so called to distinguish them from the bulkier Caucasians — who are Hogmies.<br /><br /><b>2010 Update</b>: An economical race that grows smaller than the rest of its species. An individual smaller than the rest of its race may be known as a <i>R</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>UNT, BIGFELLA or</i></span> <i>G</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i>OSSIP</i></span>.Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-19931592533401805102010-10-27T06:15:00.000-07:002010-10-27T07:35:48.212-07:00Social Network<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">T</span>his world's become a narrow one,<br />A billion-thronged bar,<br />Where strangers meet for folly and fun,<br />Like clowns meet in a car.<div>There's little I can give or take,</div><div>Hear me now, old dudes,</div><div>You can't get from a bull or drake</div><div>But cowboy songs and attitudes.<br />I'm not too sure I like this world<br />(And wasn't so sure, then)<br />But now we can corral ourselves<br />Without need of a pen.<br /><br /></div><div><b>CORRESPONDENCE</b>, <i>n</i>. An incursion by breeze, at times preferable to a siege. </div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-60020095439568191002010-10-26T05:18:00.000-07:002010-10-26T06:37:12.682-07:00Pig<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdpfzQPjf8Af2XtsVOwbGpnDrHOdi_YwFrea1dKzqROWeUC6zT5Kfhv89FM2M2Q70lWJz5EKjmlvAG5wVZleJyQRXKwwMql-4Lgk8rLK6RY1pFwAGBBUfIFQ_WiUwOy7_7b4uCA/s1600/wilbur_and_web-300.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 151px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdpfzQPjf8Af2XtsVOwbGpnDrHOdi_YwFrea1dKzqROWeUC6zT5Kfhv89FM2M2Q70lWJz5EKjmlvAG5wVZleJyQRXKwwMql-4Lgk8rLK6RY1pFwAGBBUfIFQ_WiUwOy7_7b4uCA/s200/wilbur_and_web-300.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532348304641770098" /></a><b>P<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">IG</span></b>, <i>n</i>. An animal (<i>porcus omnivorus</i>) closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is inferior in scope, for it sticks at pig.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: The lexicographer of the barnyard.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-52973795257328778322010-10-25T06:08:00.000-07:002010-10-25T06:12:29.932-07:00Picture<b>P<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ICTURE</span></b>, <i>n</i>. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.<blockquote>"Behold great Daubert's picture here on view —<br />Taken from Life." If that description's true,<br />Grant, heavenly Powers, that I be taken, too.<br />—Jali Hane</blockquote><b> 2010 Update</b>: A visible fiction.Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-27905067634360351242010-10-23T07:07:00.000-07:002010-10-23T16:36:42.477-07:00The Reformation of Wolfshausen<div><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/.Public/93-Wolfshausen.mp3"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLyzELuEU7X-pcTdjNFnGRlpgykgjftPafpNX7MOR3pf5sawclhQNtRDUE7Uv7KUnNLuuyP0BxlfSNzgunYrz5vO-PzlVKAEpQrD7q_ozIOahWhG-3kSzAjD75udTpXwsWw8Fq/s320/peterdeniesjesus.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531388644950502690" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Teil Dreiundneunzig</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">To hear this week's story, listen for the cock to crow.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/Wolfshausen%20XCIII.pdf"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzxVpra_Aj4W-wREvQnhjFxDEEBw9YzSJM27pqfqpdrkTs6xXtfegYHOXiMbbLdKcJy4u_JMf14hjRPxxi9aEtR9V1y9nCUV3JzaTSaq0s9tOn_XY34AVXEcCzY27JQD1jotyT/s320/Dor%C3%A9+the+children%27s+crusade.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531388647749953234" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Or, you can read this episode on the way to the children's crusade.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The story so far is </span><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/The%20Reformation%20of%20Wolfshausen.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div></div></div></div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-89697637746153070542010-10-22T05:47:00.000-07:002010-10-22T09:53:56.951-07:00Beard<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><b>B<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">EARD</span></b>, <i>n</i>. The hair that is commonly cut off by those who justly execrate the Chinese custom of shaving the head.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:15.8333px;"><b>2010 Update</b>: Facial hair cultivated by cultured men to distinguish themselves from lunatics and visa-versa.</span></div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-48304700365764851902010-10-21T04:34:00.000-07:002010-10-21T04:43:54.965-07:00Basso-Relievo<b>B<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ASSO</span>-R<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ELIEVO</span></b>, n. (Italian) Low relief. The relief of a sick vulgarian.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: A sculpture flat enough to be used on a memorial.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-40227136414599245102010-10-20T06:15:00.000-07:002010-10-20T09:37:14.337-07:00Stirring<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">A</span> troubled conscience robs the rest,<div>Pressing the pillowed heart to motion.</div><div>Fretful signs of troubled times</div><div>Pry the puffed eye open.</div><div>Bed bugs prick the mouth and skin</div><div>And bring the prone physique to life</div><div>And I have heard by muffled word</div><div>That so might do a wife.</div><div>Langor drowns in tropic sweat</div><div>Burnt baking stabs the snoring nose</div><div>But if insomnia is, once more, to score</div><div>Let a lightning storm take my repose.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>INSOMNIA</b>, <i>n</i>. A prerequisite for sleeping in.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-5111526126792880932010-10-19T06:08:00.000-07:002010-10-19T06:23:16.385-07:00Baptism<b>B<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">APTISM</span></b>, <i>n</i>. A sacred rite of such efficacy that he who finds himself in heaven without having undergone it will be unhappy forever. It is performed with water in two ways — by immersion, or plunging, and by aspersion, or sprinkling.<blockquote>But whether the plan of immersion<br />Is better than simple aspersion<br />Let those immersed<br />And those aspersed<br />Decide by the Authorized Version,<br />And by matching their agues tertian.<br />—G.J.</blockquote><b> 2010 Update</b>: A prophylactic against the punishment for sins still to be perpetrated.Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-25727476452802025462010-10-18T04:25:00.000-07:002010-10-18T06:18:25.747-07:00Bacon<b>B<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">ACON</span></b>, <i>n</i>. The mummy of a pig embalmed in brine. To "save one's bacon" is to narrowly escape some particular woman, or other peril. <blockquote>By heaven forsaken<br />By justice o'ertaken<br />He saved his <i>bacon</i><br />By cutting a single slice of it;<br />For 'twas cut from the throat,<br />And we venture to quote<br />Death, hell and the grave as the price of it.<br /><i>S.F. Journal of Commerce</i></blockquote><b> 2010 Update</b>: The portion on which a hog may sleep and a man might dream.Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-52315880262222978222010-10-16T06:55:00.000-07:002010-10-17T17:55:48.258-07:00The Reformation of Wolfshausen<div><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/.Public/92-Wolfshausen.mp3"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEBylWXqO0WrcGj5EbFvKQF_Et_XsYbTd5IWJwWQSwvLAFKGDigiGFDiD9pcLjqtTWyE-pLQVGPB7623LnVCa88dvVhipLhyDjbKXJVlpPc_5djcfsBWioN6cSLXCM74OGIKg/s320/Blakeworks6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529182758917853890" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Teil Zwoundneunzig</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">To hear this week's story, listen for Adalbert's wrath.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/Wolfshausen%20XCII.pdf"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaYGAwZ8JLtmMSWHPauVeutYlpbakqzoJaGQnujFtlnymTdlpWvVdOY_h9A12kJGsm6Dn8qZsKjDwvBOSyjxexTsGHt8Lxc8o09A77dvwJamD3CRclvGGGhpGqJG0C3vjfxU3_/s320/chi_rho_px.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529182753256878674" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Or, you can read this episode in the Chi-Rho at left.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The story so far is </span><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/The%20Reformation%20of%20Wolfshausen.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div></div></div></div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-19577246444536698252010-10-15T06:52:00.000-07:002010-10-15T07:42:33.869-07:00Implacable<b>I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">MPLACABLE</span></b>, <i>adj</i>. Not to be appeased without a large sum of money.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: Indivertably committed to one's course, as a man at supper.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-73876805593474324662010-10-14T05:05:00.000-07:002010-10-14T05:41:07.085-07:00Impiety<b>I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MPIETY</span></b>, <i>n</i>. Your irreverance toward my deity.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: A sin against the halo.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-53731399843834740172010-10-13T06:15:00.000-07:002010-10-13T09:07:48.972-07:00The Well Designed Man<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">M</span>y fingers cramp, my arms don't bend<div>My neck is sore, I'm near the end,</div><div>My teeth are loose, my ears are waxy</div><div>My stomach's fraught and hot and laxy</div><div>My feet are blistered, toes grown furry,</div><div>My knees are stiff, sometimes I worry</div><div>My soul's grown vacant, skull has too</div><div>It's a shame what years will do</div><div>Hollowed, hardened, round and dangled</div><div>Thirsty, falling, unfilled, tangled</div><div>Yet I know rising, buoyant hope</div><div>As a bucket on a rope.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>L<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">EAK</span></b>, <i>n</i>. A supply-side sip.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-67573877647042058972010-10-12T06:32:00.000-07:002010-10-12T06:37:53.958-07:00Impenitence<b>IMPENITENCE</b>, <i>n</i>. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.<div><br /></div><div><b>2010 Update</b>: Invisibility.</div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-57849639580886272822010-10-11T06:52:00.000-07:002010-10-11T07:05:44.491-07:00Impeccable<b>I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">MPECCABLE</span></b>, <i>adj</i>. Not liable to detection.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">2010 Update</span>: Granted only one appraisal, unuttered.Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11152564.post-80452774991421122512010-10-09T07:41:00.000-07:002010-10-09T21:01:40.311-07:00The Reformation of Wolfshausen<div><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/.Public/91-Wolfshausen.mp3"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5kbtTYYM9jAl84Lj-DYYe1KysVhU6Tr_4ijSkIkUDH0fDrIYNyeZjdQ1pmAZD81zMsf0Xyx_eSesXCrQgEONvlZWa22lHHeKODvgcxllqQ1_-km2T4_YMMk6V86Y_qlFbe2C/s320/Marburgview.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526262000734877698" /></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Teil Einundneunzig</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">To hear this week's story, follow Dietrich and Gretchen down the streets of Marburg.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/Wolfshausen%20XCI.pdf"><img style="float:left; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsMiNw50ETHN2PwlJEuklz5E5eGtHldHizOUe0znVjs1lizrW9J1BWe3sCjTDj-lCYOG7kc1WS6AWVAEXmJ7iFJDLX5E_pGkqfNR5Wr3FCQjA7t_DQjzn7oSPDQZwB-M-JcKVT/s320/jethro-tull-aqualung.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526261994846756978" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Or, you can read this episode with Jan.</div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The story so far is </span><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/dpascover/Sites/The%20Reformation%20of%20Wolfshausen.pdf"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></div></div></div></div>Doug The Unahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04753071669562594194noreply@blogger.com14