Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Music by Jack Wilson
Music by Jack Wilson is a blog
with links to my videos which
feature music written and
performed by me,
accompanied by various pictures,
some made by me, others found.
Click on the picture above to go to this site.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
Gefluffenmeowzer
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Gefluffenmeowzer: Neologism coined by Gloria Nelson: Fluffy companion cat.
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Pithy quote: "And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence." -Bertrand Russell
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Kerslonchwise
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Kerslonchwise: Catawampus, sitting crookedly,
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Pithy quote:
"...we sang splendidly...but then he'd say or do something to knock the good out of it."-Molly Bloom in James Joyce's Ulysses.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Shraums
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Shraums: Eye gunk. [Irish colloquial, see James Joyce: Ulysses]
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Quote of the day: "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines." -Bertrand Russell
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Shraums: Eye gunk. [Irish colloquial, see James Joyce: Ulysses]
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Quote of the day: "Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines." -Bertrand Russell
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Sunday, May 8, 2011
Frazil
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Frazil: floating ice plates: ice that forms as small plates drifting in rapidly flowing water where it is too turbulent for pack ice to form
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Quote of the day: "One cat just leads to another." Ernest Hemingway
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Frazil: floating ice plates: ice that forms as small plates drifting in rapidly flowing water where it is too turbulent for pack ice to form
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Quote of the day: "One cat just leads to another." Ernest Hemingway
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Sumer
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Sumer: Middle English = Spring. Best known from the song Sumer is icumen in. The word is often translated as Summer, but as far as I can tell, it is properly Spring. Spring makes a lot more sense to the rest of the song than Summer would. I translated the song into Esperanto.-
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Pithy quote: "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all." -Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Sumer: Middle English = Spring. Best known from the song Sumer is icumen in. The word is often translated as Summer, but as far as I can tell, it is properly Spring. Spring makes a lot more sense to the rest of the song than Summer would. I translated the song into Esperanto.-
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Pithy quote: "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all." -Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tailor's Goose
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Tailor's Goose: A smoothing iron.
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Pithy quote: “Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours” Swedish Proverb
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Tailor's Goose: A smoothing iron.
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Pithy quote: “Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours” Swedish Proverb
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Scurf
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Scurf: Dead skin
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Quote of the day: "If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive." Dorothee Solle
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-http://www.asdfing.com/the-fabulous-destiny-of-amelie-poulain/
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Scurf: Dead skin
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Quote of the day: "If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive." Dorothee Solle
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-http://www.asdfing.com/the-fabulous-destiny-of-amelie-poulain/
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Trews
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Trews: Leggings, plus-fours
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Quote of the Day: "If cats could talk, they wouldn't." Nan Porter
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Trews: Leggings, plus-fours
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Quote of the Day: "If cats could talk, they wouldn't." Nan Porter
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Velocipede
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Velocipede: Wheeled vehicle powered by foot.
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Quote of the day: "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." John Benfield
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Velocipede: Wheeled vehicle powered by foot.
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Quote of the day: "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." John Benfield
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Caubeen
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Caubeen: An Irish hat similar to a Balmoral, beret or Tam O' Shanter.
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Quote of the day: "Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.” Jonathan Swift
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Caubeen: An Irish hat similar to a Balmoral, beret or Tam O' Shanter.
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Quote of the day: "Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.” Jonathan Swift
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Ha Ha
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Ha Ha: Hidden wall, drop-off.-
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Quote of the Day: "Cursing is the bowel movement of the soul." Josef Goebbels
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Ha Ha: Hidden wall, drop-off.-
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Quote of the Day: "Cursing is the bowel movement of the soul." Josef Goebbels
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Sinciput
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Sinciput: Forehead; Since he put his sinciput on my shoulder, I have grease on my coat.
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Quote of the day: "One kind word can warm three winter months." Japanese Proverb
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Sinciput: Forehead; Since he put his sinciput on my shoulder, I have grease on my coat.
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Quote of the day: "One kind word can warm three winter months." Japanese Proverb
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Saturday, October 2, 2010
Lipogram
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Lipogram: Word, phrase, paragraph, article, book which does not contain the letter "E".
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Quote of the day: "Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative." Maurice Chevalier
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Lipogram: Word, phrase, paragraph, article, book which does not contain the letter "E".
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Quote of the day: "Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative." Maurice Chevalier
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Rumen
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Rumen = personal car, paunch
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Quote of the day: "Hell is full of musical amateurs." George Bernard Shaw
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Rumen = personal car, paunch
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Quote of the day: "Hell is full of musical amateurs." George Bernard Shaw
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Friday, September 17, 2010
Tumid
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Tumid: Overinflated.
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Quote of the day: "A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." Thomas Mann
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Tumid: Overinflated.
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Quote of the day: "A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." Thomas Mann
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
Apse
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Apse: Church section, usually polygonal and containing the altar.
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Quote of the day: "If the shoe fits, get another one just like it." Bob the Butler
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Apse: Church section, usually polygonal and containing the altar.
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Quote of the day: "If the shoe fits, get another one just like it." Bob the Butler
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
Cymric
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Cymric: Welsh language, long-haired Manx-type cat.
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Quote of the day: "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cymric: Welsh language, long-haired Manx-type cat.
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Quote of the day: "When it is dark enough, you can see the stars." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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