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[Xue Sheng]

More weeds

Crush my weeds
See them ripped out before me
And see the fermentation
Of their rotting stems…

 

[Steve]

Saturday, July 10th, is national Clarihew day. I learned that today. I also learned that a Clarihew is a form of poetry.

NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY - July 10

On July 10th of each year, National Clerihew Day in the United States celebrates a poem style created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.

nationaldaycalendar.com

"As with most poetry, the Clerihew is defined by a set of rules. It must:

• Include four lines.
• Contain rhyming couplets of AA/BB.
• Include a person’s name in the first line.
• Say something about that person.
• Be humorous. It is meant to be a funny poem, of course."

So today, in anticipation of the Clarihew's big day, I wrote a few Clarihew poems:

I had a friend named Reggie Thoreau
Who travelled often on his burrow,
One day he landed in the grass,
Because he failed to mind his ***.

A quiet man named scooter,
Was a quiet tooter,
One day he strained too hard, alas,
And he found his gas had mass.

I met a girl named Flo,
Who had a certain glow.
I got to know her as we dated,
And found myself irradiated.

 

[_Simon_]

Someone on reddit posted a picture of their bb in shaolin kempo, clearly excited about it. The response is people calling the school a mcdojo based pretty much just on the name, with most of them not knowing the system at all. I don't get that. Even if you think it's a mcdojo, why rain on the girl's parade and try to take that joy from her? And especially if you're just making an assumption with no basis, is calling out anything not MMA as a mcdojo really that important?

It's really horrendous when that happens... I think the combination of anonymity, 'safe distance' to hurl judgement without consequence, insecurity, the limited communication vehicle of forums/words, and narrow perception of MA makes it potentially volatile...

Especially when someone is so proud of their achievements, it's easy to overlook the humanity of it and focus solely on strange invented "measurables" of whether something is legit or valuable... and honing in solely on a name of a school is bizarre... :s

 

[_Simon_]

Saturday, July 10th, is national Clarihew day. I learned that today. I also learned that a Clarihew is a form of poetry.

NATIONAL CLERIHEW DAY - July 10

On July 10th of each year, National Clerihew Day in the United States celebrates a poem style created by Edmund Clerihew Bentley.

nationaldaycalendar.com

"As with most poetry, the Clerihew is defined by a set of rules. It must:

• Include four lines.
• Contain rhyming couplets of AA/BB.
• Include a person’s name in the first line.
• Say something about that person.
• Be humorous. It is meant to be a funny poem, of course."

So today, in anticipation of the Clarihew's big day, I wrote a few Clarihew poems:

I had a friend named Reggie Thoreau
Who travelled often on his burrow,
One day he landed in the grass,
Because he failed to mind his ***.

A quiet man named scooter,
Was a quiet tooter,
One day he strained too hard, alas,
And he found his gas had mass.

I met a girl named Flo,
Who had a certain glow.
I got to know her as we dated,
And found myself irradiated.

Hahaha... have not heard of that poetry style, fancy that!

And love the creative contributions

 

[Steve]

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Fun fact, the declaration was actually signed on August 2nd.

 

[granfire]

Totally agree with your post. But while I agree 100% with the spirit of what you're saying, I cringe when I see the inevitable, "Look, I'm going to be blunt" posts, the mocking, and the dog piling that often occurs on around here when someone new comes along. It's the same thing. Worse when it comes from mentors and other members of forum leadership.

'I am going to be blunt' is code for 'I am a jerk and going to be as rude as I possibly can without violating rules'

 

[Xue Sheng]

I have graduated to a cane around the house..... not using crutches so much....only thing crutches are for, and i only use one when I do, is for going up and down stairs

 

[granfire]

google translate is such a nice tool.
On a different platform in dealing with a rather dense individuals who could not accept being provent wrong this phrase was rather handy
欢迎来到中国

 

[granfire]

and I remember the olden days when forums had hiccups when you tried to use an umlaut.

 

[Xue Sheng]

google translate is such a nice tool.
On a different platform in dealing with a rather dense individuals who could not accept being provent wrong this phrase was rather handy
欢迎来到中国

Translate has gotten much better, years ago it was a lot of fun seeing what imaginative translations it came up with for Chinese.

Had a co-worker once who wanted to call me a "wise guy" in Chinese, in an email. So he went to translate....Google translate came up with 强奸犯 (Qiángjiān fàn). I not being exactly sure what that meant asked my wife who then aske me....why is he calling you a "rapist". To this day I harass him about that

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Found a tick on me. Likely been there either since sunday or wednesday (the two times recently I was in grassy/wooded areas). Was hiding right inside the crook of my knee. It already had it's fill I'm pretty sure, since it was no longer attached when I saw it, and have a slight rash/bump that's hopefully just skin agitation. Fun stuff.

 

[Steve]

Found a tick on me. Likely been there either since sunday or wednesday (the two times recently I was in grassy/wooded areas). Was hiding right inside the crook of my knee. It already had it's fill I'm pretty sure, since it was no longer attached when I saw it, and have a slight rash/bump that's hopefully just skin agitation. Fun stuff.

Haven't had a tick for years, but if I remember right, if you put a little Vaseline on them they let go on their own.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

Haven't had a tick for years, but if I remember right, if you put a little Vaseline on them they let go on their own.

They might. I've gotten a bunch of them over the years, always use tweezers gently. I was told back in boy scouts using a match or vaseline or any of those things increase risk of infection (during the bite, you can use vaseline afterwards).

In reality though I don't think it matters that much considering how long it's been on me. If it had anything to infect me with I've probably already got it.

 

[Steve]

They might. I've gotten a bunch of them over the years, always use tweezers gently. I was told back in boy scouts using a match or vaseline or any of those things increase risk of infection (during the bite, you can use vaseline afterwards).

In reality though I don't think it matters that much considering how long it's been on me. If it had anything to infect me with I've probably already got it.

I'm definitely not a doctor! You're probably better able to mess with it than me.

 

[Steve]

Very exciting sumo this month.

 

[Monkey Turned Wolf]

You're probably better able to mess with it than me.

Not sure if this is a good or bad thing lol

 

[Xue Sheng]

Found a tick on me. Likely been there either since sunday or wednesday (the two times recently I was in grassy/wooded areas). Was hiding right inside the crook of my knee. It already had it's fill I'm pretty sure, since it was no longer attached when I saw it, and have a slight rash/bump that's hopefully just skin agitation. Fun stuff.

what type of tick? there is more than lyme disease out there from tick bites, watch for a read rash and a fever.

I thought I got bit by a tick and got tested, then the panic ensued. My MD wanted me to go to an infection control specialist ASAP, because the test showed I hd Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Also showed I had mononucleosis, which I was never exposed to. Lyme disease can show up as a mild case of mono in testing. I was pit on medication

Infection control specialist told me I didn't have it, I had it before, because I had the antibodies. He then asked me if I could remember when I had a red skin rash with a horrible fever. I said I have no idea. To which he said, so you did not know you had it, and you were not treated for it. "well then, congratulations you lived." most people who get it, and go untreated die. It comes from a bite from a dog tick and after much thinking, the only time I can ever remember having a tick on me was way back in the late 1970s.

 

[CB Jones]

Haven't had a tick for years, but if I remember right, if you put a little Vaseline on them they let go on their own.

Years ago, we had a guy from Chicago transfer into our unit. We were out in a field working and got chiggers.

He asked me what we do to get rid of them. My answer.....get a tub of Crisco Shortening and rub it all over your body. It will get the chiggers off and stop the itch.

Next day, he comes in complaining that he was still itching and the Crisco didn't work. I told him I was just kidding and wanted to see if I could get him to cover himself in Crisco, lol.

 

[Steve]

Years ago, we had a guy from Chicago transfer into our unit. We were out in a field working and got chiggers.

He asked me what we do to get rid of them. My answer.....get a tub of Crisco Shortening and rub it all over your body. It will get the chiggers off and stop the itch.

Next day, he comes in complaining that he was still itching and the Crisco didn't work. I told him I was just kidding and wanted to see if I could get him to cover himself in Crisco, lol.

Chiggers are the worst.

 

[CB Jones]

Chiggers are the worst.

Crisco shortening.....all over your body. Gets rid of them and stops the itch almost instantly.