Another of God's Masterpieces

This is another in my intermittent series of posts on the beauty of nature and talent of the Master Artist. This is beautiful.


Thunder In Slow Motion - The most amazing bloopers are here

Merry Pedantic Christmas

Christmas carols are a fun part of the Christmas season, at least until you are hearing them for the twentieth time on the radio, but there are a few of the over-educated among us who can put a fun twist on the familiar. Here is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer as Cicero might have sang it.

Rudolphus, naso rubro,
naso nitidissimo,
si umquam eum spectes,
dicas eum fulgere.

Reliqui tum renones
deridebant ludentes,
semper vetabant eum
apud ludos ludere.

Deinde ante Natalem
Santa venit, et
"Tu, Rudolphe nitide,
traham meam duc nocte."

Dein, ut renones amant,
exclamantes hilare:
"Rudolphe, naso rubro,
in annalibus eris!"

There are more Latin Christmas carols here.

Of course many people know Latin, but how many could sing it like like a Saxon bard.

Hwæt, Hrodulf readnosa hrandeor --
Næfde þæt nieten unsciende næsðyrlas!
Glitenode and gladode godlice nosgrisele.
Ða hofberendas mid huscwordum hine gehefigodon;
Nolden þa geneatas Hrodulf næftig
To gomene hraniscum geador ætsomne.
Þa in Cristesmæsseæfne stormigum clommum,
Halga Claus þæt gemunde to him maðelode:
"Neahfreond nihteage nosubeorhtende!
Min hroden hrædwæn gelæd ðu, Hrodulf!"
Ða gelufodon hira laddeor þa lyftflogan --
Wæs glædnes and gliwdream; hornede sum gegieddode
"Hwæt, Hrodulf readnosa hrandeor,
Brad springð þin blæd: breme eart þu!"

If you can read this, you spent WAY too much time in school.

The Next Chapter

Some time has passed and I am finding out just how difficult change can be. I used to know what I would do each day when I woke up, but after a break of nearly a year, I have forgotten most of the habits that drove my life. That is probably a good thing over all, but creating an entirely new life is as difficult as breaking individual habits one at a time.

I am slowly getting my house in order. This is not an easy task with both my brother and myself living here. I have some cleaning to do and organizing to do so that we both fit. My front yard also is still waiting for my attention.

I have not yet talked to my employer about my return, but I will have to do that soon. I may return sooner than I thought. I have only been home for a week and a half, but I am already getting a little anxious to have something to do with my days. I can do nothing, but only when there is something to do. When there is nothing to do, I am lost, but I am not so adept at finding something to do so that I can do nothing occasionally.

I am not sure what i will be doing with this blog going forward. I have enjoyed writing and would like to continue, but I don't know what I will be writing about, or how often. When I was posting almost everyday, it was a pleasant escape from the drudgery of staff work. Right now, I sit down to write and nothing comes to me. As I said before, if I have nothing to do, I am lost. I am not even sure that the title of my blog works anymore. This will all shake out over the next few months. I will find a niche and hopefully, it will still be somewhat interesting. Thanks to all of you who have followed this blog. I hope you will continue to find something worthwhile here.

In closing, I would like to recommend the following:


More will follow.