WORK
Vintery Mintery Cutery Corn
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,
Apple seed and apple thorn,
Wire, briar, limber lock
Three geese in a flock
One flew East
One flew West
And one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.
—Traditional nursery rhyme
WORD(S)
rasorial /rə-SOR-ee-əl/. adjective. Scratching at the ground or scratching more generally. Originally and primarily used for describing birds. From the scientific Latin Rasores, used to describe an order of birds that scratch the ground for food. From Latin rāsor (scraper).
“They looked toward the door, saw only the paunchy guest of the evening moving toward it, in an unsteady rasorial attitude as though following a trail of crumbs to the great world outside.” (William Gaddis)
“Otherwise I’ll be a rich jailbird. But even if I hung around I wouldn’t see much of it. With two rasorial ex-wives—the Skanks from Hell are both well practiced at deficit financing—and a third who spends like the Hilton sisters, and three kids with college funds…” (F. Paul Wilson)
“I read somewhere of the remarkable optimism of a flea which a man found on his foot after crossing the desert of the Sahara. It had lived on in the sand, goodness knows how long, on the chance of some animal passing within the radius of a leap and so carrying it back to a congenial and not too rasorial a civilisation.” (Frank Frankfort Moore)
WEB
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FutureMe: Write a Letter to your Future Self (and read some written by others).
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My Sammelband has Frisket-Bite: A Short Glossary of Delightful Library Terms
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Legendary typographer and designer, Erik Spiekermann, is bringing new, digital life to the letterpress.
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The story of Hashima Island is almost as interesting as the ruins found there…which you can explore virtually thanks to a cool Google project using Street View cameras.
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How ‘thoughts and prayers’ became the stock phrase of tragedies. See also: an apropos clip from Bojack Horseman.
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Giant Straw Animals Invade Japanese Fields After Rice Harvest
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For your sunbathing and writing efforts: Clotilde Olyff’s Pebble Alphabet: upper and lower case versions.
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Every Second on the Internet is a compelling, creative visualization of the insane torrent of information that is the interwebz.
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And when you are tired of contributing to all those seconds, take a spin or two on the Procatinator!
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Today in 1975, Milos Forman’s film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest debuts. Based on Ken Kesey’s novel of the same name, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was the 2nd film to win all five major Academy Awards, a feat that wouldn’t be achieved again until the Silence of the Lambs in 1991. The role of Randle McMurphy—intended for Kirk Douglas, who owned the movie rights, and first turned down by Marlon Brando, Steve McQueen and Gene Hackman—was just one of many iconic roles for Jack Nicholson (and his first Oscar-winner), but it was Louise Fletcher’s most famous performance, a role she accepted after it had been turned down by Angela Lansbury, Ellen Burstyn, Anne Bancroft and a number of other well-known actresses. Fletcher was so disturbed by playing the part that she refused to watch the film for many years.
WATCH/WITNESS
Falling Letters (Bokstavsbarn)
WHAT!?
► Miku Hatsune - Ievan Polkka. See also: Diehard Fans Turn Virtual Teen Singer into Japanese Mega-Star and Miku’s Wikipedia entry.
REPRISES/RESPONSES/REJOINDERS/RIPOSTES
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Reader C.: “Love the Snow tha Product verse in that song.”
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Reader V.: “Reader beware and be careful Googling (onward genericide!) glabrous!”
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Reader T.: “Thanks for links to The Allusionist [‘Open Me’ Part 1 and Part 2] episodes. I devoured them and wanted more. I’m delighted every time I learn that the love of writing letters isn’t limited to myself and my dwindling crew of correspondence companions.”
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Reader M.: "I hope readers weren’t so turned off by your Louis C.K. ‘joke’ (really?) that they missed the excellent, funny animal photos!
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Reader F.: “Those Goofein Journals are great! It amazes me how Gurfein maintained a sense of humor and gentle ardor during what must have been terrifying times.”
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