USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 12 November 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix and LindaSOG ( Thank you LindaSOG for all that you do out here.

[Radix]

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Pancakes on Wednesdays

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Welcome to Pancakes on Wednesdays.

Wednesday, November 12, 2003

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Here is an amalgamation of trivial facts and seemingly useless data.

Do not forget to hit the hyperlinks.

We have links, lots of them.

LIPOGRAMMATIST

A writer of lipograms.

As opposed to pangrammatists, who strive to crowd all the letters of the alphabet into a composition of the very briefest scope, a lipogrammatist systematically leaves one of them out. This ditty from the nineteenth century avoids a certain vowel:

A jovial swain may rack his brain,
and tax his fancy’s might,
To quiz in vain, for ’tis most plain,
That what I say is right.

A lipogram without an e is the most difficult kind to write, since that’s the most common letter in English. There have been some celebrated modern examples. In 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright published a 50,000-word novel called Gadsby without a single e in it. The French author Georges Perec produced a 300-page tour-de-force in 1969, similarly without an e in sight, under the title La Disparition. It was translated into e-less English by Gilbert Adair in 1995 as A Void. We might ask ourselves why anyone would attempt such feats, but that question might take us too far into the murkier realms of human psychology.

Such unusual constructions can fatally limit an author, as crucial grammatical forms must not play a part in any composition. Though a good author might find avoiding a particular symbol is not always too much of a handicap, it’s hard to maintain such an approach for long without producing writing that is a thoroughgoing oddity, as this part of my discussion plainly shows. Writing in this way for fifty thousand words would tax anybody’s brain, and could bring about a long-lasting loss of ability in a wordsmith!

The word lipogram is from the Greek lipogrammatos, lacking a letter, which derives from the verb leipein, to leave out, plus gramma, a letter. The first part has nothing to do with the modern prefix lipo-, fat, which is from a different Greek stem.

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Happy Birthday

Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815

Elizabeth Cady Stanton(1815-1902) is believed to be the driving force behind the 1848 Convention, and for the next fifty years played a leadership role in the women's rights movement.

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Happy Birthday

Auguste Rodin 1840

The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin.

1840 - Sculptor Auguste Rodin was born in Paris. His most widely known works are "The Kiss" and "The Thinker."

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Happy Birthday

Grace Kelly 1929.

Amazing Grace

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I am an excellent driver!

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Charles Manson 1934

Sharon Tate, et al

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Happy Birthday

Neil Young 1945

As a result of songs, a lot of people assumed that there was a feud between Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd. But the fact is that they were mutual fans!

You've got to turn on evil
When its coming after you

I know I said I love you
I know you know it's true
I've got to put the phone down
And do what we've got to do
One standing in the aisle way
Two more at the door
We've got to get inside there
Before they kill some more

Time is running out
Let's roll

Time is running out
Let's roll

No time for indecision
We've got to make a move
I hope that we're forgiven
For what we've got to do
How this all got started
I'll never understand
I hope someone can fly this thing
And get us back to land

Time is running out
Let's roll

Time is running out
Let's roll

No one has the answers
But one thing is true
You've got to turn on evil
When its coming after you
You've got to face it down
And when it tries to hide
You've got to go in after it
And never be denied

Time is running out
Let's roll

Time is running out
Let's roll

Let's roll for freedom
Let's roll for love
Going after Satan
On the wings of a dove
Let's roll for justice
Let's roll for truth
Let's not let our children
Grow up fearful in their youth

Time is running out
Let's roll

Time has run out
Let's roll

Time is running out
Let's roll

- Neil Young

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Would you like some existentialism with your pancakes?   ponder the meaningless nature of the cosmos    

WOODY ALLEN:  That's quite a lovely Jackson Pollock, isn't it?

GIRL IN MUSEUM:  Yes it is.

WOODY ALLEN:  What does it say to you?

GIRL IN MUSEUM:  It restates the negativeness of the universe, the hideous lonely emptiness of existence, nothingness, the predicament of man forced to live in a barren, godless eternity, like a tiny flame flickering in an immense void, with nothing but waste, horror, and degradation, forming a useless bleak straightjacket in a black absurd cosmos.

WOODY ALLEN:  What are you doing Saturday night?

GIRL IN MUSEUM:  Committing suicide.

WOODY ALLEN:  What about Friday night?

GIRL IN MUSEUM: [leaves silently]

"Play It Again, Sam", Paramount Pictures, 1972

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Happy Birthday

Nadia Comaneci 1961

She was perfect....

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Happy Birthday

David Schwimmer 1966

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Happy Birthday

Tonya Harding 1970

She ain't perfect.

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On this day:

1966 - Donovan's "Mellow Yellow" was released.

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What is a syllogy?  

A	All S is P	One category is a subset of another
E	No S is P	The two categories do not intersect
I	Some S is P	The two categories intersect
O	Some S is not P	One category is not a subset of another

                         What is Logic?      ........       Amazing Logic.

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1984 - Madonna released the album "Like A Virgin."

I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn't know how lost I was
Until I found you

I was beat incomplete
I'd been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new

Chorus:

Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats (after first time, "With your heartbeat")
Next to mine

Gonna give you all my love, boy
My fear is fading fast
Been saving it all for you
'Cause only love can last

You're so fine and you're mine
Make me strong, yeah you make me bold
Oh your love thawed out
Yeah, your love thawed out
What was scared and cold

(chorus)

Oooh, oooh, oooh

You're so fine and you're mine
I'll be yours 'till the end of time
'Cause you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
I've nothing to hide

(chorus)

Like a virgin, ooh, ooh
Like a virgin
Feels so good inside
When you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, baby
Can't you hear my heart beat
For the very first time?

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1859 - The first flying trapeze act was performed by Jules Leotard at Cirque Napoleon in Paris, France. He was also the designer of the garment that is named after him.

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1940 - Walt Disney released "Fantasia."

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Todays Wednesday field trip takes us to the know place!

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1942 - During World War II, naval battle of Guadalcanal began between Japanese and American forces. The Americans won a major victory.

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1979 - U.S. President Carter ordered a halt to all oil imports from Iran in response to 63 Americans being taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran on November 4.

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1980 - The U.S. space probe Voyager I came within 77,000 miles of Saturn while transmitting data back to Earth.

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2002 - Stan Lee filed a lawsuit against Marvel Entertainment Inc. that claimed the company had cheated him out of millions of dollars in movie profits related to the 2002 movie "Spider-Man." Lee was the creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Daredevil.

Actually, for all you comic book nerds, "Steve Ditko" was the creator of SpiderMan.

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This space was intentionally left blank of hyper links, or anything of substance, because We all need a good laugh about nothing sometimes.

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Pancakes Wednesdays

Definitely

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Look at you all decked out in a fancy red dress. How's the drive to work going? An hour would kill me.

[tomkow6]

OOOOOOOOOOO!  I like sparklie things........

[MeekOneGOP]

LOL ! You're welcomed ! Ya'll got that much snow, huh ?? ...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, aomagrat, for today's history of the USS New Hampshire. Love those big guns.

[tomkow6]

Notes left for the Milkman
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"Dear Milkman, I've just had a baby, please leave another one."

"Please leave an extra pint of paralyzed milk."

"Please don't leave any more milk. All they do is drink it"

"Milkman please close the gate behind you because the birds keep pecking the tops off the milk."

"Sorry not to have paid your bill before, but my wife had a baby and I've been carrying it around in my pocket for weeks."

"Sorry about yesterday's note. I didn't mean one egg and a dozen
pints, but the other way round."

"When you leave my milk knock on my bedroom window and wake me because I want you 'to give me a hand to turn the mattress."

My daughter says she wants a milkshake. Do you do it before you
deliver or do I have to shake the bottle."

"Please send me a form for cheap milk, for I have a baby two months old and did not know about it until a neighbor told me."

"Milk is needed for the baby. Father is unable to supply it."

"From now on please leave two pints every other day and one pint on the days in between, except Wednesdays and Saturdays when I don't want any milk."

My back door is open. Please put milk in 'fridge, get money out of
cup in drawer and leave change on kitchen table, because we want to play bingo tonight."

"Please leave no milk today. When I say today, I mean tomorrow, for I wrote this note yesterday or is it today?"

"When you come with the milk please put the coal on the boiler, let dog out and put newspaper inside the screen door. PS. Don't leave any milk."

"No milk. Please do not leave milk at No. 14 either as he is dead
until further notice."

[Hondo1952]

Some people are stunning no matter what color they wear.

[Soaring Feather]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[Hondo1952]

ain't I sweet?

[kylaka]

I just came across all your classic battleships posts linked through your FR homepage. I noticed many of these early ships were scrapped in late 1923 in accordance with a treaty for the limitation of naval armaments.

Who exactly was this treaty with, or between, and do you know how many ships were scrapped? Thanks in advance for a reply.

Its a great collection of photos BTW. Facinating.

[SevenofNine]

Good morning Canteen members

Well US Congress according to BBC wire has put sanction against Syria and raising specutatlion that we might pay Syria a visit maybe not Israel is patrol the Syria border just in case hezollah start their crap that off Hareetz wire this morning

Also breaking news off Sky news alert 5 Italain soldier were whack by miltant in Southern part of Najari Iraq at this hour

Fox news just report that ole Rush Limbaugh coming back on Monday November 17 that around the corner

[Kathy in Alaska]

FARMERS' MEETING — U.S. soldiers discuss farmer compensation issues with Iraqi citizens during a meeting in Al Hawijah, Iraq, Nov. 5, 2003. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Wolfe, U.S. Air Force

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Pride in our Military alert!!

Marines ascend the plaza of the Tomb of the Unknowns as part of the 50th annual Veterans Day National Ceremony, Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 11, 2003. Defense Dept. photo by 1st Lt. Steve Alvarez

Veterans from the American Legion wait to enter Arlington National Cemetery's amphitheater as part of the 50th annual Veterans Day National Ceremony, Nov. 11, 2003. Defense Dept. photo by 1st Lt. Steve Alvarez

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off MSNBC report that US smackdown is in progress on building that they think house oppostion who been doing this smackdown on US Troops lately

Report are two miltants are already dead

RACK US SMACKDOWN

NOW I understand why Bremer left da hood in Iraq

[Kathy in Alaska]

YES!! Time to really start laying smackdowns on those that don't want peace to come to Iraq.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The color guard posts the colors in front of the Tomb of the Unknowns on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2003. Defense Dept. photo by 1st Lt. Steve Alvarez

An Old Guard soldier stands vigilantly at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2003. Defense Dept. photo by 1st Lt. Steve Alvarez

[Soaring Feather]

Notes left for the Milkman

Tom, what's a matter?? You out of Blonde jokes??

[Soaring Feather]

Oh yes, soooooooooo sweet!!

LOL