Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"[...] Relationships with women I don't consider clever tend to fail disastrously. Some guys like big tits; I go for massive frontal lobes." -- badmagic, in a parenthetical comment in an entry about inevitable gaps in knowledge

Migraine.

anniemal emailed me part of this because it reminded her of what I say about autumn or vice-versa, so I went and Googled for the rest of it. Yeah, the thoughts do sound extremely familiar, and I really like the rythym of the first line of each verse. So I figured I'd post it here.

A Vagabond Song

( Bliss Carmen, 1861-1929.)

There is something in the autumn that is native to my blood --
Touch of manner, hint of mood;
And my heart is like a rhyme,
With the yellow and the purple and the crimson keeping time.

The scarlet of the maples can shake me like a cry
Of bugles going by.
And my lonely spirit thrills
To see the frosty asters like a smoke upon the hills.

There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir;
We must rise and follow her,
When from every hill of flame
She calls and calls each vagabond by name.

So, uh, y'all think it needs maybe mandolin, guitar, and recorder behind it?

Gotta get these off my screen 'cause they're in the way of actual work I need to do...

I'm experimenting with a new format. I saw in a poll elsewhere that some folks would rather see link-sausage entries cut-tagged, but I didn't want to put the entire list behind a cut-tag, but please let me know what y'all think of keeping individual items really short in the main list by putting longer descriptions behind cuts. Thanks. I've got another format to try out next time.

• I almost feel insensitive for laughing at other people's translation errors, but these are gaffes writ large.
• (Just because the concept amuses me way more than it deserves.) ( Amend has issued a patch for Foxtrot )
• 7h3 H1570ry 0f 13375p34k (The History of LeetSpeak). ( What many people don't realize... )
• Biological Basis For Creativity Linked To Mental Illness ( Less filtering of the input streams... )
• IP Address Locator: ( Maps IP to Lat/Lon )
• 2003 igNobel winners announced (Do I need to explain what the Igs are?)
• Political cartoon I couldn't resist -- "Toto meets Ashcroft".
• Bawdy 16th Century plate ( 'A rare example of...' )
• A history of American intellectual property piracy ( An issue as old as our nation )
• A poll and discussion in coraline's journal, about circadian rythms, time of birth, and larks vs. owls. ( thoughts... )