JoeyGirl,
Your message is well received. You are given a large amount of latitude on what you could do with the acrostic, but I would prefer that you create action statements i.e. specific policy on how to combat the spread of decorative cabbages.
(comments from the past)
JoeyGirl Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Okay. I’ve finally posted. Sorry it took me so long…
Challenge is forthcoming…
Monday, March 24, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Ben Stein!?
So I was flipping through the TV channels this morning… trying to find some weather. (Come on… humor me. Pretend that I was watching TV for a reason.) But Ben Stein was on the 700 Club. I must admit that I had to sit and watch the rest of the interview. It’s not very often that conservative Christianity reaches out to people outside their circle, but Stein’s doing a movie on Intelligent Design. It’s called Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.
Hmm… a movie that my Dad will love to watch. This is kinda cool.
Hmm… a movie that my Dad will love to watch. This is kinda cool.
an easy challenge…
Dear JoeyGirl,
We appreciate your support in the fight against decorative cabbages. With the deepest sympathies of the Society for the Prevention of Decorative Cabbages (SPDC), we morn the fact that you had view the truly horific vision of a over-grown, unkept, pre-blossoming decorative cabbage. It is truly one of the most despicable things that one can lay eyes upon.
As president of the Society for the Prevention of Decorative Cabbages, I give you a blogging challenge that will both stretch your intellectual boundaries and give you the oportunity to contribute the cause.
Using the word “CABBAGES,” create an acrostic that can serve as a mission statement for the SPDC. Make sure to include why we are trying to combat decorative cabbages and the how we can successfully create a world without decorative cabbage.
Thank you for you help. Best of luck on your charge. Your success leads to the success of the movement as a whole.
Sincerely,
The President of the Society for the Prevention of Decorative Cabbages
(more comments)
JoeyGirl Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 11:30 am
An easy challenge, and yet I find I need more specifics.
Should the words fit a sentence, or are the simply to be descriptive with an explanation of the corresponding policy?
We appreciate your support in the fight against decorative cabbages. With the deepest sympathies of the Society for the Prevention of Decorative Cabbages (SPDC), we morn the fact that you had view the truly horific vision of a over-grown, unkept, pre-blossoming decorative cabbage. It is truly one of the most despicable things that one can lay eyes upon.
As president of the Society for the Prevention of Decorative Cabbages, I give you a blogging challenge that will both stretch your intellectual boundaries and give you the oportunity to contribute the cause.
Using the word “CABBAGES,” create an acrostic that can serve as a mission statement for the SPDC. Make sure to include why we are trying to combat decorative cabbages and the how we can successfully create a world without decorative cabbage.
Thank you for you help. Best of luck on your charge. Your success leads to the success of the movement as a whole.
Sincerely,
The President of the Society for the Prevention of Decorative Cabbages
(more comments)
JoeyGirl Says:
March 21st, 2008 at 11:30 am
An easy challenge, and yet I find I need more specifics.
Should the words fit a sentence, or are the simply to be descriptive with an explanation of the corresponding policy?
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Limericks and Roman History
In the end, I’m thankful JoeyGirl challenged me to a subject I know a little bit about. I was truly afraid of this challenge after the last one.
However, it was more fun to write about Herod Agrippa than Marcus Agrippa, so I did a couple limericks for both of them.
Herod Agrippa Limericks
There once was a king named Agrippa,
Whose stomach got sicka and sicka.
He didn’t Praise God
So he had to eat sod.
Those worms can really come get ya.
Agrippa, the proud, kingly man,
Was highly praised in the Land.
The crowds proclaimed him a Christ
Which he didn’t deny
So cursed, he rots under the sand.
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Agrippa was fond of geography
But Ceasar’s reign - not a democracy.
He killed many men
And ruled a French land,
Famous for Actium n’ his tactology.
Marcus Agrippa at Actium
Did not seek a bit of sanctum.
His timely arrival-
Ruined Antony’s survival
But led all of Rome to respect him.
(past comments)
JoeyGirl Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Well done, sister darling. However, I will cut short my praise for an entirely different topic…
Have you SEEN what happens to decorative cabbages that are left too long??? They sprout this…thing…out of….ugh…
Seriously, it’s obscene.
I’m hopping on the “eradicate decorative cabbages” bandwagon. You’d be pleased to know we rejected an apartment complex on Friday almost entirely because they had decorative cabbages. That, and their shower heads were made for people under the height of 5′2.
Susannelein Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Oh my, I did laugh at your funny Herod Agrippa poems. That’s probably the first poetic verse anyone’s ever written about him. Very funny, very sharp. Miss you lots!
However, it was more fun to write about Herod Agrippa than Marcus Agrippa, so I did a couple limericks for both of them.
Herod Agrippa Limericks
There once was a king named Agrippa,
Whose stomach got sicka and sicka.
He didn’t Praise God
So he had to eat sod.
Those worms can really come get ya.
Agrippa, the proud, kingly man,
Was highly praised in the Land.
The crowds proclaimed him a Christ
Which he didn’t deny
So cursed, he rots under the sand.
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Agrippa was fond of geography
But Ceasar’s reign - not a democracy.
He killed many men
And ruled a French land,
Famous for Actium n’ his tactology.
Marcus Agrippa at Actium
Did not seek a bit of sanctum.
His timely arrival-
Ruined Antony’s survival
But led all of Rome to respect him.
(past comments)
JoeyGirl Says:
March 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Well done, sister darling. However, I will cut short my praise for an entirely different topic…
Have you SEEN what happens to decorative cabbages that are left too long??? They sprout this…thing…out of….ugh…
Seriously, it’s obscene.
I’m hopping on the “eradicate decorative cabbages” bandwagon. You’d be pleased to know we rejected an apartment complex on Friday almost entirely because they had decorative cabbages. That, and their shower heads were made for people under the height of 5′2.
Susannelein Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Oh my, I did laugh at your funny Herod Agrippa poems. That’s probably the first poetic verse anyone’s ever written about him. Very funny, very sharp. Miss you lots!
Monday, March 10, 2008
Poetry and the art of fencing.
JoeyGirl and I have sparred once again. She has survive the Sestina, but she has denounced that form of poetry as the… let’s see. How did she put it? … the poem of Satan.
It is a very nice little poem. You can see it at http://www.myspace.com/fuzzyjoey. However, I’m beginning to see a theme to our little word war. I can understand the use of a large amount of fencing terms (which…by the way…I didn’t know until I got out a thesaurus and did some google searching on fencing), but in the last two entries, some strange little creatures have appeared. Mice. Or as I said earlier on the phone today, mouses.
How did mouses begin to play such a predominant role in this repartee? Yes, they have a predominant role in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but Van Gogh?! I didn’t know he had a pet mouse, but now, I can’t imagine him without it. But these mice…do they have a particular love of gore or what? I think Joey-girl and I should stop talking about gore, but that won’t happen quite yet. Here is my next challenge.
“Your challenge is to write a series of limericks about Agrippa. However, I’ll let you choose your Agrippa. I recommend the Roman general. And yes. They must be funny.”
So, I’m sorry, but the gore must continue. Worms and entrails will be involved. Perhaps I can add in some cabbages and mouses, but no promises. So stay tuned. I’m currently writing a paper, but come Friday or Saturday, I will give my response.
It is a very nice little poem. You can see it at http://www.myspace.com/fuzzyjoey. However, I’m beginning to see a theme to our little word war. I can understand the use of a large amount of fencing terms (which…by the way…I didn’t know until I got out a thesaurus and did some google searching on fencing), but in the last two entries, some strange little creatures have appeared. Mice. Or as I said earlier on the phone today, mouses.
How did mouses begin to play such a predominant role in this repartee? Yes, they have a predominant role in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but Van Gogh?! I didn’t know he had a pet mouse, but now, I can’t imagine him without it. But these mice…do they have a particular love of gore or what? I think Joey-girl and I should stop talking about gore, but that won’t happen quite yet. Here is my next challenge.
“Your challenge is to write a series of limericks about Agrippa. However, I’ll let you choose your Agrippa. I recommend the Roman general. And yes. They must be funny.”
So, I’m sorry, but the gore must continue. Worms and entrails will be involved. Perhaps I can add in some cabbages and mouses, but no promises. So stay tuned. I’m currently writing a paper, but come Friday or Saturday, I will give my response.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
The Challenge…
I’m pretty sure you got help on the last challenge you created for me, JoeyGirl. So I got a little help for this one.
Write… “An Ode to Van Gogh’s Ear in Sestina.”
(comments)
JoeyGirl Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Okay, you so got Jill’s help for that one. No one but an English teacher would inflict a sestina on anyone.
I’m getting ready for my mission trip to Oklahoma, so I call a time out. I promise to have a sestina on Van Gogh’s Ear by next Sunday, however!!!
JoeyGirl Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
It’s not the world’s best sestina, but it’s done. The ball’s back in your court, dearie.
Write… “An Ode to Van Gogh’s Ear in Sestina.”
(comments)
JoeyGirl Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Okay, you so got Jill’s help for that one. No one but an English teacher would inflict a sestina on anyone.
I’m getting ready for my mission trip to Oklahoma, so I call a time out. I promise to have a sestina on Van Gogh’s Ear by next Sunday, however!!!
JoeyGirl Says:
March 9th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
It’s not the world’s best sestina, but it’s done. The ball’s back in your court, dearie.
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