Null Morpheme

"Hope has always been the hallmark of dissenters."

Wed, 16 May 2012 13:52:31 -0500

“Hope has always been the hallmark of dissenters.”

- Studs Terkel

Perennials and shrubs for #GBBD May 2012.

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:53:51 -0500

Azalea

Baptisia

Clematis 'Multi Blue'

Climbing Rose 'America'

Dianthus 'First Love'

Dianthus

Pink Peony

Red Single Peony

Weigela

White Peony

Perennials and shrubs for #GBBD May 2012.

Cheating for #GBBD: Just-planted annuals.

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:46:12 -0500

Cheating for #GBBD: Just-planted annuals.

Made this meme collision back in 2001. Unearthed and posted for...

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:36:35 -0500

Made this meme collision back in 2001. Unearthed and posted for Arnold Zwicky’s blog.

CASE STUDY LSD: I first (and last) saw this film in 1979 when I...

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:59:00 -0500

CASE STUDY LSD: I first (and last) saw this film in 1979 when I was in 6th grade. I was reminded of it while some younger coworkers and I were discussing D.A.R.E. and similar programs which didn’t yet exist when I was in school. It was just as I remembered it. Interesting to note: the copyright is 1969, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. I guess it was originally a corporate training film, re-purposed for schools.

curiositycounts: Lotte Time Lapse: Birth to 12 years in two...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:25:26 -0500

curiositycounts:

Lotte Time Lapse: Birth to 12 years in two minutes. Fascinating — and fascinating that someone has the discipline to do it consistently for 12 years.

Take the polish word for Samogitia and devoice the consonants; you get the German word for dirt. ...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:34:20 -0500

Take the polish word for Samogitia and devoice the consonants; you get the German word for dirt. What does this mean? Nothing probably.

A little score I wrote for a documentary in progress.

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:54:42 -0500

A little score I wrote for a documentary in progress.

A collaboration in a totally different genre…

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:38:44 -0500

A collaboration in a totally different genre…

New collaboration with @dementio_13 and @dmkloba!

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:03:59 -0500

New collaboration with @dementio_13 and @dmkloba!

A few extras for April 2012 #gbbd.

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:19:43 -0500

Volunteer Viola in the Lettuce patch

Glechoma hederacea (OK Creeping Charlie)

Strawberry

A few extras for April 2012 #gbbd.

First batch for April 2012 #gbbd. Kind of an in-between month...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:15:34 -0500

Aurinia saxatilis at peak

Azalea ready to open

Grape hyacinths starting to fade

Hellebore still hanging on

The last Dwarf Bearded Iris (FNLT)

Thrid week of 'President Lincoln' Lilac

Creeping Phlox

Sweet Woodruff

First batch for April 2012 #gbbd. Kind of an in-between month this year.

Žemaičiūsė Jug gerā, ka čė drōsiau varnu būrē Par umžius...

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:25:00 -0500

Žemaičiūsė

Jug gerā, ka čė drōsiau varnu būrē

Par umžius sukiniejēs unt alksnīnās,

Ka tavi kėtēp čė vadėn, vuo sūrē

Tėik skanē kvep – pavasarēs i kvīnās,

Ka niekumet čė nie geriausiou žmuogou

Nie vėins itėktė par daug neimeigė:

Čė viejē žiaurė dėdlē tonkē kriuokau –

Toupītė ipratėn i pėktoma, i meilė.

Jug gerā, ka čė daugiau būn aiškoma,

Ka kėtēp čė pagoud, net ne tēp mošās,

Ka žuodē jūro atsidoud i skomb

Ligu varėnē kamėnūsė unt ōšās,

Kad anėi – kap tėi alksnē – neišnīkst,

Ka laikuos – kėitė, ėšdėdė i statė…

Jug gerā, kad apėntās i jaunīstė

Pargrīžtam, metus svetėmus numetė!

Kviedarnuo – Vilniou
1976-1991

ALEKSAS GIRDENIS. A well-known Vilnius University professor, Aleksas Girdenis, 61, is an authority in the field of dialectology. In 1964, still at the beginning of his career, together with a co-author, he classified contemporary Lithuanian dialects.

His Phonology (1983) and The Basic Theoretical Principles of Phonology (1995) are of fundamental importance to the science of the sounds of the Lithuanian language.

Researching into the peculiarities of his native zemaiciu dialect (the dialect of Samogitia, one of the country’s four ethnic regions, occupying the greater part of western Lithuania), Girdenis hid a tape recorder in the wall of his parents’ house in his home town near Telsiai to record the language of his close family. In this way he obtained over 400 hours of spoken language which he used for his book on the local dialect published in 1996.

The professor says that he has been collecting material for this book since 1968.

“I’m a native of Samogitia. We are famous for our accuracy and meticulousness, traits which have served me well in the field of phonology and phonetics.”

The university’s Department of General Linguistics, headed by Professor Girdenis, is jokingly called the department of Samogitian linguistics: most of his colleagues are from Samogitia and speak their native dialect among themselves.

“To be a phonetician you need keen hearing and to be good at mathematics and literature,” says Girdenis. He won a prize at a nationwide physicists competition while still at secondary school. He also used to play the violin and wrote poems in his native dialect.

“I started writing verses at the age of ten and it must have influenced my decision to choose Lithuanian language studies at Vilnius University,” Girdenis says.

He still writes poetry in his native dialect. This spring saw the publication of a collection of verses in the dialect. Edited by Professor Aleksas Girdenis himself, the book includes several of his own poems.

(From LITHUANIA IN THE WORLD, No 2, 1998)

http://www.samogit.lt/KALBA/girdstr.en.htm#GIRDENIS

In the words of Pavarotti, “ELEPHANTS,...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:23:37 -0500

In the words of Pavarotti, “ELEPHANTS, YEAH!”

thenicoleaimee:

head explosion.

Spent the day doing garden cleanup. Lots of early starts.

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:27:51 -0500

Baptisia

Butterfly bush leafing out & 4' tall!

Cardinal singing in the red oak

Look at those hostas!

Hyacinths (two different kinds)

"Vi's Apricot" daylily

Creeping phlox already in bloom

Norway maple blooming and leafing out

Flower buds on the mountain ash

Old-fashioned French lilac

Spent the day doing garden cleanup. Lots of early starts.

Extreme early bloom of Prunus × Cistena, and a daylight look at...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:32:56 -0500

Extreme early bloom of Prunus × Cistena, and a daylight look at the Hellebores.

Bloom Day Photos for March 15, 2012. First blooms of the year!

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:16:00 -0500

Purple & White Crocuses

Yellow Crocus by the "Passalong" Rowan

Solitary Striped Crocus

Daffodil

Forsythia

Pachysandra

Forgot to get the Hellebores before dark

Bloom Day Photos for March 15, 2012. First blooms of the year!

From the demo bin, just in time for the New year!

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:37:15 -0600

From the demo bin, just in time for the New year!

What's the difference between Santa Claus on the night before Christmas and a Grocer on the day before Thanksgiving?

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:05:05 -0600

Santa: Stuffing Stockings

Grocer: Stocking Stuffings

For Veterans Day: A little Tom Waits playlist

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:25:06 -0600

The Wikipedia article on Tom Waits says he served in the Coast Guard. I can’t say whether his depictions ring true to real veterans, but they are vivid. Here’s a non-exhaustive list:

From Swordfishtrombones (1983)

“Shore Leave” - Just what you might expect, told from the point of view of a sailor on shore leave.
“Swordfishtrombone” - The mischief of a WWI veteran (“and he got 20 years for lovin’ her/from some Oklahoma governor/said everything this Doughboy does is wrong”)
“Soldier’s Things” - A garage sale held by the surviving family after a veteran’s passing.

From Real Gone (2004)

“Hoist That Rag” - Enough said: “just open fire when you hit the shore/all is fair in love and war”
“Day after Tomorrow” - A letter from a soldier who will be coming home soon.

From Bad As Me (2011)

“Hell Broke Luce” - It’s a death-metal rap, it’s a cadence call, it’s litany of the experiences of a 21st century soldier.

Here’s a link to the playlist if you have Spotify: Veterans Day