October Potpourri

I had a fabulous weekend!

But I'm not going to bore you with the details. My thoughts are much more scattered this morning, so we'll be getting to some very random concepts shortly. The summary is that I had a tough bike ride and run Saturday morning (from which I still haven't completely recovered), and a swim meet on Sunday (from which I still haven't recovered). As usual, the Foothills Masters Swim Team and the Dawgs (from Green Mountain) were able to continue their ferocious rivalry with a minimum of violence and an abundance of excellent food. It was fun, and you should've been there. Shame on you for missing it!

I had my camera in the pocket of my shorts, of course. Alas, there it remained. I swam, socialized, laughed, and ate...but never remembered to record photographic evidence of this wondrous event. Trust me--if you saw pictures, you'd be overcome with emotion at the camaraderie, culinary excellence, and raw athletic talent exhibited. But I guess you'll just have to take my word for it. And that word is...FUN!

'Nuff sed. We shall now move on to much more trivial topics. First up is a graphical trivia question. Which restaurant is likely to ask you this question:



And then here's a philosophical question for you -- who in the heck gets to invent new types of "poetry"? Specifically, who made up the rules for Haiku? (Don't tell me it was Noriyuki "Pat" Haiku, and that the art form was named after him. I ain't buying it.) Seems unfair that some dude could just say something completely arbitrary, like "5 syllables, then 7, then 5" and get it published in language textbooks as if it were some sort of Newtonian principle set out by Nature. I think I want to create a poetic form called the "Bissantz", and it shall contain one syllable, then two, then five, and then finally seven syllables that make no sense whatsoever.

Blue
Öysters
Mishandle language.
Hornswoop me bungo pony.

Do you think it'll catch on?

OK, me neither. Sigh. So -- on to the next trivia question.

Which crappy 1980s pop group is represented by the following picture?



And no, the answer is NOT "The Stray Cats". (They were not crappy.) But you're close.

OK, that's enough for today. Good luck with your Bissantz, and have a great day!