Dan was Kool
and debonair
back when he was
a Mother Bear
But then he changed
became a schmuck
now he's just a old Canuck!
back when he was
a Mother Bear
But then he changed
became a schmuck
now he's just a old Canuck!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Riad al-Khouri, The Nazarene
Here rides Riad al-Khouri, The Nazarene
a Semite ‘mongst the Philistines.
To that end he was a giant
with theories on the Dreary Science.
a Semite ‘mongst the Philistines.
To that end he was a giant
with theories on the Dreary Science.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Famous Epitaphs
O xein', angellein Lakedaimoniois hoti têde/
keimetha tois keinôn rhêmasi peithomenoi
Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by
that here, obedient to their law, we lie.
— Simonides's epigram at Thermopylae
Fly
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
— Edgar Allan Poe, from his poem The Raven.
"Excuse My Dust"
— From the grave of Dorothy Parker
That's all folks!
— Mel Blanc
Finally I am becoming stupider no more
— Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician.
Hodie mihi, cras tibi
— Famous Latin epitaph: Mine today, yours tomorrow
No greater friend, no worse enemy
— Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman Dictator
Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo
— Famous Latin epitaph: I was not, I was, I am not, I do not care
Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones.
— From the grave of William Shakespeare
Nature, and nature's laws,
Lay hid in night,
God said, let Newton be!
And all was light.
— from the grave of Newton, a poem from Alexander Pope
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death
Horseman, pass by!
— W.B. Yeats
"Here lies one
whose name was writ in water."
— John Keats
She did it the hard way
— Bette Davis
I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
— Nikos Kazantzakis
Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite
— Spike Milligan, translation: "I told you I was ill"
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...
— Ludolph van Ceulen, he was so proud of his achievement, computing π (pi) to 35 digits, that he ordered it to be inscribed on his tombstone.
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of American Independence
Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom
And Father of the University of Virginia
— Thomas Jefferson.
His epitaph is notable more for what it leaves out: That he had been President of the United States for a full two terms.
Beware ye people passing by,
As you are now, so once was I,
And as I am now, so must you be,
Prepare for death and follow me.
— Birdville Cemetery, Haltom City, Texas
He went too far in the search of flowers
— China, from a father on his son's tombstone
keimetha tois keinôn rhêmasi peithomenoi
Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by
that here, obedient to their law, we lie.
— Simonides's epigram at Thermopylae
Fly
Quoth the Raven,
"Nevermore."
— Edgar Allan Poe, from his poem The Raven.
"Excuse My Dust"
— From the grave of Dorothy Parker
That's all folks!
— Mel Blanc
Finally I am becoming stupider no more
— Paul Erdos, Hungarian mathematician.
Hodie mihi, cras tibi
— Famous Latin epitaph: Mine today, yours tomorrow
No greater friend, no worse enemy
— Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Roman Dictator
Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo
— Famous Latin epitaph: I was not, I was, I am not, I do not care
Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear,
To dig the dust enclosed here.
Blest be the man that spares these stones,
And cursed be he that moves my bones.
— From the grave of William Shakespeare
Nature, and nature's laws,
Lay hid in night,
God said, let Newton be!
And all was light.
— from the grave of Newton, a poem from Alexander Pope
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death
Horseman, pass by!
— W.B. Yeats
"Here lies one
whose name was writ in water."
— John Keats
She did it the hard way
— Bette Davis
I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.
— Nikos Kazantzakis
Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite
— Spike Milligan, translation: "I told you I was ill"
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288...
— Ludolph van Ceulen, he was so proud of his achievement, computing π (pi) to 35 digits, that he ordered it to be inscribed on his tombstone.
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of American Independence
Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom
And Father of the University of Virginia
— Thomas Jefferson.
His epitaph is notable more for what it leaves out: That he had been President of the United States for a full two terms.
Beware ye people passing by,
As you are now, so once was I,
And as I am now, so must you be,
Prepare for death and follow me.
— Birdville Cemetery, Haltom City, Texas
He went too far in the search of flowers
— China, from a father on his son's tombstone
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