Month: November 2019
Sun Flower Frost
Black Hog
You Light Up My Bike
Lonely Leaf
Morning White
Staying Out Late
This is a really cute baby Coachwhip Snake (Masticophis flagellum) that Marble brought inside and presented to us on Saturday. The morning temperatures have been freezing down to the mid teens in the mornings, but the high was around 70º F on Saturday afternoon; therefore, I guess this little guy was out trying to find another meal before hibernating, or Marble was scratching around in the mulch and found the snake. Lizards and snakes like to burrow into the mulch when it’s cold outside. The mulch is warm campared to the outside temperatures because of the composting action. You can see a photo of steam rising from one of our mulch piles on a cold morning at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/9/bright-night-cool-steamy-morning. You can also see photos of a pair of adult Coachwhip Snakes in their mating ritual at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2017/5/snakes-in-love. And lastly, you can see Spunk’s reaction to a Coachwhip Snake at https://wp.me/s1yQyy-snake.
Cracked Moon & Tangle-Heart Tree
Spunk at the Window
Acronymphomania
My latest song is about the ever present use of acronyms in our never ending search of ways to communicate with as little speaking, typing, mousing, tapping, clicking and swiping as possible. The meanings of the acronyms are in the video and at the bottom of the post.
Acronymphomania
Lyrics and Music by Timothy Price
I’m without
the gift of tongues
Speak in letters
One by one
Nouns and verbs
Cloistered like nuns
Instead of words
Acronymphomania
AAMOF WYSIWYG
TOPCA in TAR
JBOD ISAR
Communication’s FUBAR
Archnymphomaniacs
HAVE NO VERBS
USE NO phrases
Archnymphomaniacs
Puzzled looks
Empty gazes
Monosyllabic
KISS KWIM BLOB
IOW
Like a SLOB
AYSOS MIA?
OMI BAD BUN
SOTD BIA ISO TIA
Achronymphomania
FWIW IMHO
LOOK OUT FOR THE WORS
Communication’s
Syllabic VERSE
Archnymphomaniacs
HAVE NO VERBS
USE NO phrases
Archnymphomaniacs
Puzzled looks
Empty gazes
AAMOF WYSIWYG
TOPCA in TAR
JBOD ISAR
Communication’s FUBAR
Since many of the meanings of the acronyms go by very quickly in the video, below are the lyrics with the meanings of each acronym:
Acronymphomania
Lyrics and Music by Timothy Price
I’m without
the gift of tongues
Speak in letters
One by one
Nouns and verbs
Cloistered like nuns
Instead of words
Acronymphomania
AAMOF WYSIWYG (As A Matter Of Fact What You See Is What You Get)
TOPCA (Till Our Paths Cross Again) in TAR (The Amazing Race)
JBOD ISAR (Just a bunch of disks Information Storage And Retrieval)
Communication’s FUBAR
Archnymphomaniacs
HAVE NO VERBS (Haptic Audio Visual Environments Natural Orbital Ventricular Endocardial Right Bifocal Stimulation)
USE NO (User Support Environment Neurotic Obsession) phrases
Archnymphomaniacs
Puzzled looks
Empty gazes
Monosyllabic
KISS KWIM BLOB (Keep It Simple Stupid. Know What I Mean? Binary Large Object!)
IOW (in other words)
Like a SLOB (Super Lazy Organic Blogger)
AYSOS MIA? (Are You Stupid Or Something? Missing In Action!)
OMI BAD BUN (Oocyte Maturation Inhibitor Bipolar Affective Disorder Bike User Network)
SOTD BIA ISO TIA (Speak Of The Devil Ball Image Analyzer In Support Of That Is All)
Achronymphomania
FWIW IMHO (For What It’s Worth In My Humble Opinion)
LOOK OUT FOR THE WORS (Lazy Object-Oriented Kernel Outline Flippin’ Over Rated Technology and Home Economics Weighted Operative Risk Scale)
Communication’s
Syllabic VERSE (Verbal Expressions Rejecting Society’s Expectations)
Archnymphomaniacs
HAVE NO VERBS (Haptic Audio Visual Environments Natural Orbital Ventricular Endocardial Right Bifocal Stimulation)
USE NO (User Support Environment Neurotic Obsession) phrases
Archnymphomaniacs
Puzzled looks
Empty gazes
AAMOF WYSIWYG (As A Matter Of Fact What You See Is What You Get)
TOPCA (Till Our Paths Cross Again) in TAR (The Amazing Race)
JBOD ISAR (Just a bunch of disks Information Storage And Retrieval)
Communication’s FUBAR
Off Center & Not Even 