Valentine’s Day Poem 14 Feb 2008 Comment Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong, And I am Marie of Roumania. Courtesy of Mrs Dorothy Parker Humor Social evolution
Evolution Random things 4 Jul 2007 Back from the drinking sessionconference, with many good thoughts. One in particular is due to the talk by Aiden Lyons at ANU on probability and evolution – after more than two decades trying to figure it out, I had to wait for a grad student to put it all neatly… Read More
Administrative In England’s green and wet land 25 Jul 2007 So, I finally have access to the internet. For the past few days I’ve been either in London, on planes, trains or in Exeter, where I am now for the ISHPSSB biennial conference of philosophers and historians (and some sociologists) of science. In London I walked myself silly (getting the… Read More
That’s cool … but a little sad too. Even though there is no mention of the word ‘love’ in the song – this is the coolest love song I know: Imagine Imagine there’s no Heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say that I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will live as one
That’s cool … but a little sad too. Even though there is no mention of the word ‘love’ in the song – this is the coolest love song I know: Imagine Imagine there’s no Heaven It’s easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say that I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world You may say that I’m a dreamer But I’m not the only one I hope someday you’ll join us And the world will live as one
May I lower the tone? I love a good bum on a woman It makes me feel happy all day It’s a proof of God’s existance A posteriora Jake Thackery
A few (okay, several) years back, the Flash Girls did a song called “Dorothy Parker and Me” which has that verse as the chorus. If you can make the intertubes deliver it to you, I strongly recommend it.
Valentines day for silverbacks. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1713215,00.html?cnn=yes
Valentines day for silverbacks. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1713215,00.html?cnn=yes
Valentines day for silverbacks. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1713215,00.html?cnn=yes