Tuesday, April 21, 2026

I worry about the 46% who do not

 

🤣 

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

I could have used a soul cake last Christmas, a really big one to get me to here and now, but I made it without one




 

Hey ho, nobody home, meat nor drink nor money have I none
 Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home.
 Hey ho, nobody home, Meat nor drink nor money have I none
 Yet shall we be merry, Hey ho, nobody home.
 Hey Ho, nobody home.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
 An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry,
 One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

God bless the master of this house, and the mistress also
 And all the little children that round your table grow.
 The cattle in your stable and the dog by your front door
 And all that dwell within your gates 
we wish you ten times more.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
 An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry, 
One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

Go down into the cellar and see what you can find
 If the barrels are not empty we hope you will be kind 
We hope you will be kind with your apple and strawber'
 For we'll come no more a 'soalin' till this time next year.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake. 
An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry,
 One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

The streets are very dirty, my shoes are very thin.
 I have a little pocket to put a penny in.
 If you haven't got a penny, a ha' penny will do. 
If you haven't got a ha' penny then God bless you.

Soal, a soal, a soal cake, please good missus a soul cake.
 An apple, a pear, a plum, a cherry, 
any good thing to make us all merry,
 One for Peter, two for Paul, three for Him who made us all.

Now to the Lord sing praises all you within this place,
 And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace. This holy tide of Christmas of beauty and of grace,
 Oh tidings of comfort and joy.

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Happiness is decimation

 Nine in ten prefer it. 🤣

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Happiness is easy for you to say

 This song came out in 1988, the year I had a close uncle die, then another, then my car, and then my career.

But I'm still here, dammit!

 


 

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Monday, February 23, 2026

Orwell's dumpster

 


Saturday, February 21, 2026

Why beans are best avoided when pregnant


  If the mother eat much beans, or such vaporous food, it endangereth the child to become lunatick.
 
 -- Francis Bacon

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Happiness is supper by five


 

Let it be so hasted, that supper be ready at the farthest by five of the clock.

-- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act 2 Scene 2 

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Happiness is an extremity you'll do well to avoid


 The East and West
Upon the globe, a mathematick point
Only divides: thus happiness and misery,
And all extremes, are still contiguous.
 
-- Sir John Denham (1614/15-1669) 

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Wednesday, January 7, 2026