Monday, September 10, 2012

Less Ambitious Books


"Johnny-Boy"

by Terry E. Wilbur


The sky is falling Johnny-Boy
The air is dark with mournful wails
You rush to rescue helpless souls
Up in the sky the death-bird sails


You still fight on to aid the weak
The powerless and feeble lie
Undaunted by their wretched fate
You charge ahead while towers die

Upon the weary men and maids
The death knell of the stone and steel
Comes down in fiery wrath and woe
Unheeding of their pleas for weal

Oh, Johnny-Boy, we loved you, lad
And though the demons won the day
Your selfless love still keeps us warm
In all the wreckage and dismay

Forever now, shall all the lads
Who even in their deaths were brave
Walk hand in hand all clothed in white
With those poor souls they strove to save."



  TODAY'S SEEDS OF WISDOM


  • JUST BLOOMED TODAY  
  • AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY
  • TWEET TREATS
  • DID YOU KNOW...?
  • GARDEN UPDATE
  • FAUNA
  • GARDEN GIGGLE
  • WHAT IN THE WORLD?  
  • FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY 


AWKWARD PHOTO OF THE DAY 

TWEET TREATS
bringing you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across. 
Yesterday, I stumbled across a hilarious conversation with the hashtag #LessAmbitiousBooks. The idea was to rewrite famous books with lesser titles. Try a few on your own, but I warn you, it is very addicting!
  • Citizen Erica Kane
  • A Tale of Two Suburban Retirement Communities
  • The Mostly Tolerable Lightness of Well, I'm Here Anyway
  • The Wizard of Eh
  • The Girl with the Temporary Tattoo
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fresno
  • The Princess Bridesmaid
  • Secretary of the Flies
  • Lord of the Pillbugs
  • Sandwich on the Rye
  • Somewhat Quiet on the Western Front
  • Alice's Adventures in Maryland
  • The Okay Gatsby
  • The Lion, The Witch and Doug
  • A Farewell To Legs
  • The Bob Ross Code
  • Uncle Tom's Trailer
  • The Diary of Uncle Frank
  • The Thirsty Games
  • The Grapes of Slight Annoyance
  • To Chastise A Mockingbird
  • Fifty Shades of Black
  • For Whom The Microwave Beeps
  • Hairy Potty and the Chamber of Secrets
  • Little Red Riding Lawn Mower
  • Jack and the Tofu Bean Curd 
  • The Winged Monkey Clean-Up Crew of Oz
  • The Legend of No-Doz Hollow
  • The Pound Puppy of the Baskervilles
  • Cheaper By The Coupon
  • Fifty Shades of Grey Poupon
  • Chicken Soup for Chickens
  • Push: A Novel By Cubic Zirconia
  • Post-It Notes of a Geisha
  • Eat, Pray, Like
  • Romeo
  • Somewhat Quiet on the Western Front
  • War and Pea
  • Normal Expectations


I could go on and on but if you're on Twitter and you love to read, check it out yourself! You'll be hooked!

DID YOU KNOW...?
Honeybees have hair on their eyes.
GARDEN UPDATE
Spitting rain a bit today and very humid. Oppressively so. Hiding inside again.  

GARDEN GIGGLE

NOT SO FAMOUS SAYINGS
(as explained by elementary school students)

  • The grass is always greener when you leave the sprinkler on. 
  • A rolling stone plays the guitar. 
  • The grass is always greener when you remember to water it. 
  • A bird in the hand is a real mess. 
  • No news is no newspaper. 
  • It's better to light one candle than to waste electricity. 
  • It's always darkest just before I open my eyes. 
  • You have nothing to fear but homework.
  • If you can't stand the heat, don't start the fireplace.
  • If you can't stand the heat, go swimming.
  • Never put off 'til tomorrow what you should have done yesterday. 
  • A penny saved is nothing in the real world. 
  • The squeaking wheel gets annoying. 
  • We have nothing to fear but our principal. 
  • To err is human. To eat a muskrat is not. 
  • I think, therefore I get a headache.
  • Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry, and someone yells, "Shut up!"
  • Better to light a candle than to light an explosive. 
  • It's always darkest before 9:30 p.m.
  • Early to bed and early to rise is first in the bathroom. 
  • A journey of a thousand miles begins with a blister.
  • There is nothing new under the bed. 
  • The grass is always greener when you put manure on it. 
  • Don't count your chickens -- it takes too long.


FAUNA

WHAT IN THE WORLD?  
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1777 Gen. George Washington and his troops met defeat at the Battle of Brandywine
1921 Fatty Arbuckle, a silent-film era performer at the height of his fame, is arrested in San Francisco for the rape and murder of aspiring actress Virginia Rappe. Arbuckle was later acquitted by a jury, but the scandal essentially put an end to his career.
1936 President FDR dedicates Hoover Dam in Colorado
1940 Hitler sends troops to Romania
1962 The Beatles record their first songs under the label TMI with 'Love Me Do' and 'P.S. I Love You.'
1971 Nikita Khrushchev dies; Donny Osmond has the #1 hit on the pop charts with 'Go Away Little Girl'
1985 Pete Rose hits into the record books
2001 The United States comes under attack by terrorists
2012 Chicago Teachers strike



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1 comment:

Virginia said...

That elephant pic was sooo cute!