Thursday, October 08, 2009


Balthasar Pober




Nessa said...

I can't imagine why you would be hiding.

Nessa said...

My stick just isn't long enough to reach California.

Tom & Icy said...


TLP said...

Woman: the better half of humankind. Just sayin'

k. riggs gardner said...

2009 Update: In contemporary civilization, the blogosphere is the mother to hyphens, commas and quotations -- we are all at her mercy.

the amoeba said...

Throughout biology, the male is the expendable sex.

The male spider is a fraction of the size of the female, hoping that, by being so small, he can sneak out of the house in the morning to go to work without being caught and (ahem) invited to breakfast.

The male seahorse says "Look, let me take care of the kids!", thus sacrificing his sanity to preserve his life.

Human armies throughout history have contained exclusively males. One surviving man can ensure repopulation of the town. One surviving woman, not so much.

Thus, those who persist in spelling the word "wyman" ("wymyn", etc.) merely add to the already-considerable anxieties of the non-gestational gender.

Jim said...

Woman, pride of evolution—
where once she couldn't learn to talk,
now there's no way she'll be quiet.
Balthasar Pober update

k. riggs gardner said...

That's not true, Jim. Women can be quiet. Some words are self-evident.

Ariel the Thief said...

I don't have to know what woman is, I am one.

k. riggs gardner said...

On the other hand, Jim, you may be right.

pia said...

Yes TLP yes
I am woman don't hear me roar (someobdy had to say that--I paraphrased HR)

quilly said...

According to, woman is "distinguished from man" and distinguished means "made conspicuous by excellence". I can live with that.

cooper said...

ha ha

I read Quilly's comment as "women is the distinguished form of man", and I like the mis-read definition.

Unknown said...

Get behind me Nessa, and tempt me not.

Wise comment, Icy. The wisest.

TLP, I wouldn't disagree but you have to admit it's a low standard to set.

Karen, you're right. The blogosphere is an electric woman.

Amoeba, no gestation should mean no anxiety.

Well done, Jim. That's a keeper and a hider.

Karen, you do make a good point. Not even Gabriel Garcia Marquez ever wrote a paragraph so long that a woman couldn't express its entirety with "nothing."

So, Ariel, WOMAN, n. Thief?

Karen, he's at least smart.

Pia, how many of us are left who remember that HR is Helen Reddy?

Quilly, I bet you didn't see "permanently satisfied" anywhere in that definition.

Cooper, there's the evidence. There's always an improvement to be made.

weirsdo said...

Evidently "woman" comes before "fear" in more ways than one.