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5 Random Pieces of Knowledge
Sep. 4th, 2009 10:20 am1. From Oaxaca Journal, Oliver Sacks: Wardian Cases. Before we had terrariums to grow plants in, the victorian physician Dr. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward. They revolutionize plant growth and transport and allowed indoor gardens. I want one. There's a nice one of carnivorous plants at Filoli. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardian_case
2. From Merriam-Webster Vocabulary Builder: Bellona is the Roman Goddess of War. She was responsible for the redecoration of the landscape, that is burning and salting cities. She may have been Eris; very similar characteristics. From her we get antebellum, bellicose, rebellious, and of course cerebellum. In Greek, she was known as Enyo. Many of the follies in victorian england were temples to her.
3. Bill Bryson's book on Shakespear points out that one of the three images of him was a statue in Stratford upon Avon, which was originally painted, then touched up, then whitewashed--whitewashed because someone thought it rude to paint a statue. The greeks painted statues too. I wonder what Bellona's looked like?
4. Old but good, from Meriamm-Webster again: Muse. Museum, place for the muses--originally, museums were meant to be temples to the muses. Music. Amuse. Mustache.
5. MOOP: Two of the related concepts are MOOP bags and drop cloths. MOOP bags are bags you carry around to put MOOP into for later dealing with; trash bags. Having a conscious commitment to cleaning (MOOP is everyone's problem) means you're much more able and likely to deal with it. I designate one pocket a moop pocket. Drop cloths allow you to contain wood shavings, small bits of lettuce, whatever you're working on that you drop. Very useful.
Of course, one of the problems of LNT is that some people just take this stuff and throw it in trash elsewhere.
BTW, not all my word derivations are serious. But I think they're fun!
2. From Merriam-Webster Vocabulary Builder: Bellona is the Roman Goddess of War. She was responsible for the redecoration of the landscape, that is burning and salting cities. She may have been Eris; very similar characteristics. From her we get antebellum, bellicose, rebellious, and of course cerebellum. In Greek, she was known as Enyo. Many of the follies in victorian england were temples to her.
3. Bill Bryson's book on Shakespear points out that one of the three images of him was a statue in Stratford upon Avon, which was originally painted, then touched up, then whitewashed--whitewashed because someone thought it rude to paint a statue. The greeks painted statues too. I wonder what Bellona's looked like?
4. Old but good, from Meriamm-Webster again: Muse. Museum, place for the muses--originally, museums were meant to be temples to the muses. Music. Amuse. Mustache.
5. MOOP: Two of the related concepts are MOOP bags and drop cloths. MOOP bags are bags you carry around to put MOOP into for later dealing with; trash bags. Having a conscious commitment to cleaning (MOOP is everyone's problem) means you're much more able and likely to deal with it. I designate one pocket a moop pocket. Drop cloths allow you to contain wood shavings, small bits of lettuce, whatever you're working on that you drop. Very useful.
Of course, one of the problems of LNT is that some people just take this stuff and throw it in trash elsewhere.
BTW, not all my word derivations are serious. But I think they're fun!
