Dave (imported) wrote: Tue Jan 05, 2016 11:07 am There are FOUR new elements in the Periodic Table of Elements.

http://www.iupac.org/news/news-detail/a ... d-118.html

That's really exciting news for science types like me.

Is one of them called COMPLAINIUM? If so, it will be Moi's favorite element.

--LT

: laugh:

pertinent information can be had here. http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_Governmentium

Oh my stars...

The last time I saw GOVERNMENTIUM was on a mimeographed piece of paper in my first year of work for the government. After that, I was one of the components...

Thanks

Today for Alan Rickman

(an excellent actor and a gentleman. He will be missed)

"The first question Snape asks Harry is, "Tell me, what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" It seems innocuous enough, but Tumblr user tomhiddles explains it actually has a secret meaning:

According to Victorian Flower Language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning ‘My regrets follow you to the grave’ and wormwood means ‘absence’ and also typically symbolized bitter sorrow. If you combined that, it meant ‘I bitterly regret Lily’s death’."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tin ... ty_2693_52 66280101849107292&kvcommref=mostpopular

Rowling has the whole HP series laced with things like that.

"Turn to page 394!"

.... wormwood means ‘absence’

Dave (imported) wrote: Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:45 pm and also typically symbolized bitter sorrow. ....

Wormwood is the main ingredient in absinthe, which sounds suspiciously like absence. I wonder whether that's just a coincidence or the inspiration.

Sandi

There is an internet world out there that picks at any detail no matter how small and makes it into a giant mountain of conspiracy or theory. They keep poking and prodding J.K Rowling for all sorts of details that used to live in the imagination of people who read the books.

Viewers just finished watching the last episode of AMERICAN HORROR STORY--HOTEL and within minutes there was speculation about how all the AHS season fit together. This is like trying to psychoanalyze HAMLET which (as we all know) is a fruitless task.

However, I always thought there were hints at the other books in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" because that's what JK Rowling does. Se drops hints about the later books and situations all through the severn volumes.

In her book THE CUCKOO'S CALLING, the murderer is revealed in the first chapter. She's that subtle. She's done that in her later books, too. She even does it in the Cormoran Strike books under the pen name of Robert Galbraith.

Something I found on the internet:

After being married 48 years, a wife asked her husband to describe her.

He looked at her for a while, then said, "You're an alphabet wife...

"A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K."

She said, "What the hell does that mean?"

He said, “Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Fabulous,

Gorgeous, and Hot".

She smiled, happily, and said, "That's so lovely... but what about I, J, K?"

He said, "I'm Just Kidding!"

The swelling in his eye is slowly going down.

The doctor is also fairly optimistic about saving his testicles.

I must admit to having committed a "Julia Child" mistake with dinner tonight.

What can I say? I'm human.