Sunday, December 30, 2007

mewwy xmas~


for those who are edgy abt the 'x' in x'mas, it's not really a Latin X |eks|, but a Greek X or 'Chi' |kai|. in Greek, Christ is spelt Χριστός (Christós), which literally means "The Anointed One", which also means X is a legitimate shortening of Christ in Greek, rather than merely "reducing our Lord to a diminutive x". this usage of Chi is also seen in the Chrismon and Labarum, or "Chi-Rho" symbol (), often found on liturgical vestments and altar frontals.




... but on to the main show! mewwy xmas!

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

reason for the reasons

i like looking at the essence of things.
i despise fixation with forms.

however.

the reasons i employ seem to be for convincing others.
myself, on the other hand, seem less convinced of them.

do i merely reason to throw others off?
do i use reason for their shock value?
am i employing reason or hypocrisy?
do i believe or do i simply lie?

dear Lord...
i need you to be the reason for my reasons
- nothing less would do.

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

free rice!

ever fancied an expropriation of sesquipedelian locution for the emancipation of the profligate penurious? (i.e. play vocab to feed the poor!)

it really sounds too good to be true... but some nouveau entrepreneur with a heart of gold, thought more for the "least of Christ's brothers" (Mt 25:40) and spawned this amazing little self-running donation.

still not a believer?

me too. and if there's anything on the net which i suspect to be a scam, i trust Snopes.com to talk about it. and they did! the article says it all. for the Wikipedia fans, yup, there's a little article there too. or perhaps you'd rather take a look at what GoogleNews can find.

still skeptical?

well, all it takes is a few clicks to test your own vocabulary (the site donates 20 grains of rice per correct answer) so why not just take a look? use a public computer to test it if you're fearful of hackers - nothing's gonna happen anyway.

http://freerice.com/

or start by checking out their FAQ.
geez, you could really do with less skepticism sometimes.

now go buff up your vocab!