Lymeric for Nick

Hannah Roorda writes:

There was a young fellow named Nick
Whose brain was incredibly quick.
His tact was alarming,
He was terribly charming,
And he even was kind to this hick!

Happy birthday, Nick!

Posted at 7:03 pm EST on the 5th of February 2008 by H. G. Roorda.

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  1. Anonymous says on February 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Happy birthday, Nick! I’m actually quite impressed with this blog. Good poem, Han!

  2. Galadriel says on February 10th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

    Happy birthday, old chap!
    (I already told you, I know, but it pains my soul to see the thing saying “1 comments”.)

  3. John R. Ahern says on February 15th, 2008 at 3:24 am

    Interesting how the incessant repetition in the Spider gives this image of outbursts of struggle from the fly so that the spider has to calm him and repeat himself.

    I can’t really imagine that this is what’s behind a natural struggle between two organisms. I see applications to Nietzsche, maybe. But *I* can only see it as metaphorical…. Whereas you, on the other hand, may have wanted ramifications as far as Darwin? :P

  4. Anonymous says on February 19th, 2008 at 5:05 am

    John, you’re a blockhead.

  5. Mark The Great says on February 19th, 2008 at 5:30 am

    You are using the weaker form of the argument. There’s a much better form of anselm’s argument.

    P1: A being or thing must fall into one of three categories: Logically necessary, Logically possible, or Logically impossible.

    P2: Our conception of the Greatest Conceivable Being tells us that God cannot be only Logically possible (contingent on another being).

    P3: God is, as far as we know, not a Logically Impossible idea or being.
    Therefore, God is Logically Necessary and exists.

  6. Cosmo says on February 21st, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    Dude. I know nothing but what I saw on the PBS special with Brian Greene, but I’ve gotta say, String Theory is pretty wicked.