Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Paradox

PARADOX

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You save more and spend

Less - Bad Economy, the

Paradox of thrift!

II

Where does logic takeYou? 

On a long, strange journey
To a paradox.

III

Sometimes life just aint

Easy.  Good choices, but bad 

Outcomes: Paradox.

IV

My paradox is

Quite unorthodox: it has

Metaphysicians.

Sorry.  That last one is an even worse play on an old, bad chemistry joke.   It's marginally funnier (at the link) if the symbols are "MD" rather than "Doc."

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L..A. Times Crossword Puzzle Blogging

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  James Sajdak

Answer grid.

Theme:   Welcome to LA-LA Land.  Or LA-LA-LA-LA, I can't hear you.  Or maybe it's L.A. LAW.  Sometimes it's hard to come up with a theme title.  Maybe I should have saved these for when I need them, but instead you get multiple choice today.  Both words of two-word theme answers begin with the letters "LA"  Hence the LA-LA, who was also a Teletubbie.

17. Whip-cracking cowboy of old films : LASH LARUE.    I remember this guy from comic books. 

21. Ethel, to Lucy : LAND LADY.   Lucy and Dezi rented a brownstone on E. 68th St. from Fred and Ethyl Mertz, played by William Frawly and Vivian Vance, who hated each other in real life.

35. Sky blue : LAPIS LAZULI.   This is an intensely colored blue gem stone, or the ultramarine pigment extracted from it.  Also, a cloned daughter of Lazarus Long in Heinlein's epic novel, TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE.  I'm delighted to tell you my daughter is not my clone.

51. Wax-filled illumination : LAVA LAMP.   The heat generated by the lamp bulb caused thermal currents in two viscous immiscible liquids, which would flow through and around each other. Since I remember the 60's, it's clear I did not experience them.

56. Victor's chuckle : LAST LAUGH.  Indeed. He who laughs last, laughs best. 

And the unifier.  29 D . '80s-'90s legal drama, and this puzzle's title : L.A. LAW.  One more immensely popular T.V. show that I never watched. 

Hi, gang, Jazzbumpa here - your tour guide through LA-LA Land.  Let's set out and see what we can discover.

Mellow Yellow Monday

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Since I posted a picture of fresh Spring crocuses last week, we've had nothing but cold, and even snow on Friday.  Now the yellow crocuses have some purple companions. It's bright sunshine, but still cold now.   Maybe Spring will arrive, some day.

I snapped this not-particularly good shot with my phone-cam today.

Through cold sun and snow

Brave little crocuses stand,

Lucky not to croak!

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Six Word Saturday

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Granddaughter Amanda passed Cecchetti ballet exam.

Passed Grade Five - On to Six!

Great accomplishment  for one her age.

At 13, she's the youngest grade 6 student in her studio's history of over 50 years.

Couldn't fit that into six words.

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Roots

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ROOTS

My roots: in Ireland

Hungary, England, France; I'm

Such a mongrel twig.

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Mellow Yellow Monday

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Yellow Crocuses

Bringing Spring; each little blond

Clothed like Eve in leaves

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Haiku Heights - Prompt # 35 - Command

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COMMAND

Since I've been retired,

I now command no one, and

No one commands me.

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Shadow Shot Sunday

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Finicky Giraffe

Roots through the chocolate for the

Hershey's Special Dark

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Six Word Saturday

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Budding Actress Lands Roll On Stage!

Granddaughter Rebekka in The Little Princess

She is one of the pupils.

Keep an eye out for her.

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Integrity

INTEGRITY

I

Integrity is

Hard to find in the season

Of my discontent.

II

To find a code to

Live by, look deep inside,

Find your moral compass!

III

Family values:

Teach your children well, that they

Bring you pride and joy.

Update:  I read Jenn's blog post first, before writing here.  Clearly, my thoughts follow hers.  Credit where it's due!

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Haiku Heights -Prompt #34 - WINGS

WINGS

Take note of these wings:

Two lovely ladies soaring

On these wings of notes.

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Mellow Yellow Monday

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Yellow Daffodils,

The other harbinger of

Spring, in a glass jar.
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My lovely wife's fave
Flower, beside a group of 
Fresh lemon cookies.

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Sunday Music Blogging

One of the tunes we played last night.

Shadow Shot Sunday - 3/13

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Late afternoon sun

Stretches long shadow contours

On late Winter scene

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Six Word Saturday

Music last night;  






Music again tonight!

Do you think that's note worthy?

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday - HOPE

HOPE

Look to the future

Something to work (or fight) for

Plan a better fate

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Mellow Yellow Monday

Some incidental yellow here in pictures taken a few Januaries ago at the Plymouth Winter Festival.

Kellogg park was temporary home to a variety of ice sculptures.   Temps were in the upper 30's that day, and the Moose had a runny nose.

Great frozen creatures,

Denizens of an ice age,

My thaws are with you.

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Haiku Heights - Prompt 33 - COLD -- Sunday Music Blogging

My lovely wife spotted this robin atop the crab apple tree in our front yard, earlier today.

I grabbed the camera and snapped this poor quality shot through the window screen and between the blind-slats seconds before it flew away.

It's just barely visible, framed in the neighbor's window.

COLD

Harbinger of Spring

Perched on a cold, bare branch; you're

The too-early bird.

Muppets at no extra charge!

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Shadow Shot Sunday - 3/06

More mystery tracks

Treck along beside tire tracks

In the winter snow

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Six Word Saturday

Lots of Music This Coming Week

Music - six days out of seven

Sunday - Granddaughter Alexa's Irish Dance recital

Monday - Jazz Band Rehearsal

Tuesday - (silence)

Wednesday - Symphony rehearsal

Thursday - Symphony dress reheaersal

Friday - Symphony performance

Saturday - Jazz Band performance

At no extra charge (and a propos of nothing) 

A six word Haiku for You

Plump river creatures,

Vegetarians, breathers:

Hippopotami!

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Sensational Haiku Wednesday - Fantasy

FANTASY

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In your fantasy

What strange creatures do you find?

Do they have sharp fangs?

II

They walk in shadow,

Those creatures of fantasy

That thrill and delight.

III

It's a perfect place

All sunlight and happiness;

Then comes the terror  .  .  .

IV

Deepest recess of

Imagination; storehouse

Of your secret dreams

V

Image of Heaven -

Perfection here on Earth.  What

Does it hold for you?