All that fall

Basketball: then, toed by foetid teens, fall
—From Bill Knott's "Vague Consoles"

Table-talk of Parkus Grammaticus for May 1, 2008

Dizzyhead Bill fires the first shot in the Falindromes contest—make that the first three shots!

"I am a bad hobo" — Obama I

Wow, Live DJ! Yes, & Jersey Devil! Wow!

"U.S. food delish!" lied doofus.

(The Oulipo, by the way, had a term for writing that appears to have a constraint, but doesn't: a clinamen.)

II. Doesn't this word seems like it should be anagrammable into something else?

g’neeza, "a burial plot for damaged Torahs, prayer books or other papers containing God’s name"

(In James Barron's piece "From Auschwitz, a Torah as Strong as Its Spirit," NYT)

III. Would love to see "the Tennessee fainting goat, which keels over when startled..." —NYT

The Shorter Table-Talk of Parkus Grammaticus for April 30, 2008

I. The "weather corner" (is that the technical term?) of yesterday's NYT said today would have "puffy clouds."

II. Nice new U.K. notices for Personal Days! (Elle calls it the "Read of the Month"!) Why not pre-order a copy?

III. Let's have a Falindrome contest!

Some candy talking

I.
From the NYT: "The deal...brings together two companies with many similarities and a complementary portfolio of products, with Mars focusing on chocolate and Wrigley, chewing gum. Both companies have strong roots in Chicago (Mars later moved to Virginia) and remain closely aligned with the families that bear their names."

Dzyd trivia: Which 1934 novel begins with a Chicago confectioner returning to town after a flavor-finding mission?

II.
Got any Falindromes? (The editors at Ought would have loved these.)

(Via Dzyd Ed.)