Rabbits and chiasmus?

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Monday, 30 November 2009

Here are a couple of great cartoons about rabbits that have taken a common thought/idea/event and completely reversed it. They are almost an implied visual chiasmus which is why I am posting them on chiasmus day.




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Nald's McDo

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Saturday, 28 November 2009

I wonder if the food tastes any better.


I wonder if the food tastes any better.

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Pointless Post-it Notes - Keeping up with the Jones

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Friday, 27 November 2009



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Posts you may have missed

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Thursday, 26 November 2009

If you are not a regular here at Daily Vowel Movements then here are a bunch of posts that you may have missed.

Pointless Post-it Notes - An apple a day ...
Balloon Missiles
Wish you were here
The Wednesday Word - turdiform
Loves, Gifts and Chiasmus



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The Wednesday Word - rebarbative

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Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Today's Wednesday Word is rebarbative. It means serving or tending to irritate or repel.

Here is my quote for it:

"His long-winded stories and never ending comments had such a rebarbative effect that he often had no one to talk to at all".


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For the maths nerds

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Tuesday, 24 November 2009



Thanks to Busted Tees

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Australian idol winner 2009

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Sunday, 22 November 2009

At the start of October I predicted that Stan walker would be the winner of Australian idol. Check out my previous post here.

Despite the fact that I am tone deaf, even 8 weeks ago, it was so obvious to me that he was going to win as he made the rest of them look like washed up karaoke singers.

Congratulations Stan - well deserved



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Pointless Post-it Notes - Preaching comfort

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Friday, 20 November 2009



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Book Review: The picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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Thursday, 19 November 2009


I recently read Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. This book has now entered my highly recommended reading list for several reasons.

Firstly the story is wonderful – Dorian Gray, a young hedonistic society man gets a portrait done, but unknown to both the sitter and the painter, the picture supernaturally captures Dorian’s soul. While Dorian goes on to live the high life and suffer no external consequences, his portrait bears the marks and stains of such living. It is a simple coming of age/maturity story with a twist at the end.

Secondly, the writing is superb. There are several scenes that stand out for the beauty in prose, particularly when Dorian discovers the supernaturality (is that a word) of his picture, and another towards the end when Dorian looks on in horror at what his picture has become.

Thirdly, and perhaps my favourite reason is the wonderfully witty one liners peppered throughout the book. Here are my favourites:

  • “there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about”
  • “Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul”
  • “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.”
  • “I adore simply pleasures: they are the last refuge of the complex”
  • “Dorian is far too wise not to do foolish things now and then, my dear Basil”
  • “The basis of optimism is sheer terror.”
  • “We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities”

It is quite remarkable that this last quote is still so perfectly relevant to twenty-first century living (except blogging of course, which is totally necessary).



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The Wednesday Word - palimpsest

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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Today's Wednesday word is palimpsest. It is a manuscript on which there more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible.

Here is a quote for it by Russell Hoban:

"Language is an archaeological vehicle ... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history."

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Probably harder than you think?

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Tuesday, 17 November 2009



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Apples, Seeds and chiasmus

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Monday, 16 November 2009

I don't know anything about Robert H. Schuller but i like this quote by him:

“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.”

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Mao's second last dancer

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Saturday, 14 November 2009


I saw a great movie on DVD today - "Mao's second last dancer".

Apparently the sequel is now out at the movies and is even better, but I still enjoyed the first one.

Has anyone else seen it? what did you think?



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Pointless Post-it Notes - Rock, Scissors, Paper

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Friday, 13 November 2009



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Life's little mystery Number 836

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Thursday, 12 November 2009


The Sydney monorail that travels through the CBD, along a single track approximately 5.5 metres above the ground with no traffic or obstacles or possible obstructions, has headlights. Can anyone tell me why?



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The Wednesday Word - umfriend

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Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Today's Wednesday word is actually a phrase, that is, an 'umfriend'. I'm not sure whether it is an official word yet, but it is used to describe your boyfriend or girlfriend just before they become your boyfriend or girlfriend (also can describe an undeclared sexual partner).

Here is a quote by Julian Burnside about it:

"Hello, I would like to introduce you to Robin, my ... um ... friend."

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kant spel?

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Tuesday, 10 November 2009



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Television - what's it good for?

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Monday, 9 November 2009


"Television is like the American toaster,
you push the button and the same thing pops up every time."

"Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing.
It didn't change people's habits. It just kept them inside the house."

"Television has brought murder back into the home--where it belongs.

You may have guessed by the last quote that these are all by Alfred Hitchcock, director of such films as Psycho, Rear Window and Dial M for Murder. Hope you like them.



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More fun with perspective

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Saturday, 7 November 2009





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Pointless Post-it Notes - A real bargain?

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Friday, 6 November 2009



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The Wednesday Word - somniferous

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Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Today's Wednesday word is somniferous. It means causing or inducing sleep.

Here is my quote for it:

"His monotonous voice combined with the dry technical subject matter ensured a somniferous lecture.

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A racehorse named Akau

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Tuesday, 3 November 2009

I have posted this before, but thought it was worth posting again, given the Melbourne cup was on again.

If i were ever to own a race horse i would name it Akau. Why?

"We're coming into the home stretch, and the horses are battling for position, but wait - Akau is coming down the outside, in fact it looks like Akau might be in with a good chance. Akau is now in third place, no wait, second place. This is turning into a magnificant race, and i don't believe it but Akau has taken the lead, yes, yes, Akau, Akau, against all the odds, Akau has done it. For the first time in the history of the sport, and we may never see it happen again, but Akau has won the Melbourne cup."



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Back breaking work

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I love novelty photographs. Of course everyone does them of the leaning tower of pisa, but some of them are really creative - like this one.





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Wasting time

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Monday, 2 November 2009

Another great chiasmus:

"I have wasted time and now time is wasting me".

I heard it in a Paul Kelly song, but wondering if he made it up, or if it came from somewhere else. Does anyone know?



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