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An index of marvellous realism—Wild and Dangerous Deeds—has been composed by the son of Cheryl Bernstein.  Its original context was things not done at home, but it impressed me as well as suitably general guidelines for behaviour not appropriate in the workplace.  Do see the original entry for a detailed transcription.

O wild and dangerous deeds:
On a dull working day
I you would do,
(save #20, eating a poo).

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It’s still a while until suffrage day here, but my international students and I have been looking at industrial modernity in nineteenth-century England, which includes a consideration of the suffragettes.

Combine this with the Sex and the City marathon that runs Sunday-wise on Comedy Central, and Ms. Beaton’s comic amused me considerably as a result.

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A found poem from BabyCenter.com.

Your baby … is about the size of a poppy seed
Your baby has grown to the size of a sesame seed
Your baby is as long as a lentil
Your baby … is as big as a blueberry
Your baby [is] now comparable to the size of a kidney bean
Your baby has grown to the size of a grape
Your baby [is] now barely the size of a kumquat
Your baby is now about as big as a fig

Your baby is … the size of a lime
Your baby has reached the size of a medium shrimp
Your baby [is] now as long as a lemon
Your baby has grown to the size of an apple
Your baby measures up to an avocado
Your baby weighs … about as much as a turnip
Your baby is as big as a bell pepper
Your baby equals a large heirloom tomato in size

Your baby has grown as big as a banana
Your baby [is] currently the length of a carrot
Your baby has stretched to the size of a spaghetti squash
Your baby weighs about as much as a large mango
Your baby has caught up with an ear of corn in size
Your baby rivals the average rutabaga in weight
Your baby is as tall as an English hothouse cucumber
Your baby is as hefty as a head of cauliflower

Your baby is equal in weight to a Chinese cabbage
Your baby is as big as a butternut squash
Your baby rivals a good-size cabbage in weight
Your baby now weighs as much as four navel oranges
Your baby … weighs as much as a large jicama
Your baby is proportioned like a pineapple
Your baby has bulked up like the average cantaloupe
Your baby [is] now as hefty as a honeydew melon

Your baby … is comparable to a crenshaw melon in size
Your baby is as lofty as a stalk of Swiss chard
Your baby [is] now as long as a leek
Your baby matches up to a mini-watermelon
Your baby is … around the size of a pumpkin

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