Thursday, April 20th, 2023 - TrickJarrett.com: Semper Ad Meliora

Doing my part

I'm doing my part in the growth of the AI takeover. Glad to see my words are somewhere inside those brains. Here's hoping they're good words and none of the stupid ones from over the years.

4/20/2023 12:12 am |

| Tags: machine learning, artificial intelligence

Gezellig

This week's Ted Lasso episode has brought this word to my attention, and this page delves into it wonderfully. The page cites Wikipedia with:

"A perfect example of untranslatability is seen in the Dutch language through the word gezellig, which does not have an English equivalent. Literally, it means cozy, quaint, or nice, but can also connote time spent with loved ones, seeing a friend after a long absence, or general togetherness."

4/20/2023 11:32 am |

| Tags: linguistics, dutch, ted lasso

David Bowie answers Proust's survey

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Reading.

What is your most marked characteristic?

Getting a word in edgewise.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Discovering morning.

What is your greatest fear?

Converting kilometers to miles.

What historical figure do you most identify with?

Santa Claus.

Which living person do you most admire?

Elvis.

Who are your heroes in real life?

The consumer.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

While in New York, tolerance. Outside New York, intolerance.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Talent.

What is your favorite journey?

The road of artistic excess.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Sympathy and originality.

Which word or phrases do you most overuse?

“Chthonic,” “miasma.”

What is your greatest regret?

That I never wore bellbottoms.

What is your current state of mind?

Pregnant.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?

My fear of them (wife and son excluded).

What is your most treasured possession?

A photograph held together by cellophane tape of Little Richard that I bought in 1958, and a pressed and dried chrysanthemum picked on my honeymoon in Kyoto.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Living in fear.

Where would you like to live?

Northeast Bali or south Java.

What is your favorite occupation?

Squishing paint on a senseless canvas.

What is the quality you most like in a man?

The ability to return books.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?

The ability to burp on command.

What are your favorite names?

Sears & Roebuck.

What is your motto?

“What” is my motto.