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October 15, 2008

Just When You Thought You Knew It All

Worm Grunting mystery solved! "The vibrations mimic the movements of a hungry mole, the earthworm's arch nemesis." Zooillogix : Of Moles and Men (and worms)
Just so wrong on so many levels: How to give pleasure to a killer whale.
Get more girls. Stand Like An Alpha It's a classical pose called contrapposto.
In New old left right Ilkka asks, "Can anybody name even one "left-liberal" idea or policy that has more support in the working class group? I can't think of any at least right now, even though logically there should be something. Can you?"
The fatwa that made Salman Rushdie and may have cured the Ailing Book Industry

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While I think the guy is right about the contrapposto stance, to a certain extent, I wonder about his experience with women. I'm pretty sure I didn't come pre-wired with an electric ham...

Posted by: Julie at October 15, 2008 12:38 PM

I love that pose. The Cape Cod summer league inspired my use of 'contrapposto' in the following snippet of my poem, The Boys of Summmer.

. . .

When baseball players pose
like gods in flannel stripes
and stand in contrapposto
waiting for the strike that splits
the sultry air,

I’ve seen

the flesh and bone beneath the stone
and golden hair for laurel wreaths
above the chiseled jaws and gleaming teeth.
I’ve watched the girl who
rubs the pitcher’s naked arm
With ointment
as he sits with knees apart,
the muscled god of summer,
the god of summer hearts.

Posted by: Cathy at October 15, 2008 8:53 PM