Posts Tagged Language
Geek Blog – What Teachers Make
Posted by Snowy in Geek Blog, GeekWife Blog, Poetry, Video on October 21st, 2011
GeekWife is wrapping up her “Week alone with the class” portion of her student teaching. I’m very proud of her; she’s only told me of a couple of students who ended up crying. All kidding aside, she puts in a lot of work in the off hours to finish her college education and earn her teaching certificate and I’m frankly amazed at her perseverance. A co-worker sent me a link to this video and I thought it would be great to share. You might recognize him from his performance of “Speak with Authority.”
Taylor Mali has many great poetic performances and would have been my favorite English Teacher!
To the GeekWife: I love you, you’re doing great!
-SnowytheGeek [via YT]
365 Challenge – Day 023
“Get over here!” just doesn’t do this image justice.
"Come here!"
Whenever I get fancy bookends, I struggle to decide what goes between them. Do I take the Sword of Truth series from the shelf? The Star Trek hardcovers? Shannara? Deathstalker? Graphic novels or RPG manuals? The list goes on. I figure my Tolkien collection deserves a special spot, but why stop with just one copy? You can tell I love these works by the state of the books. In that stack shown above, are the paperbacks my father handed down to me when I was just eight – I’ve read them every summer since. The only ones missing are my collection of Tolkien’s letters and his translation of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” – which is on a different shelf, dedicated to medieval poetry.
I’ll admit, I have yet to read “The Return of the Shadow” or “The Treason of Isengard” — the summer is young yet.
-SnowytheGeek
*Bonus points if you identified the Lego minifig as Raistlin Majere, after he switched to the black.
Our Story
It has been a long while since I’ve posted poetry; one of the top reasons for building this blog. Today; however, is a special occasion that warrants a new post of a new poem. The GeekWife and I are celebrating 5 years of wedded bliss. Here’s the story of Us.
Our Story
Many years past
Another held my heart;
Freely given, I was a fool
Left behind with emptiness,
A hole in my soul I couldn’t seal.
Confused and retreated, I remained alone.
In the empty black, a small pinpoint appeared,
You, my heroine arrived at the barrier I’d built.
You fought, you pushed and made your way in.
Your heart was a beacon that cut through the darkness.
Rather than follow my folly,
You acted wisely and thoughtfully.
You shared your heart with me,
Joined me in partnership,
as a friend
as a mate
as a wife
For your simple act of kindness,
I will be forever thankful
Each embrace,
moment,
tender touch,
Is eternally etched in my mind.
I love you!
-SnowytheGeek
Geek Blog – Math Geek Love Equation
This is for the GeekWife; I’ve been on the road from work for quite some time and now that I’m back, want to show her a token of appreciation. She’s a bit of Math Geek, and she loved the Harold and Kumar Root 3 Poem, so here goes:
-SnowytheGeek [via GJ]
Trailer Tuesday – .NET vs JAVA
I don’t think this is real, but it sure is funny.
Thank you YT user BlueBassBRV.
The epic battle wages on….
-SnowytheGeek [via GaS]
Geek Blog – Vader Gives Poor Directions
Geek Blog – Mega Man Alphabet
My good friend, James posted this to my Facebook wall yesterday. The video will be on the Little Geek’s iPod as soon as I get home from the office. Poor Roll, stuck with the broom.
Geek Blog – Middle English Rap
We’ve seen Shatner rap Shakespeare, and Klenginem rap in Klingon; this video takes it. The cake, that is. Red Yak produced the video (read the story here) and posted it under the YouTube user name veryredyak. The rhythm of Middle English really lends itself to a hip-hop medium, and Chaucer’s epic Canturbury Tales is poetic, hence the rhyming aspect. For my Word Origins/Linguistics course (medieval literature major) in college, part of my final was memorizing, and reciting (properly, which these guys to wonderfully) the General Prologue from the Tales.
Enjoy the video. There will be a direct translation after the jump.