An Explanatory Note

An explanatory note

Higgeldy, piggeldy

Catherine of Russia, was

Up to no good again,

Flown from her bed

To stables in search of

Equine-imious pleasure.

Delivered by men?

Neigh: thoroughbred.

Writer's block

I'd like to remove my large writer's block;

I've used every method I knew.

I've had better luck passing kidney stones

When I pushed 'till my face turned all blue.

I've let it run under hot water,

I've covered it in Vaseline,

I've tried some lube left by my roommate,

And the strange shower slime that turned green.

A breif history on the development of socialist communities within the democratic state of Israel

Before presenting the limerick, some background knowledge might be necessary:

Chalutz or Halutz - Hebrew: חָלוּץ‎‎, pl. halutzim), Hebrew for a pioneer. It may refer to early Jewish immigrants to Palestine, including Hovevei Zion and Bilu during the First Aliyah, which generally pre-date the founding of Zionism. 

Source: Wikipedia

Kibbutz -  noun, plural kib·but·zim [-boot-seem] 

(in Israel) a community settlement, usually agricultural,organized under collectivist principles*.

Source: Dictionary.com

* collectivist principles, meaning (basically) that everything was shared by all the kibbutz members. This ranged from the profit made by their crops, to dish duty, to living quarters, and even to child-rearing. As interesting as this may sound in theory, it was much more difficult in practice, and most current kibbutzim have become less strict about sharing absolutely everything, while remaining true to the original ideals.

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With that in mind, please proceed to the following poem (all that buildup is going to kill the limerick, so for my sake, please set your expectations to "low and terrible")

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Back in the day a Chalutz Decided to join a Kibbutz. He was unaware Among what they share Was a rash that they passed knockin' boots.

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Also, in case I haven't already explained this limerick to death, "knocking boots" is a euphemism for sex. Apparently this is not common knowledge. 

Horsing around

Welcome back: ready, willing and able Your rhymes all pent up in the stable

With which Catherine the Great

I hope won’t try to mate

(Or was that just the stuff of sex fable?)

Today on the National Weather Service’s website.

There's a... fly on a bump on a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea!

A Bacterium on a Diatom on an Amphipod

I see a lot of science stuff, and it’s pretty hard to get me to say “wow” … Just kidding, I say it all the time!

Definitely said it when I saw this wonderful representation of the scale differences between the domains of life. In one picture! Just remember, there’s about a trillion of those little bacteria on and in you all the time, just that tiny.