Algot @Algot@mastodon.art

FOLLOWERS

Thank you for linking.
So you know what I'm thinking.
It's coffee I'm drinking.
From hard work, I'm shrinking.

Tomorrow's a dream.
So for today, I'll scheme.
Filling out a paperless ream,
With no solid, fixed theme.

It's about using words, of course, but, while an occasional favorite or boost happens, there's little engagement.

A two-part Challenge Proposal:

A) Post a toot using the word in any way, sentence, story, analysis, rhyme...

B) Doodlers and Artists, use the word as the subject of a #SketchChallenge

Get in on the fun of words and visual imagination.

Start today?

Remember to use the #WordOfTheDay hashtag, of course.

Thanks to anyone who decides to follow this account.

I have a habit of responding to all who do so, but this is a second account, and I may mess up when trying to determine who is a new follower and who is "also" following after connecting by way of my mastodon.cloud account.

It is not my intent to litter myself all over the fediverse. I will see how things go. I've made connections with several others on mastodon.art and think I'll feel at home here while NOT restricting my toots to artistic attempts. It looks like the instance won't generally mind.

Words have art in them, too.

Good luck to all of us.

Strength to the fediverse through the efforts of individuals.

The sun shines down on our planet, taking no notice of our condition.

We, in the meantime, squander its energy, too often grasping just for self, well after we have garnered a surplus.

Then we select, pick and choose, offering our "largesse" to some...always with strings so things cannot go to far. Aren't we swell, sharing and all.

We come to think we deserve our place.

The sun still shines. The universe takes no notice of us...at all.

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trifle

/ˈtrʌɪf(ə)l/
noun
1 A thing of little value or importance.
1.1 in singular A small amount of something.
2 British A cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream.

verb
trifle with - Treat without seriousness or respect.

Origin
The verb derives from Old French truffler ‘mock, deceive’.

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Let us not just trifle with today's word.

Wait! Why not?

We can always do "serious" tomorrow.

@ghost_bird

Thanks for the connection.

Welcome from a time zone which still has sunshine when yours has gone dark.

I hope the sun shines when you need it to and that you have mechanisms to brighten most of your dark times.

Have fun.
Be creative.
Be safe.

If some home improvement companies make outlandish claims...

...do others make inlandish claims?

Being "spaced out" didn't use to be a recommended behavior.

Every day provides me the opportunity to thank you all for being part of the stream flowing by on the social media stream.

Today, I remembered to mention it.

#Clipart

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odometric

/ˌəʊdə(ʊ)ˈmɛtrɪk/
adjective
Of or relating to an odometer; especially designating or relating to measurements made using an odometer.

Origin
Late 19th century. From odometer + -ic see -metric.

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There's no need to be rash
Or take the chance to crash
The odometer in the dash
Works fine at slow speeds, too.

Business Card:

"My business is none of your business!"

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cognition

/kɒɡˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
mass noun

The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

Origin
Late Middle English from Latin cognitio(-), from cognoscere ‘get to know’.

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The voyage to cognition
Begins with sparked ignition
And with routine repetition
Becomes life's long condition,
You continue without attrition
Till you do complete the mission.

#SmallPoems

*Deliberate Delay*

Rushing headlong ahead
Anticipating with dread
It can sometimes be better
To scrub and delay, instead.

#SmallPoems

(NASA and SpaceX move launch to next window.)

@ysris

Bonjour!

Merci de me suivre.

Je peux lire français un peu, mais j'ecris comme un eleve.

I cannot claim to be a coder, but am always open to learning more.

Have fun.
Be creative.
Be safe.

*Bug Season*

Bugs fly into my face
They seem to now be every place.
I do not take it with much grace.
Rather they'd leave me alone apace.

Yet way, way up above
I see the swallows swoop with love,
To grab a bug or ten, a trove!
I'll shoo my bugs, wear gloves.

Chasing convenience, my sons
With sprays and creepy poisons
Is a scheme to deploy guns
Against how the world runs.

#SmallPoems

(Thanks for the inspiration @dogtrax )

jangle

/ˈjaNGɡəl/ /ˈdʒæŋɡəl/
verb
1 Make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one.
1.1 with object (with reference to nerves) set on edge.
noun
in singular
A ringing metallic sound.

Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘talk excessively or noisily, squabble’): from Old French jangler, of unknown origin.

#WordOfTheDay

After all was said and done, Wile E. Coyote was left with only a persistent jangling in his ears as the road runner, once again, ran off.

"Missing Your Touch" by Acoustic Alchemy

#AmListening

@scottwi

Thanks for connecting.
I hope you will settle in here. The "fediverse" has shown itself to be a friendly place.

I hope you will move ahead with expanding your profile. I like to know those who have connected.
A nice #Introduction post is a good idea, too. You can pin it so it will show first when somebody clicks your user name.

Have fun.
Be creative.
Be safe.

Napus Interruptus

Flat tire in the middle of the night.
An appointment was needed
At every tire shop in sight.
So, until that time I proceeded
To catch up with the sleep I'd missed.
And now I think you get the gist.

#SmallPoems
#SmallStories