Neufer: Now a year older... (and still star stuff)

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:48 am

The Owl and the Neufer went to walk
In For a beautiful sea green coat talk,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the Rosette above,
And sang to a small white star,
'O birthday Neufer! O Neufer my dear dove,
What a birthday Neufer you are,
You are,
You are!
What a birthday Neufer you are!'

Neufer said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sour you sing!
O let us go biking! too long we've been hiking:
But what shall we do for some bling?'
They hiked away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bard-tree grows
And there in a wood a Stratfordian stood
With some bling at the end of his toes,
His toes,
His toes,
With some bling at the end of his toes.

'Dear sir, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your bling?' Said the Stratford, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and went biking next day
With the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mints, and mousies with splints,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And wing in paw, on the edge of the law,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:34 pm

: A heart-shaped crater in the Galilae region on the Moon. Credit: ASA/GSFC/Arizona State University; 3-D by Nathanial Burton-Bradford.

owlice wrote:
'Dear sir, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your bling?' Said the Stratford, 'I will.'
So they took it away, and went biking next day
With the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mints, and mousies with splints,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And wing in paw, on the edge of the law,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:51 pm

Happy Birthday, Art!

And Happy Valentine's Day, everybody!

Happy cosmic Valentine’s Day!
Discover Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2011 Feb 14

Over the past few years, I’ve had some fun looking for heart-shaped astronomical objects for Valentine’s Day. I found some good new ones this year, so I figured, why not put them all together in a gallery? So here’s your annual dose of cosmic cardioids! Click a thumbnail to get a bigger picture and more info, click the big pictures to go to my original blog posts about the pictures, and scroll through the gallery using the left and right arrows.

The Moon Loves You
Universe Today | 2011 Feb 14

Happy Valentine's Day from Mars
NASA JPL-Caltech | 2011 Feb 14

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 4:47 pm

{NEUFER} Star? - Maybe. Full of Stuff - YES!!

What can you say to someone who's Quoted practically everything? Only this - " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:37 pm

Happy birthday Art!

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:01 am

Today is Art's Birthday!!

Happy birthday, Art!

'Tis the song of the Neufer: I heard that he swears
"You have baked me too long! I must lemon my hairs."
As a cat with her hen's teeth, so he with his hands
Coats his beard and his eyebrows, and turns as he stands.
When the skies are all dark, he is pleased as can be,
And will stare to the heavens to see what's to see;
And when the sun rises and Owls aren't around,
His song makes a strong and tremendously loud sound.

He spied in the garden as he walked passed the house
That the Owl and the Panther were sharing a mouse:
The Panther took tummy, and eyeballs, and feet,
While the Owl had the ears as her share of the treat.
When the mouse was all finished, the Owl had a go,
At the Wii bowling game, but then came to great woe
When the Panther smacked lips, and with a soft growl,
He concluded the banquet by ...

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 12:05 pm

Happy Valentine's Day Birthday, Art!

And thanks for the great poems, owlice!

Ann

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:41 pm

Wishing you many more Art!

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neufer · Post by **neufer** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 3:19 pm

Thanks to all.

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 4:23 pm

That's the thing about Great Art. It always seems to be 'somewhere', forever.

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:38 am

In the Asterisk world it was Neufer 'twas told
"Take sceptre in hand, have a hat ward off cold!
Let the Starship creatures, however they coo,
Come dine with bystander, the Owlice, and you!"

Please fill up the glasses as quick as you can,
And sprinkle the table with mousies and bran;
Put cats in the coffee, and stars in the heaven--
And welcome dear Neufer, who is sixty and seven!

"O thread-building creatures," said Neufer, "draw swords!
'Tis a lark to engage here, upon forum boards,
'Tis a madness indeed to have white wine and beer
For dunking fair Gecko by holding her ear!"

I've filled up the stanzas with nonsense and verse,
Which started off bad and then went to worse:
Mixed -phor with the meta-, and -day with a birth-
To wish happiest day to the Neufer on earth!

Once again, my deepest apologies to Dodgson.

Moonlady · Post by **Moonlady** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 7:53 am

Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuu,
Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuuu,
Happy Birthday dear Neufer,
Happy Birth day to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Iyiki dogdun Neufer,
Iyiki dogdun Neufeeeeeeeeeeeeer,
Iyiki dogdun Neufeee-eeer.
Iyiki dogdun Neufer!

Aaalles Guteeee zum Geburtstag,
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag,
Aaalles Gute lieber Neufer,
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

emc · Post by **emc** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:11 pm

Happy Birthday Sir Art!
And many happy returns!

Boy, Owlice shur is full of it today!
Happy Valentine’s Day Owlice… you are an inspiring and entertaining poet!

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:20 pm

Have a great day Art!

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:24 pm

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:54 pm

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:24 pm

Much appreciated, all

Scoop

What, Me Worry

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:41 pm

I'm late to the party, but...

Have a red rose from a happily blue person!

Hey, that's like a blue starforming galaxy with a ginormous red emission nebula!

Ann

emc · Post by **emc** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:35 pm

neufer wrote: Scoop

What, Me Worry

what can one expect, you're always on a tear

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:57 pm

Here's a random bird with a silly caption which I did not write for you. Happy Val..birthentine...day.

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:53 pm

Is it really that time again? Happy Birthday, ya old codger.

Here is a delicious-looking cup of hot cocoa because it is sorely needed this year. There might be some pisco sour off to the side somewhere.

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:42 pm

I hope owlice was right with the 67 last year.

Two four sixtyeight,
Who do we appreciate?
Neufer Neufer,
He's Super-du-fer

Ron-Astro Pharmacist · Post by **Ron-Astro Pharmacist** » Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:49 pm

It's worth repeating - "Art's" the "Star" of the show!! Thanks & Happy Birthday!!

orin stepanek · Post by **orin stepanek** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 12:15 pm

Hope you had a happy Vday and a happy Bday!

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:42 pm

Thanks all!

68 = [17]th earl of o[x 4]d

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68_%28number%29 wrote:
<<A 68-sided regular polygon may be constructed with compass & straightedge.

68 is the largest known number to be the sum of two primes in exactly two different ways: 68 = 7 + 61 = 31 + 37.
All higher even numbers that have been checked are the sum of three or more pairs of primes; the conjecture that 68 is the largest number with this property is closely related to the Goldbach conjecture and like it remains unproven.

In the restaurant industry, 68 may be used as a code meaning "put back on the menu",
being the opposite of 86 which means "remove from the menu".>>

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