Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

The first word spoken on the moon was "okay."
Seoul, the South Korean capital, just means "the capital" in the Korean language
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with
The "you are here" arrow on maps is called an ideo locator
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want
In English, "four" is the only digit that has the same number of letters as its value
Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States
The word "trivia" comes from the Latin "trivium" which is the place where three roads meet, a public square. People would gather and talk about all sorts of matters, most of which were trivial
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters only one row of the keyboard
"Speak of the Devil" is short for "Speak of the Devil and he shall come". It was believed that if you spoke about the Devil it would attract his attention. That's why when you're talking about someone and they show up people say "Speak of the Devil"
The word "Checkmate" in chess comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," which means, "the King is dead"
The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.
Canada is an Indian word meaning "Big Village"
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand
The most common name in the world is Mohammed
The longest non-medical word in the English language is FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION, which means "the act of estimating as worthless".
Mafia in Old Arabic means 'sanctuary.'
The longest word in the Old Testament is "Malhershalahashbaz."
Karoke means 'empty orchestra' in Japanese.
The first message tapped by Samuel Morse over his invention the telegraph was: "What hath God wrought?"
The first words spoken by over Alexander Bell over the telephone were: "Watson, please come here. I want you."
Papaphobia is the fear of Popes
The Academy Award statue is named after a librarian's uncle. One day Margaret Herrick, librarian for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made a remark that the statue looked like her Uncle Oscar, and the name stuck.
The first words spoken by Thomas Edison over the phonograph were: "Mary had a little lamb."
The three words in the English language with the letters "uu" are: vacuum, residuum and continuum.
A baby in Florida was named: Truewilllaughinglifebuckyboomermanifestdestiny. His middle name is George James
'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'
There are only four words in the English language which end in '-dous': tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
The word 'Bye' is used in both English and Spanish meaning the same thing
Pogonophobia: The fear of beards
In Chinese, the words crisis and opportunity are the same
The infinity character on the keyboard is called a "lemniscate"
Good bye came from God bye which came from God be with you. So-long came from the Arabic salaam and the Hebrew shalom
The word 'nerd' was first coined by Dr. Seuss in 'If I ran the Zoo'
before Jets, Jet lag was called Boat lag
The word "monosyllable" actually has five syllables in it
There are no words in the English language that rhyme with silver and orange
The letter "n" ends all Japanese words not ending in a vowel.
It is believed that Shakespeare was 46 around the time that the King James Version of the Bible was written. In Psalms 46, the 46th word from the first word is shake and the 46th word from the last word is spear.
'Zorro' means 'fox' in Spanish
You won’t find a "6" in Cameroon phone numbers--the native language has no sound for "x."
The only 15-letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is "uncopyrightable."

The Moods of a Woman

An angel of truth and a dream of fiction,
A woman is a bundle of contradiction,
She's afraid of a wasp, will scream at a mouse,
But will tackle a stranger alone in the house.
Sour as vinegar, sweet as a rose,
She'll kiss you one minute, then turn up her nose,
She'll win you in rage, enchant you in silk,
She'll be stronger than brandy, milder than milk,
At times she'll be vengeful, merry and sad,
She'll hate you like poison, and love you like mad.

The Moods of a Man

Hungry.
Horny.
Sleepy.

"Woman is the wrath of Zeus." -Greek proverb
Man: A creature made at the end of a week's work, when God was tired.
Feminism: The radical idea that women are people.
Women take to goodhearted men. Also from.
A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.
The trouble with men is their trouble with women.
Woman: Man, the sequel.
Women are meant to be loved, not understood.
Women like the simple things in life...men!
Women don't make fools out of a men - they only direct the performance.
A woman is a two edged sword...driven through you!
Thieves demand your money or your life...women want both.
If you want your wife to listen, talk to another woman.
The best way to drive your wife crazy is to smile in your sleep.
30 is a good age for a woman - especially if she's 40.
Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs.
Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.
A wife lasts as long as a marriage. An ex-wife is forever.
If logic prevailed, men would ride sidesaddle.
When God made man, She was joking.
TV Truth: Drinking beer attracts beautiful females.
Thank heaven for little girls. We know who to thank for boys.
Men don't care what's on TV. They only care what else is on TV.
God made Man first, then made Woman after he did some improvements.
Marriages are made in heaven. So are thunder & lightning.
Behind every great man, there is a woman he is running from.
Even if you understood women, you'd never believe it!
Never argue with a woman when she's tired or rested.
A fate worse than death is to be married alive.
A woman stops telling her age when it starts telling on her.
Hell hath no fury like the lawyer of a woman scorned.
"Men play the game; women know the score." -Roger Woddis
There are two ways to handle women, and I don't know either.
Men are what their mothers made them.
Men...can't live with them, can't keep 'em in the trunk.
Men growing up are rewarded socially for eating a lot.
Feminine of word "manager": assistant manager.

I had a busy evening last night.

After spending an eternity on the phone speaking to my mum I went to the Bonfire Night barbecue as planned. Stayed there for a couple of hours and then popped up the road to my friend's house. Found he wasn't at home, but his 'friend' who's been staying with him for the last four months and well and truly outstayed his welcome, was.

It seems that Mick has finally persuaded Andy to leave (although he's said that before) - anyhow; Andy, in a rather sheepish voice asked if I'd got a spare room at my place. In a firm, but polite way I told him there was no way he would be staying with me...I need my own space.

So, it was plan 'B' I suppose - he asked if he could store some stuff for a while until he sorts himself out. I was okay about this (I've got an empty attic bedroom where any junk will be well out of the way) and so he called for a taxi to take the two of us and his baggage back to my house.

After we'd unloaded everything, he returned back to my friend's house in the taxi - it was the only way it was going to be.