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. . . SENATE (THE U.S.) see "POLITICS" for related links Additional public domain photographs courtesy of: http://justinsomnia.org/gallery/main.php "Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?" "No, I look at the senators and pray for the country." --Edward Everett Hale (1822—1909) American clergyman, writer, and chaplain of the Senate.  . . see "AGE" for related links Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon." Said the old man, "I do that too." The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants." "I do that too," laughed the old man." Said the little boy, "I often cry." The old man nodded, "So do I." "But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems Grown-ups don't pay attention to me." And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand. "I know what you mean," said the old man. --Shel Silverstein (1930—1999) Ameican poet and songwriter.  SENSE OF HUMOR . . see "HUMOR" for related links Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. --George Bernard Shaw (1856—1950) Irish comic dramatist, literary critic, Socialist propagandist, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 [he didn't accept it.] A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life. --Hugh Sidey (1927—2005) American journalist. Contributing editor, "Time" (magazine). . . see: "THE BODY" I who am blind can give one hint to those who see — one admonition to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can be applied to the other senses. Hear the music of voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Make the most of every sense. --Helen Keller (1880—1968) American author and educator who was blind and deaf. - "For Family Survival, Penguins Play a Game Of 'Name That Tune'" September 9, 2005 By Sharon Begley _The Wall Street Journal_ [ . . . ] Penguins may look pretty much alike even to other penguins, but they don't sound alike. To generate their unique calls, scientists have discovered, the birds use two voice boxes. That lets them emit different calls simultaneously, modulating frequency, amplitude and beat, write Thierry Aubin of the Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, and Pierre Jouventin of the Center for Functional Ecology and Evolution, Montpellier, France. The interaction of two frequencies generates beats that penetrate solid objects such as, oh, huddled penguin bodies as dense as 10 birds per square meter. In addition, the system creates a huge variety of "vocal signatures." Adults emit highly individual calls of four to eight syllables. A chick, which memorizes dad's call during the five weeks it spends sitting atop his feet, plays a life-or-death game of "name that tune," identifying him as he waddles through the colony like a bowling pin with feet and calls at regular intervals. Playing recorded calls for king penguin chicks, Prof. Aubin and Prof. Jouventin find that even a syllable or two is enough for most hatchlings to recognize mom or dad (though they usually wait for at least four before leaving the crèche, apparently wanting to be sure). From acoustics alone, the chicks should not be able to distinguish their parents' call from more than about 25 feet, beyond which the signal-to-noise ratio drops below 1. Yet, just like humans in the din of a cocktail party, they can pick out their partner's voice across the room (especially if the voice says something like, "Wow, you look terrific; have you been working out?"). Penguins can recognize a mate's or parent's call despite background noise and acoustic jamming by other calls. "Chicks have an exceptional capacity to discriminate the correct call from extraneous calls," conclude the scientists. Adult penguins even factor in wind conditions. In blustery weather, they increase their call's length and number of syllables, so that at 25 mph both are double what they were at 18 mph. This increases the signal-to-noise ratio, leading Prof. Aubin and Prof. Jouventin to conclude, only half in jest, that the birds "apply the mathematical theory of communication" to adjust their calls to prevailing conditions. [ . . . ] ----- aesthete [ES-theet], noun: One having or affecting great sensitivity to beauty, as in art or nature. ageusia (noun) [ê-'gu-see-yê] Loss of the sense of taste, gustatory anesthesia, specifically, the loss of the ability to distinguish sweet, sour, bitter, or salty (the only tastes the human palate recognizes) dulcet (adj.) ['dêl-set] Pleasingly sweet to the ear, soothingly musical, most closely associated with sounds, such as those of the dulcimer, a word based on the same root. fetor [FEE-tuhr; FEE-tor], noun: A strong, offensive smell; stench. olfaction (noun) 1: The faculty of perceiving odors; sense of smell. Syn.: smell , scent 2: The action or process of perceiving odors; smelling. palate (noun) 1: The roof of the mouth, which separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity and consists of a bony front section and a soft muscular back section. 2: The sense of taste, or precision of discrimination between tastes. redolent (adj.) Permeated by or giving off a strong, usu. pleasant, odor. sapid (adj.) 1: Having taste or flavor, esp. an agreeable taste. 2: Pleasing to the mind; interesting. Related: savory sentient [SEN-shee-uhnt], adjective: 1. Capable of perceiving by the senses; conscious. 2. Experiencing sensation or feeling. sonorous [suh-NOR-uhs; SAH-nuh-rus], adjective: 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, "sonorous metals." 2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, "a sonorous voice." tactile (adj.) 1: Of, having, or pertaining to the sense of touch. 2: Capable of being perceived through touch voluptuary (noun) [vê-'lêp-tyu-er-i or -chu-er-i] Someone given to sensuous pleasure, indulgence in luxury, or the gratification of the senses; a hedonist, sensualist, or sybarite. . . One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. --Samuel Butler (1835—1902) English novelist, essayist, and critic. In Robert Andrews _The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations_, p. 156 [1987]. We hardly find any persons of good sense save those who agree with us. --François de La Rochefoucauld (1613—1680) French classical author. . . see: "HYPOCRISY" Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority. --Alfred Adler (1870—1937) Austrian psychologist. The tears that are shed for fictitious sorrow are admirably adapted to make us proud of all the virtues which we do not possess. --Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712—1778) French philosopher and novelist. In Mary Wollstonecraft _A Vindication of the Rights of Men_ [1790]. DONALBAIN: To show an unfelt sorrow is an office Which the false man does easy. --William Shakespeare (1564—1616) English dramatist. _Macbeth_ [1606] ----- maudlin [MAWD-lin], adjective: Tearfully or excessively sentimental. . . see "TIME" for related links - Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain was yellow. Try to remember the kind of September you were a tender and callow fellow. Try to remember and if you remember, then follow, (echo) follow, follow, follow, follow follow, follow, follow, follow. Try to remember when life was so tender that no one wept except the willow. Try to remember when life was so tender that dreams were kept beside your pillow. Try to remember when life was so tender that love was an ember about to billow. Try to remember and if you remember, then follow, (echo) follow, follow, follow, follow follow, follow, follow, follow. Deep in December it's nice to remember it's nice to remember altho' you know the snow will follow. Deep in December it's nice to remember it's nice to remember without a hurt the heart is hollow. Deep in December it's nice to remember it's nice to remember the fire of September that made us mellow. Try to remember and if you remember, then follow, (echo) follow, follow, follow, follow follow, follow, follow, follow. --"Try To Remember", (song) Music by Harvey Schmidt, book and lyrics by Tom Jones ;void(0)) SERENITY . . see "HAPPINESS" for related links - God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. --Reinhold Neibuhr (1892—1971) American theologian. "The Serenity Prayer" [1926] - . . If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. --Herodotus (484—c.425 BC) Greek author of the first great narrative history produced in the ancient world. _The Histories of Herodotus_ bk. II, ch. 173 I have observed that in comedies the best actor plays the droll, while some scrub rogue is made the fine gentleman or hero. Thus it is in the farce of life. Wise men spend their time in mirth; it is only fools who are serious. --Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678—1751) English politician and philosopher. People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. --Agnes Repplier (1855—1950) American author. _In Pursuit of Laughter_ [1936] Seriousness [is] the only refuge of the shallow. --Oscar Wilde (1854—1900) Anglo-Irish dramatist and poet. _The Rout of the R[oyal] A[cademy]_ [1887] ----- flippant [FLIP-uhnt], adjective: Lacking proper seriousness or respect; showing inappropriate levity; pert. Ex.: The conversations had grown more adult over the years--she was less flippant, at least. --Sylvia Brownrigg, _The Metaphysical Touch_ gravitas (noun) ['græ-vi-tahs or 'græ-vi-tæs] Solemnity or seriousness eliciting the respect of others. end page | SACRED - SANTA CLAUS | SARCASM - SCHOOL | SCIENCE - SCULPTURE | SEA (THE) - SEEING | SELF - SELF-ESTEEM | SELF-EXAMINATION - SEMANTICS | SENATE (THE U.S.) - SERIOUSNESS | SEX | SEX SYMBOLS - SHEEP | SHIPS - SILENCE | SILLINESS - SINGING | SINGLE-MINDEDNESS - SKY | SLANDER - SMILES | SMOKING - SOCIETY | SOLDIERS - SOPHISTICATION | SORROW - SOUTH SEA | SPACE - SPEAKING | SPEECH - SPENDTHRIFTS | SPIDERS - SPY | SPORTS & SPORTSMANSHIP | STAGE (THE) - STERILIZATION | STOCK MARKET - STRANGERS | STRENGTH - SUBURBS | SUCCESS | SUFFERING - SUPREME COURT | SURPRISE - SYSTEM (THE) | | R | S | T | U - END | | Return Home | The Credits | The Cast | Act 1 | Act 2 | Act 3 | The End | The Reviews | Photos | |
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