In Honor of the Semi-Apsis

In Which a Celebration of Coming Warmth is Noted, and In the Interest of Actively Celebration Such, a Game of Apogee and Perigee is Presented, Followed by a Gallery of Concupiscent Vivications

Ah! Spring-time has arrived, and with it, fancies of romantickal nature spring forth in the loins of all fortunate enough to have not yet been so wearied with their existences) to the point of pudendal anæsthesia. Whether it is the glimpse of bare calves afforded by the growing tilt of the Earth towards the Sun warming the atmosphere to such a degree that young ladies throw caution to the brisk but still warm Easter winds and trade constrictive pant-a-loons in favor of less restrictive garments, or the palpable thawing of the soil that endorses the sultry emergence of such warm weather portents as the ambrosial crocus, symbols of fertility and nubility abound. In respect of the coming fecundity, to-day's web-log posting shall be of a bi-cephalic nature, with one section devoted to stimulation of purely intellectual delights, followed by another section offering a purely dionysian provocation.

Firstly, I am pleased to offer a small but amusing game to help those of you constrained within airless cubes for the duration of your day-light hours. It is a game of matching, in which first is listed a selection of cosmological bodies, and second is listed a selection of body-specific terms for apsides. The goal of the game is match the body with it's apsides. Enjoy!

Perigalacticon & Apogalacticon
Periastron & Apastron
Perimelasma/Peribothra/Perinigricon & Apomelasma/Apobothra/Aponigricon
Perihelion & Aphelion
Perihermion & Apohermion
Pericytherion/Pericytherean/Perikrition & Apocytherion/Apocytherean/Apokrition
Perigee Apogee
Periselene/Pericynthion/Perilune & Aposelene/Apocynthion/Apolune
Periareion & Apoareion
Perizene/Perijove & Apozene/Apojove
Perikrone/Perisaturnium & Apokrone/Aposaturnium
Periuranion & Apouranion
Periposeidion & Apoposeidion
Perihadion & Apohadion


Neptune
Black Hole
Earth
Sun
Pluto
Saturn
Galaxy
Luna
Mercury
Jupiter
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Star

And secondly, as has become a weekly tradition of presenting smut of a refined nature, I offer without any further ado, a selection of erotic prints. Enjoy!

Would You Like to Play a Game of "Spot-The-Moss-Piglets" This Afternoon?

In which a Gallery of Astounding Creatures Adapted to Averse Conditions is Presented, For Your Viewing Pleasure

Chicago: a city once known world wide for its miles upon miles of cattle in various stages of slaughter surrounded by figurative rivers of human misery and literal rivers of animal faeces, then later known for the widespread and brazen institutionalization of democratic graft that amazed even the scores of bootleggers across the city; now known for it's enchantingly geometric deco El stations offset by the scent of transient ejaculate (even visible as wafts of steam in the seemingly eternal mid-western winters).¹ As a current inhabitant of this metropolis, and as a former inhabitant of many other environmentally forbidding locales, I feel a certain kinship with those obscure species of the animal kingdom whose title itself literally translates to love of the extreme: The Extremophiles.² Today's entry will be short on words as I believe that photographs of these confounding and eldritch creatures speak volumes. For a special prize, identify the Moss Piglet amongst the following pictographs.

Did you "Spot-The-Moss-Piglet?" If so, lightly sketch the photo you chose using soft graphite on an 8 and 1/2 by 11 sheet of manila paper, and mail to my amanuensis for consideration in this premier Fantastic Information contest. E-mail, telephone, telegraph, and "fax"-similes will, as always, be looked upon with disgust.

¹also, at various times, for the slow but noticeable sinking into ooze of the entire city due to building on marshland, the "Murder Castle" of H. H. Holmes, the once upon a time tallest buildings in the world existing as paens to mail order shopping magnates, the widespread massacre of wobblies in the strike busting days, the Columbian Exposition which introduced the world to Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, Diet Soda, and Hamburgers amongst other things, reversing the flow of the Chicago River, the puzzling hero worship of John Dillinger, and having the largest collection of impressionistic paintings outside of the Louvre at it's Art Institute.
²confession: I had originally hoped to share with you my essay on pugilism today, but it appears to be growing much greater in length than I had originally planned, so I shall put off finishing it this afternoon in favor of sharing some fascinating pictures of these almost literally ephemeral animaelicules