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Lord Cam's Law Or Cam's Law

When things are going right or good for a long time, something is about to go wrong. And vice versa, Alternatively, when thigns are going wrong or bad for an extended period, something is about ready to go right. Something good is due.

Pate A Choux part 2 Sur la touche

Alternatively, to incorporate eggs by hand: Let dough cool in saucepan, stirring frequently, until it registers 145°F on an instant-read thermometer. Add eggs 1 at a time, stirring well between additions until each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next, until a smooth, shiny paste forms.
Use choux right away, or hold at room temperature for up to 2 hours before using; how you use the choux will depend on the application, though it’s important to prevent a skin from forming, either by transferring the choux right away to a pastry or zipper-lock bag and keeping it sealed, or pressing plastic wrap directly against the choux’s surface.
load the pastry bag, pipe choux leaving enough room for them to double in size
Choux pastries typically bake for 25-35 minutes at 400°F (200°C). Baking time can vary slightly depending on the size of the choux and the oven. It's important not to open the oven door while baking, as this can cause the choux to deflate.

Time sighs

Time flies  alike the birds overhead
Flashing their feathers in colorful lights
Sending off songs makes the world alive 
Heating the lust up as the sun rises 
and cooling the cupidity off  by moonlit 

I wonder how we live this way until we die
Without knowing any idea of the manipulator
Who dominates the destiny of all our lives 

Tell me if I should, to love, laugh, smile 
 Alternatively hate, quiet, sigh, or sad...
Though we are made all being toys de facto
You almighty! shall I need to ask the whys?


Premium Member Too Much Food

Eating too much food
    is never any good
  Puts one in a nasty mood
    What to do? -- Eat some more food!

  That'll solve everything, you'll feel so much better
    tho to your refrigerator you'll feel like a debtor
  Alternatively, you can take a vow of ascetism
    tho it greatly restrict your athleticism 

  Of course, when all else fails, you can turn to Professor Google
    whose algorithm recommends increasing Metamucil 
  As for me, I'm tearing my hair out
    for it seems my appetite will never wear out

Premium Member Oh, Mothballs

Oh, meaty mothballs!
    as opposed to mothy meatballs
  Alternatively - slobbering sloth-balls!
    instead of sloppy moth-calls

  Stupid refrigerator!
    as opposed to dumb incinerator
  Alternatively - dirty toenail taster!
    instead of wanton whiskey-waster

  It's the start of a brand-new year
    Let's raise glasses and expectations
  And while we're at it
    ~ improve imprecations!

Premium Member Change Ability

Woodrow Wilson, back then a progressive
  Now considered a wholesale regressive ~
     Just think, Hilary / DJT *
     What will you soon be ~
  Deplorable compulsive-obsessive  



  *If Republican, read 'Hilary'
    If Democrat, read 'DJT'
    Alternatively, read 'JRB,' -- (Joseh Robinette Biden)


Premium Member Basho Do You Know

The most discussed Basho haiku How would you translate it?

Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

- Basho



Literal Translation

Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)

my two cents

old pond

leaping frog

splash!    (alternatively ripples*)

*perhaps better from an imagist viewpoint!
Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2019

Premium Member Modern M-E History, 101

It happened in May, 1948
  Israel declared itself a new-old state

In hours it came under fierce attack
  From Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq

The four Arab states told their kin in Israel
  Leave your homes, come to us. Here's the deal:

In three weeks or less, we'll push the Jews into the Sea
  Then you'll return to your homes in triumphant victory

But little Israel turned the Arab attackers away
  So what did Egypt and Jordan do within days?

They fenced their 'Arab brothers' in squalid refugee camps
  Then blamed Israel(!) for causing them their murderous plans to 'revamp'

This is what happened. Read about it in the media of that day
  If so, why do so many people support the PA?* --

Because the Arabs have lied about the refugees for so many years
  That the truth has become sullied and is no longer clear

History will show that Israel is not to blame
  The onus is on the Arabs, along with the shame



______________________________________________________  
The PA are the Palestinian Arabs.  Alternatively PA is the Palestinian
Authority, the self-governing entity of President Mahmoud Abbas in 
the Gaza Strip.

Premium Member Mighty As Mountains

Two sets of three words each
  Each sets forces in motion
Mighty as mountains, vast as the ocean

The first set, "I give up"
  All momentum it quells
The future, disrupts

The other, "I love you"
  Walks you out on a limb
Your destiny magical; alternatively, grim

Utter these three words with the utmost care
  Never with a wing; always with a prayer

Saturday

Sit around and do nothing all day
Alternatively watch the rugby played
Take the wife shopping and pay
Up to the chippy no cooking today
Ring the lads for a pint, wey hey
Drink, drink all your troubles away
Abuse the dart team in their game
Yep thats the way to spend a Saturday

Premium Member The Most Famous Haiku

Furuike ya
kawazu tobikomu
mizu no oto

- Basho



Literal Translation

Fu-ru (old) i-ke (pond) ya,
ka-wa-zu (frog) to-bi-ko-mu (jumping into)
mi-zu (water) no o-to (sound)

my two cents

old pond

leaping frog

splash!    (alternatively ripples*)

*perhaps better from an imagist viewpoint!

Premium Member The Spirit of God Is With Us

Three spirits rule the world
Spirit of God the Creator
Spirit of Satan the destroyer
And Human spirit

As a free moral Agent
Human spirit has freedom of choice
To yield to God’s spirit
Alternatively  be ruled by evil spirit

Evil spirit is the cause of pain
Makes victims live without gain
Thereby  see their God in bad light
To devil’s eternal satisfaction and delight

The spirit of God is with us
Progenitor of human existence
To Him we owe the fruits
With which to destroy the power of satan

Me, the Bullet

You said you dodged a bullet. 
If I was the bullet, 
Then I shot myself. 
And barely grazed you. 
If I was the bullet
Then I killed myself. 
And left you with a scar. 
Alternatively,
If I am the bullet, 
Then I shot myself. 
And you got hurt trying 
To intercept pain that was not
Yours to take.

Journalism

Journalism

The tellers of the truth
Those who take this to heart
End up working 
In underground newspapers
Alternatively, the internet.
Some journalists think they 
 are intellectuals
Few of them are.
So many journos in the big press
Follow the press
Faithfully write about 
The brief they have been giving
Also, do not bother to look behind the screen.
For them, it is a job
That pays well thinking deep is not for them
They tow the line and are respected.
This clique of men and women feed off each
Other in a narrowing world.
Contempt for them is the right word
So, don’t think reporting is journalism.

Premium Member Jesus Gods Link

Jesus Gods Link
Written: by Tom Wright
3/10/03

The words I pen, quite simply,
Are my thoughts disposed to ink.
Laying my heart agape on paper,
Inviting others to seek God's link.

I seek not possession, or ownership,
To thoughts that once dormant lay.
God, bades my elite in each travail,
In stride, thought, and feats of day.

Never regarding it developed talent,
But alternatively, God's, gift to me.
That in using my blundering efforts,
I've presented Jesus, for others to see.

So consider these not as abeyant words,
Ink, structured to form a printed page.
My objective was to show you Jesus,
And plant a seed to sprout with age.

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