Out, Out, Brief Prince! Or, It's Brillig Already?!

Friday snuck up on the Lemming, or is it sneaked up? Either way, this post needs to be out several hours before brillig, come slithy toves: or Birnam Wood to Dunsinane, for that matter.

Then there's Lady Macbeth, and her odd tastes in castle decor. And what she said about that spot: shocking!

One thing seems certain, the Lemming needs more sleep.

Pretty much unrelated posts:

• "Filberts, Fardels, and a Rambling Lemming"
  (July 19, 2013)
• "Jabberwocks: A Guest Post by Narcissus-X"
  (June 11, 2010)
• "Macbeth: Or, Don't Talk to Strangers?"
  (May 26, 2010)
• "Shakespeare, Butterflies, the Gilded Age and an Actress's Shoulder Blade"
  (September 17, 2009)
• "Shakespeare Portrait: This Could be the Real Deal"
  (March 9, 2009)

A 'Bookish' Librarian, Art, Words, and a Rambling Lemming

Giuseppe Arcimboldo's The Librarian, painted in 1566, currently residing at Skokloster Castle, Sweden.

If artists paint what they see, Giuseppe was deranged; which has little to do with "Home on the Range;" although spending too much time where the antelope roam might.

On the other hand, maybe his paintings are incisive social commentary; or clever puzzles; or maybe he was essentially not in madness, But mad in craft. Bill had a knack with words: like when Hamlet said "unpack my heart with words," and it's funny how unpack sounds like knack, except that first k is silent, and the Lemming's train of thought jumped the track, which also rhymes with knack.

Which reminded the Lemming that Giuseppe Arcimboldo painted a quartet of seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, except they came about ten years apart: the first two and the last two, that is; and October is in autumn, followed by November and December, which got those names because they're the eighth, ninth, and tenth month; but that was when Romans only had ten months in a year, since winter didn't count. Sort of.

That was a long time ago, or maybe not so much. It depends on your frame of reference, and the Lemming definitely needs sleep.

Allegedly-related posts:

• "From the Mind of the Lemming"
  (January 6, 2012)
• "Gingerbread, Fruitcake, and Eggnog Nightmare #2"
  (December 23, 2011)
• "Museum of Modern Art: MoMA isn't a Japanese Cartoon Character"
  (December 7, 2011)
• "Color Theory, Color Wheels, and a Nifty Bracelet"
  (October 12, 2011)
• "Alexander Calder, Mobiles, and Encouraging the Kids"
  (July 22, 2011)

Ninjas

Ninjas never really existed. The folks whose skills inspired stories of ninjas were in a profession that died out centuries ago.

It's the perfect cover.

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• " 'Anchovies and Peanut Butter?!' "
  (October 30, 2013)
• "A 21st Century Look at 19th Century Visions of the 20th Century"
  (January 4, 2012)
• "IceCube Neutrino Observatory: Again"
  (December 28, 2010)
• "News Flash: Earth is Not Like a Cadbury Egg"
  (April 27, 2010)
• "3-D Printer Making Moon Huts? Same Principle as Log Cabins"
  (April 18, 2010)