Happy New Year...

"What can be said in New Year rhymes,
That's not been said a thousand times?
The new years come, the old years go,
We know we dream, we dream we know.

We rise up laughing with the light,
We lie down weeping with the night.
We hug the world until it stings,
We curse it then and sigh for wings.

We live, we love, we woo, we wed,
We wreathe our prides, we sheet our dead.
We laugh, we weep, we hope, we fear,
And that's the burden of a year."

- E.W. Wilcox

A must See Christmas Video
(c) Leopoldina Productions

One More Sleep 'Til Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! Here is one of my favorite christmas songs to kick off the evening... (if anyone could find me a copy of the Muppets Christmas Carol Soundtrack for under $50, that would be a christmas miracle!)

One More Sleep 'Til Christmas
sung by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson)

There's magic in the air this evening
Magic in the air
The world is at her best, you know
When people love and care
The promise of excitement is one the night will keep
After all there's only one more sleep till Christmas

The world has got a smile today
The world has got a glow
There's no such thing as strangers
When a stranger says "Hello"
And everyone is family, we're havin' so much fun
After all there's only one more sleep till Christmas

'Tis the season to be jolly and joyous
With a burst of pleasure we feel it all right
It's a season when the saints can employ us
To spread the news about peace and to keep love alive

"Merry Christmas, so long!"

There's somethin' in the wind today that's good for everyone
Yes, faith is our hearts today, we're shinin' like the sun
And everyone can feel it, the feelin's runnin' deep
After all there's only one more sleep till Christmas
After all there's only one more sleep till Christmas day

A Little End of the Semester Humor

-----Original Message-----
From: Maria
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 9:40 AM
To: Leo
Subject: A Little End of the Semester Humor

The following is supposedly an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term. The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbsheat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time So we needto know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at whichthey are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets toHell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls inHell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of thevolume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperatureand pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expandproportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hellbreaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes overSo which is it?

If we accept the postulate stated to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, and takeinto account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 mustbe true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozenover. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

(NOTE: THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY "A" )

In the shadows...

Sunset at Napa
(c) Leopoldina Productions

she's perfect, so flawless...

This song is dedicated to a couple "rock stars" from colorado who took that trip down main st. in denver in a shopping cart. I miss you... try not to change too much. (People made fun of me for calling John Mayer the "Pablo Neruda" of American pop music... but when you hear songs like this, things that every woman wants to hear, you have to admit i was right.)

COMFORTABLE:

I just remembered, that time at the market
snuck up behind me and jumped on my shopping cart
And rode down, isle 5
you looked behind you to smile back at me
crashed into a rack full of magazines
they asked us if we could leave.

Can't remember, what went wrong last September
thiugh i'm sure that you'd remind me, if you had to

Our love was, comfortable and
so broken in

I sleep with this new girl i'm still getting used to
my friends all approve, say she's gonna be good for you
they throw me, high fives

She says the Bible is all that she reads
and prefers that I not use profanity
your mouth was, so dirty

Life of the party
and she swears that she's artsy
but you could distinguish
Miles from Coltrane

Our love was, comfortable and
so broken in
she's perfect, so flawless
or so they say, say

She thinks I can't see the smile that she's fakin'
and poses for pictures that are being taken
I loved you
grey sweat pants, no makeup, so perfect

Our love was, comfortable and
so broken in
she's perfect, so flawless
I'm not impressed, I want you back.

Comfortable, John Mayer

It's a wonderful life!

A must see holiday link...
http://www.angryalien.com/1204/wonderful_lifebuns.asp

What do you mean by "hillybilly"?

Its seems you can find a dictionary on just about anything these days... including a dictionary on "hillbilly speak..." which is cleary very useful for the next time i meet a hillbilly.

THEY SAID: Don't that just crack yer yaller? (Yaller a reference to egg yolk)
WE SAY: Doesn't that surprise you?!

THEY SAID: Does a bear shit in the woods?
WE SAY: Answering "yes" to a question

THEY SAID: Prettier than a speckled pup in a red wagon
WE SAY:Beautiful

THEY SAID: Don't worry, shit floats.
WE SAY: If it rains, you'll be okay

THEY SAID: Put your shoes on Lucy, don't you know you is in the city?
WE SAY: It's time to go.

Bright Lights, Big City

Big Lights, Bright City
The San Fransico Skyline from
on top of Treasure Island

(c) Leopoldina Productions

quote of the week:

"That is the line that they feed you so that they can later crawl on top of you..."

my response to belladonna's attempt to tell me that the grass is greener on the other side of the corporate glass ceiling

"Today I bought a book on writer's block. I realize that is like an impotent man buying porn... however, somehow it makes sense..."

beatrice explaining to me her battle with writing her twenty page draft.

a night with ameoba

Move the fucking lemons
fredrick sterling darling, the third
and snuffleupagus
dancing to
the paper lions

this place is my refuge
my "barnes and nobles"
the shirt i slept in
about last night...
it was the last night to disco


ameoba, by leopoldina dewinter

The sound of angels...

Sound of Two Hand Angel,
1974, gelatin silver print photogram,
Collection Tim Savinar and Patricia Unterman,
San Francisco, CA, ©1999 Bruce Conner