A re-blog from August 30, 2019 with an added generated image from today.
A Rhyme Can Soar
Passing Gas
I was reminded of this post today when one the boys in one of my classes farted. This caused a major class disruption with the other boys holding their noses and moving away from him. Once again I had to remind them that everyone does this, and that it is a natural reaction of our bodies when we digest food. It happened soon after lunch.
Here is my old post about this subject. Check it out here!
Holy Moly!
The word moly does not stand alone as a single word except in myth. There is a magical herb in mythology called moly. In The Odyssey moly is a magical herb given to Odysseus by the god Hermes to protect him from Circe’s magic.
Several years ago I read the book Circe written by Madeline Miller, and moly is a magical plant that is also mentioned in this book. This mention carries forward the mystery of moly. Many botanists have tried to determine if there ever existed such an herb like it is described in these books. Nothing can be established conclusively, and it remains a mystery, though several theories do exist.
I remember watching Batman cartoons when I was a kid, and Robin would frequently use the phrase, “Holy Moly, Batman”, to express his surprise or shock about what was happening around them.
![Molybdenum Mo, atomic number 42, electron configuration [Kr] 4d⁵ 5s¹](https://movingforwardslowly.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/movingforwardslowly-6a8b205ac1053.png)
In real life there is the chemical element Molybdenum. It is a silvery white transition metal. It has many industrial uses. One use is to create an alloy called “moly steel”, and this is a high strength alloy that is often used to build race cars.
All the images and their captions were created by the WordPress image generator. I did provide prompts, though nothing as specific as what it creates. I find this fascinating, and I often want to exclaim, Holy Moly!
August 24, 2026 School Will Begin
The day after the car racing… school will begin for many students in the outlying suburbs. Unlike the race which will last part of a day, the school year will last for approximately 180 to 190 days.
(The post above was originally posted August 21, 2022.)
Enjoy the weekend before school begins in 2026!
Are you ready for the race?
In real news there will be a race this weekend in "Washington,D.C.,officially the District of Columbia,which is the federal capital of the United States."
It will look nothing like the picture here. This picture was created by an image generator.
The real race will be during the daytime. No neon lights will be needed.
I wonder if the real race will have rain. I have not seen rain predictions.
The noise should be loud like in the audio file above.
Have your earplugs ready. The excitement is building.
The road closures will cause frustration for many.
I hope everyone will stay safe!
Aug. 19th – Hiding in Plain Sight
When I originally blogged Hocus Pocus Focus I did not include a picture. Tonight I went back into my picture folders to find an example of a thing of beauty hiding in plain sight.
August 19th – A Post from the Past
This post is from 2023. I still think beauty abounds when we have the right mindset.
I have another post from August 19th from the year 2021 which gives another perspective on how we can find the beauty around us. It will be my next post.
Unstoppable Pi
I noticed that my total number of posts today was 395. This reminded me of the number pi, and it reminded me of the number 42. I did wonder if there was a real connection between 395 and pi, and this is what I found.
“When evaluating \(\pi \) out to 395 digits past the decimal point, the string of numbers finishes as follows according to Decimal Info:
3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519
Within these first 395 decimal places, there is a distinct frequency breakdown of digits, including exactly 39 instances of the number 5. [1]” This quote was taken from the website decimal.info
How does the number 42 connect? Well, 3 times 14 equals 42. I have read that there are other connections, if interested, you can explore this possibility.
I deleted 3 posts last night, and by adding this post, my total will be 393 published posts. I have 1 post in the trash which I might restore into my drafts folder. It has a nice picture of my mother holding home grown rhubarb. She was famous for her rhubarb pies.
A Lookback – 2015/11/11. Tomorrow is a New Day of School
As I have been shown past posts over the past couple of weeks, I have seen some that I like and I have seen some that I ask myself “what was that about?” I just deleted a past post titled There is a Silver Lining from long ago. It fell into the ridiculous category with no saving grace other than its title.
The picture you see here was recently added to an old post from 2015/11/11 titled Cowrie, Cowry, Kauri. The old post had a picture of the cowrie shell that was not one of my pictures. It was very bland, so I upgraded with a picture from the WordPress image generator. Here is the post: https://movingforwardslowly.com/2015/11/11/cowrie-cowry-kauri/
I still have the shell that I found long ago. I placed it in an old jewelry box. There are cowrie shells shown in the new picture. The cow you see in the background is a powerful symbol in Hinduism. It represents Gau Mata (The Divine Mother).
An Important Reminder
I blogged Have Faith on this day August 11, 2024. I needed this reminder this morning. It is so easy to get discouraged when our thoughts turn dark.
I continue to read Caribbean. I finally passed through the section The Buccaneer which was a sad commentary on human nature, and gave a very detailed account of the brutality that mankind will participate in their quest for power and money. I am now in the section titled The Sugar Interest, and it is a much easier read. I still have more than half the book to finish (325 out of 859), though I am making progress slowly. It is important to understand our world and why it works the way that it does even when this knowledge can be discouraging. I will continue to make my way through the book, however, breaks are definitely necessary for me and my family. Reading this book has reminded me of a book by Tim Kreider that I read many years ago. It was titled We Learn Nothing. Humans do seem to repeatedly make the same mistakes.
Lastly, I think it is so important for me and for others to have faith that good things can fight evil things. Have Faith will be my motto for today and other days when the going gets tough.
