Since 2016 Giorgio Coniglio, registered pseudonym and editor-in-chief, has been bundling collections of POETRY, WORDPLAY and PHOTOGRAPHY, seasoned with humour and parody, with the sole aim of entertaining YOU with presentations at the rate of 4 times per month. The related blog "DAILY ILLUSTRATED NONSENSE" sends out items from these collections in somewhat random order one-at-a-time.
Friday 25 February 2022
FEB 25 (2022), submitted palindromes, targeted at "WON'T LOVERS REVOLT NOW?"
Sunday 20 February 2022
Wordplay Maps: AMERICAN SCRAMBLE-TOWNS #5-8
Tuesday 15 February 2022
More Buzzwords: INSECTS, part #2
Thursday 10 February 2022
True-and-Faux photos: PORTRAITS of COUPLES, #2
Discerning readers will notice that we have recently given an iconic name to our pandemic-inspired business venture, TRUE-and-FAUX PHOTOS.
Continuing with our photo-folio from the initial post ....
Harris hawks
hippos
horses
house finches
loons
mallard ducks
A short time after competing this series on Couples in the animal world, I rediscovered some old song-lyrics I had written for "Pairs", the introductory parody-song for a series about Word-Pairs, (based on the BeeGees' "Words"). It's a bit tangential, but you might like to review it here.
Saturday 5 February 2022
PATIENTS and THEIR MALADIES, part #2
This post is a continuation of "PATIENTS and their MALADIES, part #1", as posted on this blog in March 2021.
previous poetic posts (part #1)
amblyopiaanosmia
bph (benign prostatic hypertrophy)
brain symptoms (post-concussion)
common cold
Conn's syndrome (aldosterone excess)
claudication
diabetes insipidus
Dyspareunia
Eye discharge
Flu-like symptoms
Graves disease
Gynophobia
Hemorrhoids
Authors' Note: These common small limb lesions that may fluctuate spontaneously are most often found at the wrist. The name ganglion, Greek for "knot", is a misnomer, as examination by ultrasound or aspiration shows that they are thin-walled cysts filled with synovial (i.e. joint) fluid — such testing is not needed in most cases. Incidentally, the term tumour is a synonym for "growth" or "lump"; health professionals avoid using the term in dealing with lesions that have no oncologic significance in order to allay unnecessary patient anxiety.
Among several effective treatments, antithyroid drugs, taken over months or years, block production of these hormones, and often result in resumption of the euthyroid (normal) state.
pro tem: frequently used short form for the Latin 'pro tempore' -- for the time being, in the short term.
Readers might also enjoy a verse on the same part of the anatomy presented in September 2021 in the collection "The Bottom Line of Medical Humor". Click HERE.