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Along came a hermit,
his name was Dave.
He lived not, in a house,
but a moist, dirt cave.

He was hard to understand,
as he muttered a lot.
He had a collection
of things he had bought.

Scarves and books,
even some three penny nails.
HIs most famous collections,
was a case of Veils.

Veils he had salvaged,
from a long time ago,
they were best when
you had no place to go.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Look through the cosmic cloud cataloged as NGC 281 and you might miss the stars of open cluster IC 1590. Formed within the nebula, that cluster's young, massive stars ultimately power the pervasive nebular glow. The eye-catching shapes looming in the featured portrait of NGC 281 are sculpted dusty columns and dense Bok globules seen in silhouette, eroded by intense, energetic winds and radiation from the hot cluster stars. If they survive long enough, the dusty structures could also be sites of future star formation. Playfully called the Pacman Nebula because of its overall shape, NGC 281 is about 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia. This sharp composite image was made through narrow-band filters. It combines emission from the nebula's hydrogen and oxygen atoms to synthesize red, green, and blue colors. The scene spans well over 80 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 281.

Photo by Craig Stocks

Epicurus (341–270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and sage who turned against the Platonism of his day and founded Epicureanism, a highly influential school of philosophy. Epicurus asserted that philosophy's purpose is to attain as well as to help others attain happy tranquil lives. The vast majority of the over 300 works said to have been written by Epicurus have ben destroyed. Only three letters written by him—the letters to Menoeceus, Pythocles, and Herodotus—and two collections of quotes, have survived intact. Most knowledge about his philosophy is due to later authors. More

Will, if I could,
grant all your dreams,
fulfilling happiness,
to your health supreme.

You are an enigma
and have me confused,
for when I speak,
I seem to offend you.

"Don't tell me what I like,"
you said to me,
in a snappy way.
Oops, I'll let it be.

I talk over people
was another refrain.
I'll have to plead guilty,
though it caused me pain.

It's a way we talk
where I come from.
If you didn't speak,
your words wouldn't come.

I am sorry if these
words which I say,
cause you distress,
I'll just go away.

I enjoy your company
and talking with you,
but don't reprimand me
for the words which I choose.

The words which I speak,
are important to me,
so, I'll keep on talking.
It's the way I will be.

I hope I'm like you,
when I grow up,
instead of like now,
wandering like a pup.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Diffuse starlight and dark nebulae along the southern Milky Way arc over the horizon and sprawl diagonally through this gorgeous nightscape. The breath-taking mosaic spans a wide 100 degrees, with the rugged terrain of the Patagonia, Argentina region in the foreground. Along with the insider's view of our own galaxy, the image features our outside perspective on two irregular satellite galaxies - the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The scene also captures the broad tail and bright coma of Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007.

Photo by Miloslav Druckmuller (Brno University of Technology)

I am lactose intolerant,
so, no dairy for me.
The only product I'll eat
is from a plant or a tree.