Thursday, August 16, 2012

Friday Flash 55.....






************* THE ALCHEMIST *************

After 60 years of frustration, the amnemonic
Salomon Trismosin finally discovered the secret of
Transmutation....

20 Loth (10 ounces) Lead.
1 Mark unalloyed Silver.
Immerse in Flux for 2 Hours.
Skim the Silver.
Cast your Gold.

As he recorded his formula he smiled...
"Respect, Retribution, Immortality"!!!
(Unfortunately he earlier inadvertantly discovered Disappearing Ink!)

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Ahhhh....Gone AND Forgotten!!!
If you or anyone you know has written a Friday Flash 55
Please come tell The G-Man
I will visit, read, enjoy, comment....Then BOOK!!
So from the most gilded and gracious host from coast to coast
Have a Kick Ass Week-End!!!!!

(Hey Hedgewitch, you likey Amnemonic? Hehehehe)








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38 comments:

  1. MargaretAugust 16, 2012 at 8:10:00 PM EDT

    Hey!!!! Really? 8:09 ...
    OK...

    Yahtzee!

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  2. Brian MillerAugust 16, 2012 at 8:10:00 PM EDT

    dolp...lost to the ages...amneumonic....is that a real word...bet he had a hard time learning how to spell his name too...smiles....

    mine is up!

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  3. Brian MillerAugust 16, 2012 at 8:10:00 PM EDT

    margaret....i got held up googling the definition of amneumonic...haha...

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  4. hedgewitchAugust 16, 2012 at 8:14:00 PM EDT

    I am most pleased with the sonorous spondees of anmenic...amnesiac...anemic--whatever that was, sir. You receive the Trophy of the Golden Quill, and I know you will find an appropriate place to put it.

    This was hilarious.

    I went with a kinder, gentler version of the universe tonight--but no, there are no pods in the basement:

    She Moves

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  5. MargaretAugust 16, 2012 at 8:17:00 PM EDT

    ha, Brian. But you have to SPELL it correctly in order to look it up :)

    And you know what? I couldn't find it on dictionary.com AND googling it still left me wondering... but I think "absent-minded" might work.

    OK, G-Man... Thanks for the tongue twister and vocabulary lesson

    Here is mine:

    <a href="http://margaretbednar365.blogspot.com/2012/08/casanova-for-poetic-asides-wednesday.html>Casanova's Game</a>

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  6. MargaretAugust 16, 2012 at 8:18:00 PM EDT

    Really!!! One would think I'd have this down by now. Here is another attempt:

    Casanova's Game

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  7. Alice AudreyAugust 16, 2012 at 9:00:00 PM EDT

    See, people are totally wrong when they say, "if you can't remember then it must not have been important." Grrr.

    Mine is up

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  8. MargaretAugust 16, 2012 at 9:22:00 PM EDT

    You can tell everyone is out enjoying a summer night. There aren't many left (unless you live in the south :). I'll be back tomorrow morning.

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  9. MargaretAugust 16, 2012 at 9:22:00 PM EDT

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  10. izzyAugust 16, 2012 at 9:25:00 PM EDT

    Goodness all these big powerful words and ink! invisible or not tiz fun! Thanks.

    http://izzy-conversing.blogspot.com/2012/08/ff5581712-absurd-with-my-mother.html

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  11. Tony CrimiAugust 16, 2012 at 9:32:00 PM EDT

    We have much to discover and many mistakes to make.

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  12. JannaAugust 16, 2012 at 9:50:00 PM EDT

    I like the picture of the quill writing the stuff in that indecipherable language.

    For some reason my favorite part is "immerse in flux". Maybe it reminds me of a flux capacitor. ;)

    Thanks for another Friday 55!
    Mine's here. :)

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  13. TeresaAugust 16, 2012 at 10:20:00 PM EDT

    Love this tale! Thanks so much for the laugh. I really needed it tonight. Mine is up. http://razzamadazzle.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/another-sad-ending/

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  14. Ann (bunnygirl)August 16, 2012 at 10:36:00 PM EDT

    This, Gentle Reader, is why good memorization skills are so important!

    Here's mine: Tantalized

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  15. AnonymousAugust 16, 2012 at 11:27:00 PM EDT

    Amazing! Amnemonic? Whoa. I kept thinking what is this guy - in utero? (Ha.)

    Very clever. Here's mine, though now wish I'd consulted thesaurus first!

    http://manicddaily.wordpress.com/2012/08/16/record-keeping-huitain-aging-brain-also-flash-55/

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  16. Maude LynnAugust 16, 2012 at 11:29:00 PM EDT

    Yeah, that would be about my luck!

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  17. CloudiaAugust 16, 2012 at 11:31:00 PM EDT

    Flux! of course!




    Aloha from Honolulu
    Comfort Spiral
    =^..^=
    > < } } ( ° >

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  18. d. moll, l.ac.August 16, 2012 at 11:58:00 PM EDT

    the ancient equivalent of forgetting to back-up your data....you are probably already having a kick ass friday, my 55 is up and hopping.

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  19. PattiKenAugust 17, 2012 at 1:07:00 AM EDT

    I'm in with Father Knew Best.

    I'll be back to read tomorrow.

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  20. AnonymousAugust 17, 2012 at 2:20:00 AM EDT

    HA! you get better every week, G!

    mine's up ~

    http://myheartslovesongs.com/2012/08/16/three-six-nine/

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  21. AkelamaluAugust 17, 2012 at 2:44:00 AM EDT

    LOL easy mistake to make! ;)

    Mine's up.

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  22. magiceyeAugust 17, 2012 at 3:12:00 AM EDT

    Discoveries are inadvertent or are inventions :)
    whatever! loved the sound!

    mines up

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  23. magiceyeAugust 17, 2012 at 3:13:00 AM EDT

    Mine is up at http://instantwords.blogspot.in/2012/08/back-on-two.html

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  24. ScarletAugust 17, 2012 at 5:36:00 AM EDT

    Interesting G-man ~ I like the formula ~

    Sorry, I am late:

    http://a-sweetlust.blogspot.ca/2012/08/dreaming.html

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  25. DaydreamertooAugust 17, 2012 at 6:46:00 AM EDT

    Oh well... It was payback! LOL

    Mine's up:
    What really happened

    Have a great weekend Galen. Don't get too tired from kicking ass. :)

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  26. Mimi FoxmortonAugust 17, 2012 at 7:21:00 AM EDT

    Eureka! :D
    (oops!)

    Love your stuff!

    Mimi
    The Collage Pirate

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  27. the walking manAugust 17, 2012 at 7:26:00 AM EDT

    i don't need no disappearing ink to make stuff fade away...aging is hell.

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  28. RNSANEAugust 17, 2012 at 7:47:00 AM EDT

    Hysterical, Galen. That's the kind of thing that I would do.

    My 55 is at:

    http://rnsane.blogspot.in/2012/08/friday-flash-55-all-aboard-august-17.html

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  29. hopeAugust 17, 2012 at 8:55:00 AM EDT

    Wow, that's a mouthful first thing in the morning! ;)

    Mine's up...happy weekend!

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  30. LydiaAugust 17, 2012 at 9:26:00 AM EDT

    Sheer genius, I tell ya! Your 55 is sheer genius! Loved it (and I bet hedge was indeed impressed).

    Freeze frame

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  31. PattiKenAugust 17, 2012 at 10:06:00 AM EDT

    Hey, I'm impressed, you show-off, you. Well done.

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  32. JANUAugust 17, 2012 at 12:15:00 PM EDT

    Wonderful tale of discovery.
    Mine is here -

    http://janukulkarni.blogspot.in/2012/08/blemished.html

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  33. UnknownAugust 17, 2012 at 1:32:00 PM EDT

    Wow...this is one of your best one yet! Awesomeness. You did so ROCK this 55,Galen!!!
    Mine is here
    Have you a ROCKING WEEKEND!!!
    hugs
    shakira

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  34. ChristineAugust 17, 2012 at 9:14:00 PM EDT

    http://aninklingofsorts.blogspot.ca/2012/08/those-sinful-banknotes.html

    Exhausted and relieved at the same time, I WILL have a kick ass weekend, here's my 55

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  35. Mimi FoxmortonAugust 18, 2012 at 6:51:00 AM EDT

    Hey G-man!

    Thanks for the *cool* comment! ;)

    I'd LOVE to try a 55! Mayhap this Friday? In sooth, I'd like to blog all day long......but the Real World is really annoying, eh?

    I haven't a clue about my blog's tech-ness. I switched my profile to Google+ for easier access but, apparently not. I have 5 blogs so I think that might be the problem.

    I have that bloody word verification on at present as a Tattie Bogle (scarecrow) post I did a few weeks back attracted about a ZILLION spams and I can't dodge them.

    Any-hoo, thanks for reading my stuff! I'll give it a shot this Friday! ;)

    Have a goatie kind of day!
    ~Mimi

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  36. Vanessa Victoria KilmerAugust 18, 2012 at 11:40:00 AM EDT

    So, that's what happened to mine the last 2 weeks - disappearing ink. Yeah, that's the story I'm going with.

    So transmutation is all abut making up new words?

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  37. MorningAJAugust 18, 2012 at 12:42:00 PM EDT

    Oh poor guy! I wonder how many more important discoveries went that way.

    I've been away so I'm late arriving. But here's my 55.

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  38. limeAugust 19, 2012 at 2:39:00 PM EDT

    sometimes combining inventions is a bad idea!

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