Picture Monday, March 16, 2009; Notgeld #13

I have a new scanner which makes the process of scanning and working with the images much easier. We are now using a Canon Pixma All In One. The scanner tools are much better than the old Lexmark. I am now able to manipulate the number of pixels in the scanned images which should result in much better scans.

The notes for this week are a set from the Universitat Jena in Jena, Thuringia, Germany. Jena is near Erfurt, which is where my grandfather was born. These notes are very nice. The 1st of three 75 Pfennig notes show Goethe and Friedrich Schiller at the the University of Jena. Schiller taught at the college and Goethe apparently lived in Jena for a while. One source states that Schiller and Goethe co-founded the Weimar Theatre. The 2nd note shows Ernst Haeckel, who studied at the university. The 3rd note shows Ernst Abbe, who also taught at the University.

An interesting side note is that while Ernst Abbe was working at Carl Zeiss's microscope works he introduced the 8 hour work day. Way to go Ernst!!!

The next set of notes are 50 Pfennig notes. One note shows the Fuchsturm (Fox Tower) in Jena which is the oldest mountain inn in Jena. The 2nd note shows the Church of St. Michael in Jena. And the last note shows a scene at the University of Jena.

The 10 and 25 Pfennig notes are smaller in size.

The 25 Pfennig note below, I believe shows a scene of students or fraternity members caroling near a monument on campus. I can't quite be sure though.

Below the 10 Pfennig note is just good looking.

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The Answer????

I suppose I have the answer to my own question.

I did a Google search on the term "Sick em". The most prevalent result I got was in reference to a Seattle based punk rock band whose name I won't mention here. I did find a blog post using the term "sick 'em". When I read it they were referring to Baylor University and why they did not attend; apparently because of the cheerleaders ???) and the fact that Purdue pasted the Men's Basketball team in the 2008 NCAA tournament. Still I didn't think that was the proper usage.

I continued to search.

I started consulting online dictionaries and various etymology sites. It was a little hard to find. However, I learned that "sic' em" has its roots in the term "seek 'em". And has evolved or devolved (Take your pick) into it's current "sic' em" meaning "to attack or incite to attack".

And yes, I learned that "sick" is a variant for "sic". It still just doesn't look right.

SIC' EM BEARS!

(Number 2 in the 2009 Big 12 Tournament.)

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Is This "Sick" or What?

Earlier today I went to the HEB in Woodway to buy groceries. On the way home I drove by the Taco Casa in Hewitt. As I drove by I read their sign out front. I had to stop and look at it.

This is what I saw.

"SICK EM PANTHERS"

What does that mean?

Addendum-April 10, 2009

I never thought of posting a link from this March 13, 2009 post to the March 15, 2009 post. (After all, it is 2 days in the future.) The March 15 post contains the probable ANSWER to my post title question. The link is in the word ANSWER since it links to the post The Answer????.

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BOGO Logos: B&W & Color

I was watching TV last night. It was hard to find anything to watch. This is what I found.

The last NBC logo is supposed to be "rare". I don't know why. it looks the same as the first NBC logo (#8 on the play list). I kind of miss the old logos. Especially the old NBC Peacock. I was really sad when they quite using the Peacock. You can watch the Peacock below.

I remember many of these, except the DuMont. DuMont was before my time or I was after their time.
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Picture Monday, March 09, 2009; Notgeld #12

This weeks installment of Notgeld is from the community of Oppurg. It is very colorful and has some wonderful scenes. I kind of mixed up the order of Obverse and Reverse sides this week just to be different. After all, variety is the spice of life; unless it involves changing too many things in my life. And then it is disaster.

I like the bright pink note. Let me know which one you like. Also please check out my other posts which contain more pictures of Notgeld. You can find links in the sidebar.

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Now I Know!

I always wondered what the cats did on Saturday nights when everyone was sleeping.

Since we had the time change to Daylight Saving Time I slept late this morning. When I got up I began looking for the cats. They were all scattered throughout the house; having been up to mischief no doubt.

I found Mr. Puss in the washroom.

He was looking in the washer. I wondered why, so I Looked a little closer.

That's when I began to see what he was looking at.

It appears that the cards from his wild poker game last night were in the wash. How the cards got in the wash is any one's guess. I didn't even know he played cards; let alone doing the wash.

Now that I know what he and the other cats do on their Saturday nights, I just wonder what happened to the "kitty".

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