Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Christmas-Carol, AI translated & illustrated

12 Christmas-Carol Lyrics That Make No Sense: What They Mean

Lyric: “God rest ye merry, gentlemen.”

...The meaning of the phrase, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is
“may God grant you peace and happiness.”

The comma is placed after merry and before gentlemen, which means
God is wishing the gentlemen merriment,
not that they are “merry gentlemen” being addressed.



God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born upon this day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

From God our heavenly Father
This blessed angel came
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by name
O tidings of comfort and joy
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy

O, star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Born a king on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again
King forever, ceasing never
Over us all to reign
O, star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light
Glorious now behold Him arise
King and God and sacrifice
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Worshipping God most high
O, star of wonder, star of night
Star with royal beauty bright
Westward leading, still proceeding
Guide us to thy perfect light

God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, 
let nothing you dismay  
	
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
Remember, Christ our Savior
Was born on this very day,
To save us all from evil's grip
When we had lost our way.
Oh, news of hope and happiness,
Hope and happiness,
Oh, news of hope and happiness.

From God, our loving Father,
An angel came to share
The news with humble shepherds,
To tell them not to fear.
In Bethlehem, God's Son was born,
A gift beyond compare.
Oh, news of hope and happiness,
Hope and happiness,
Oh, news of hope and happiness.

Oh, star of wonder in the night,
With beauty shining bright,
Leading westward, still you guide us
To your perfect light.
A king was born in Bethlehem's town;
With gold, I crown Him now.
King forever, ruling always,
Over us to bow.
Oh, star of wonder in the night,
With beauty shining bright,
Leading westward, still you guide us
To your perfect light.

Now see Him rise in glorious light,
King, our God, and sacrifice.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
We worship Him most high.
Oh, star of wonder in the night,
With beauty shining bright,
Leading westward, still you guide us
To your perfect light.

May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.
May God bring you peace and happiness,
Let nothing make you worry.  
	



Saturday, December 14, 2024

book: The Gene

very well written and informative;
combining history and science of modern biology

Amazon.com: The Gene: An Intimate History eBook : Mukherjee, Siddhartha: Books

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle).

“Sid Mukherjee has the uncanny ability to bring together science, history, and the future in a way that is understandable and riveting, guiding us through both time and the mystery of life itself.” —Ken Burns

Siddhartha Mukherjee - Wikipedia

Saturday, December 7, 2024

book: The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness - Kindle edition by Haidt, Jonathan. Health, Fitness & Dieting Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the “play-based childhood” began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the “phone-based childhood” in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this “great rewiring of childhood” has interfered with children’s social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.