Wilfried Hou Je Bek recently asked us to transcribe this ape call. We used our own Do-Re-Midi system of text-based musical notation. The ape's call is rendered in 8/4 time (eight beats per measure) and lasts six measures. The ape's tones range from a low B to a high G (one octave plus six notes).  For an explanation of the melody line and tone durations, see the Do-Re-Midi specifications.

See a variety of fascinating transciptions in Wilfried's PDF of Wax Chimpatic.

Even though I have a fairly large vocabulary, I do not know many words which are one-letter words.  Ask me to identify three- and four-letter words, and I am at ease.  One letter?  The only common single letter words are "a" and "I"!  However, I was fortunate to hear about a book which could be my saving grace, One Letter Words--A Dictionary, by Craig Conley.  I felt my confidence begin to soar because with the help of this dictionary I should easily be able to count all one-letter words in any given word, or could I?  Being a bit of a skeptic, I tested my skill with the word "ait".  "I" and "a" are legitimate, but what about "t"?  Sure enough, Mr. Conley provides 58 instances in which "t" is used as a word.  As an example, "it suits you to a T" uses "t" as a word.  Hallelujah!  But "ait" is a fairly simple word.  What about "Mozambique"?  I feel a time-consuming project ahead.  Actually, the dictionary is foolproof.  There are thirty-five examples using the word "z" and even twenty-seven examples of the word "q".

by permanently scatterbrained

"Every hope is an egg that may produce a serpent instead of a dove." —Henry Frédéric Amiel, Amiel's Journal

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Jeff writes:

This is a quandary.  Whether the serpent came first, or the egg, the question was easy on the mind.  Now there's a new wildcard in town, and I'm tormented by the thought of rich, dark chocolate.

by gomattolson

This certainty is more accurate than #2 mentioning change, or #3 mentioning movement, change and metamorphosis. There is a difference between these concepts and #18 that I like to clarify.

This certainty #18 calls it rightfully the "Law of Uncertainty". This does not necessarily refer to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. There is a vaster Law of Uncertainty. It does not mean that everything is uncertain, but that there is a  flip side to Uncertainty, namely Opportunity. So, if there is a Law of Uncertainty, then there is a Law of Opportunity, which states that it is certain (#19 ?) that Opportunities will occur for anything determined by a will towards the future (see #12). This Law of Uncertainty is therefore the only Law that can be used in our advantage by using the will, despite the fact that humanity seems to prefer certainty (as the title of this page suggests).

Change and Metamorphosis are not really certain, because the perception of these is subjective. The concepts attached to change and metamorphosis are not as absolute as the Law of Uncertainty. Opportunities arise because of the will and one could call the appearance of an opportunity a change, a phase in the metamorphosis. But more elementary, the Law of Uncertainty has provided the opportunity for these to occur.