Thursday, June 5, 2008

Wedges in TREES!

Tree: (tr) (from http://www.thefreedictionary.com)
1.
a. A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.
b. A plant or shrub resembling a tree in form or size.
2. Something, such as a clothes tree, that resembles a tree in form.
3. A wooden beam, post, stake, or bar used as part of a framework or structure.
4. A saddletree.
5. A diagram that has branches in descending lines showing relationships as of hierarchy or lineage: a family tree; a telephone tree.
6. Computer Science A structure for organizing or classifying data in which every item can be traced to a single origin through a unique path.
7. Archaic
a. A gallows.
b. The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

Dear The Free Dictionary Dot Com:

Ok, listen. Your definitions 1b and 2 are recursive. You can't define a tree in terms of itself. I mean, maybe you're assuming that we should refer back to definition 1a, which would seem to be the most common description. But, could just easily refer to, say, definition 7b to fill in the blanks.

A plant or shrub resembling the cross on which Jesus was crucified in form or size?

Something, such as a clothes tree, that resembles the cross on which Jesus was crucified in form?

Is this one of those wiki dictionaries where anyone can edit them? I'm not feeling it. But thanks for padding our blog!

Hugs and Kisses,
Walter The Wedge

What were we talking about? Oh, right, trees! We are Wedges will be at the Leslieville Tree Festival! Last year was great. Local politicians made appearances and assured us that they appreciate trees (maybe the meant gallows?) Forest City Lovers played and they were awesome as usual. Maybe they'll come back and have more tambourines destroyed by overzealous crowd members. Half naked people hung from ribbons in trees (family friendly, don't worry). A unicycling stuntman juggled knives with varying degrees of success. Come say hi!
Vital details:

Date: June 7th, 2008
Time: 12:00PM to 4:00PM
Place: Leslie Grove Park (corner of Queen St East and Jones Ave in Toronto)
Website: http://www.leaftoronto.org/leslieville

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