Easter Eggs
An Easter Egg in modern terminology refers to a hidden message, image or feature to be found in electronic media. Cultural & artistic expression since time immemorial abound with subtle, subliminal & disguised references, that serve to arouse the interest or spike the curiosity of the reader, viewer or listener. Figures of rhetoric, whether it be for satirical, caricatural, referential, euphemistic, ironic or metaphorical purposes are powerful tools for reading between the lines in an endeavour to grasp true meaning.The 13 has been fashioned as a labyrinthine puzzle jotted with numerous Easter eggs, which when understood, will lead you to comprehend the Ultimate Easter Egg. On this page you will find clues, pointers & wake-up calls for each publication, without giving away too much. You can also browse the Inspiration Page which will lead you to discover or rediscover cultural references which underscore the story. Happy hunting folks…
“If you judge a book by its cover, then you judge the look by the lover” (I so love your zany rhymes, ABC!)
With a chick-chick here and a chick-chick there – here a chick there a chick everywhere a chick-chick. But what about the egg?
The Setting & The Host's Prologue
PARABLE OF THE WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found still others standing idle, He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ “‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’ “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’ “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”…
— Matthew 20: 1–16
“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.
“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went. “He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found still others standing idle, He asked them, ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ “‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. “He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’ “When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’ “The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’ “But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”…
— Matthew 20: 1–16
Where the weight of the world
And the weight of a tear
Are exactly the same.
And the weight of a tear
Are exactly the same.
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Baby's Tale
On your mark, ready, set, let’s go to be gettin’ jiggy wit it…
Ruben is Red, Jade is Green, but who is Gold?
The big Apple
The Lovers' Tale
Dream on white boy, dream on black girl
Then wake up to a brand new day
Then wake up to a brand new day
An ordinary bus can drive to an extraordinary destiny…
Comin’ Thro the Rye – Robert Burns
O, Jenny’s a’ weet, poor body,
Jenny’s seldom dry:
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the glen
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warl’ ken?
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the grain;
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing’s a body’s ain.
O, Jenny’s a’ weet, poor body,
Jenny’s seldom dry:
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the glen
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warl’ ken?
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the grain;
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing’s a body’s ain.
The Priest & the Mother's Tale
Haemophiliacs pricked upon the rose
Princess
The Doctor & the Farmer's Wife's Tale
No regrets?…
Radioactive!
The Village Idiot's Tale
Dictate and oblate…
How to balance an egg?
Homer's Tale
The Bojo mojo
What is a doughnut without the hole?
Whether High Noon or any other time, kairos has a habit of taking you unawares…
Augustin's Tale
Augustin in all his splendour! Never has a more valiant warrior graced the face of the Earth…
Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dreams.
The firestarter, the instigator…
Time for liberation
Sisyphus' Tale
Beamrules edition
Jock & Jill went up the hill
The Trickster's Tale
Sleight of hand, sleight of fate
Dystopia at its finest
George Washington's Tale
The cherry bomb
Never underestimate Ulrich von Liechtenstein
The Host's Epilogue
Come awake
We must decide
Flip it…
Have you come to raise the dead?
Bodhi is a Sanskrit name meaning “Awakened” or “Enlightenment” The Buddhist concept of Bodhi is spiritual awakening and freedom from the cycle of life. The boy’s name Bodie is a variant of Boden (Scandinavian, Old French), and the meaning of Bodie is “shelter; one who brings news”. It’s time to break the cycle…