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Our alfalfa is alpha

Nothing can beta it

Or even gamma close.

This is a Sangaku-like puzzle (see https://learn1.open.ac.uk/mod/oublog/viewpost.php?post=230691)

We have a square inscribed in a triangle of known base b and height h, as shown. What is the length s of the square's side?

I called this a Samurai puzzle because many of the original sangaku were the work of Samurai.

(Solution in Comments.)

Errm...

Please always remember, the secret of survival is to embrace change, and to adapt.

Q. Why is PR inexpensive?

A. Because it's less than half price!

The new doctor asked me if I had a chronic complaint. I was like yes, the decor in the waiting room is awful and nobody ever does anything about it.

I was told to be freedom-loving. I was like, whoa! Don't tell me what I should do.

HAY

HAT

BAT

BET

BEE

Apparently someone has set up a floating cannabis farm, in the ocean far from territorial waters. They call themselves Sea Weed.

I have a friend called Pamela, and we collaborate on crosswords quite often. At one time this would be down the pub, with a bit of catch-up online, but now everything is the other way round.

When I got a signed message, 18a noodle, I suddenly remembered that Pamela is a concocted name, invented by Sidney for a work called Arcadia. And this reminded me that Miranda (The Tempest) is also an invented name, and (I thought) Wendy (Peter Pan). But there is doubt about Wendy, and also about Lorna, which I understood originated with Lorna Doone, but may have not done.

After searching I found this article 

https://interestingliterature.com/2015/10/10-first-names-that-have-their-origins-in-literature/

and it was interesting.