word of the day - 4 april 2012

animal n. from latin animus, spirit or soul. originally from greek animos. see also: animal, animate, animosity.

word of the day - 15 december 2010

untalkaboutable v. indescribable by words; unable to be expressed, much less analyzed or debated.

i made this one up. naturally...

just some thoughts

my favourite phrase today: the best of all possible worlds.

also;

heroin, the drug, is named by the bayer pharmaceutical company (of aspirin fame), which developed and sold it (heroin) as a cough suppressant. they derived the name (unsurprisingly, i suppose) from the greek word with which we are all familiar: hero!

word of the day - 1 november 2010

soliloquy n. from latin solus, the root of today's sole (as in only or alone, not as in foot) and loqui, to speak (see also colloquial, loquacious).


ps. elegance + loqui = eloquance

poetry break!

while i was cleaning today, i found a stack of index cards that mr. andrew and i had done a long time ago. i wanted to share some:



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Yes, you are quite beautiful STOP
But i find that besides the point STOP
I am writing to tell you that i am not coming to your mother's this thanksgiving, or next STOP

I am staying here in the mountains STOP
please rent out my room END TRANSMISSION


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Oh God, what am i doing here?

I don't know my lines.


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It felt like rain was coming down on me

but there had not been rai n here for several years
you
you cannot know

the way it rolls your spirit through God's great
fingers.

I was in the hands of God that day
When the rains fell.


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