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Monday, April 12, 2010
Shameless Plug Time
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...of the Day, April 12, 2010
Quote of the Day:
Word of the Day
eologism \nee-OLL-uh-jiz-um\, noun: 1. A new word or expression. 2. A new use of a word or expression. 3. The use or creation of new words or expressions.4. (Psychiatry) An invented, meaningless word used by a person with a psychiatric disorder. 5. (Theology) A new view or interpretation of a scripture.
'Urban' Word of the Day
Drum Driving: While you are driving and listening to music, you bang on the steering wheel as if it were a drum set.
Scrabble Word of the Day
Schmaltz (24 points): Excessive sentimentality
- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. -- Abraham Lincoln
Word of the Day
eologism \nee-OLL-uh-jiz-um\, noun: 1. A new word or expression. 2. A new use of a word or expression. 3. The use or creation of new words or expressions.4. (Psychiatry) An invented, meaningless word used by a person with a psychiatric disorder. 5. (Theology) A new view or interpretation of a scripture.
'Urban' Word of the Day
Drum Driving: While you are driving and listening to music, you bang on the steering wheel as if it were a drum set.
Scrabble Word of the Day
Schmaltz (24 points): Excessive sentimentality
Friday, April 9, 2010
...Of the Day, April 9, 2010
Quote of the Day
"Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?" -- Mitch Hedberg
Word of the Day
indefatigable: \in-dih-FAT-ih-guh-bul\, adjective: Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue.
'Urban' Word of the Day
bootyism: sexy religion often confused with Budhism
Scrabble Word of the Day
sleight: deftness (11 points)
"Is a hippopotamus a hippopotamus, or just a really cool Opotamus?" -- Mitch Hedberg
Word of the Day
indefatigable: \in-dih-FAT-ih-guh-bul\, adjective: Incapable of being fatigued; not readily exhausted; untiring; unwearying; not yielding to fatigue.
'Urban' Word of the Day
bootyism: sexy religion often confused with Budhism
Scrabble Word of the Day
sleight: deftness (11 points)
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Too Cool: Mixtape for Word Nerds
Courtesy of Roderama's Noreen, check out this very cool collection of songs about grammar and vocabulary at flavorwire.com. All inspired by a Weird Al Yankovic video, also included.
...Of the Day, On This Day, April 8, 2010
Word of the Day
interlard \in-tuhr-LARD\, transitive verb:
To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce something foreign or irrelevant into; as, "to interlard a conversation with oaths or allusions."
'Urban' Word of the Day
Bitchen: The term for the room in an urban apartment in which the bathroom is located in the kitchen.
Scrabble Word of the Day
SLEDGE (8 pts)
On This Day in History
1979 - The last episode of "All In The Family" aired.
1994 - Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's was found dead, a shotgun next to his body along with a suicide note. A high concentration of heroin and traces of Valium were also found in Cobain’s body.
interlard \in-tuhr-LARD\, transitive verb:
To insert between; to mix or mingle; especially, to introduce something foreign or irrelevant into; as, "to interlard a conversation with oaths or allusions."
'Urban' Word of the Day
Bitchen: The term for the room in an urban apartment in which the bathroom is located in the kitchen.
Scrabble Word of the Day
SLEDGE (8 pts)
On This Day in History
1979 - The last episode of "All In The Family" aired.
1994 - Nirvana's Kurt Cobain's was found dead, a shotgun next to his body along with a suicide note. A high concentration of heroin and traces of Valium were also found in Cobain’s body.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
'Lost' in Sideways World
I am a huge fan of 'Lost' and I've been having an ongoing discussion with a friend of mine about the merits/drawbacks of the controversial 'sideways' stories that have been featured in the final season's episodes. (For the uninitiated, Lost has used flashbacks and flashforwards to tell the stories of the show's characters off-island. This year, they are showing what the producers have called "sideways" stories, which are stories in which the characters are living in what seems to be an alternate universe, one in which they never crashed on the island.)
All season, the sideways stories have seemed to have little-to-no bearing on the main story of 'Lost.' While I have enjoyed seeing the character's "If-Only" lives, I've also been hoping that the writers would somehow tie the two universes together. As the season has worn on, we have been growing more impatient with each episode, because the writers were choosing to make almost no connection between the two. But last night's episode, which featured my boyfriend Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick), finally tied the two together. While it was great to learn that the sideways stories do have relevance to the main plot, I did think it was jarring the way it was revealed. (I'm trying to talk about this without giving out spoilers.) My feeling is that the writers could have more clearly foreshadowed how the sideways stories fit.
So if you're a 'Lost' fan, what do you think about the sideways stories? Have you been as impatient as us? If you were writing the show, how would you have handled it?
All season, the sideways stories have seemed to have little-to-no bearing on the main story of 'Lost.' While I have enjoyed seeing the character's "If-Only" lives, I've also been hoping that the writers would somehow tie the two universes together. As the season has worn on, we have been growing more impatient with each episode, because the writers were choosing to make almost no connection between the two. But last night's episode, which featured my boyfriend Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick), finally tied the two together. While it was great to learn that the sideways stories do have relevance to the main plot, I did think it was jarring the way it was revealed. (I'm trying to talk about this without giving out spoilers.) My feeling is that the writers could have more clearly foreshadowed how the sideways stories fit.
So if you're a 'Lost' fan, what do you think about the sideways stories? Have you been as impatient as us? If you were writing the show, how would you have handled it?
Work in Progress
I sometimes feel like my entire life is one big forever incomplete work-in-progress. One thing you should know about me -- if you don't already -- is that I have four children, ages 10, 8, 4 and 8 months. This being spring break week, I've been hampered in getting my business website, wordnerdgirl.com, up and running because I spend all my time breaking up fights and tripping over toys. The oldest kid has a movie outing planned with her best friend, so today's goal is to get the site published, and possibly write a little, during what I hope is a well-coordinated naptime.
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