Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Word Definition: Compersion
Opposite of jealousy. Being happy that a lover (or long-term partner) is fulfilled in loving relationship with another.
Term most often used to describe positive feelings experienced by practitioners of polyamory in this situation.
The adjective frubbly and the noun frubbles are sometimes used in the poly community to describe the feeling of compersion.
Term most often used to describe positive feelings experienced by practitioners of polyamory in this situation.
The adjective frubbly and the noun frubbles are sometimes used in the poly community to describe the feeling of compersion.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Word Definition: Refractory
- Being disobedient due to stubbornness; contumacity
- Ability to endure high temperatures and/or pressures
Latin root: refractarius meaning stubborn, which in turns originates form refragari meaning 'to oppose'.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Sunday, April 01, 2007
Word Definition: Jingoist
- An extreme zealot driven by patriotism and nationalism
- Warmonger; political figure that advocates war and incites strong negative sentiment toward other nations to drum up public support for war.
[Note: I've known and loved this word for a number of years, but have been spelling it wrong until now - sorry to everyone I have misinformed previously.]
Word Definition: Luddite
- An opponent of technological advances.
- Group of English workmen in the 19th century that destroyed the machines that displaced their jobs.
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Word Definition: Abecedarian
[pronounced: A-b-c-darian]
- novice learning basics of a discipline
- Sect of 16th century Anabaptists from Germany that found human knowledge contemptible. Instead they believed God would enlighten select believers through visions.
Word Definition: Basilisk
Exceptional [mythical] creature, so deadly that inhaling its breath is lethal. It resembles the Cockatrice differing in that it has two heads. The second at the extremity of its tail. It is occasionally referred to instead as an Amphisien Cockatrice (or simply Amphisien) due to this extra head and resemblance to the Cockatrice.
The only way to kill this creature is to show it its own reflection.
The only way to kill this creature is to show it its own reflection.
Word Definition: Cockatrice
Small lizard which is one of the most lethal [mythical] creatures. It has the head, neck, and chest of a rooster, wings of a bat and tail of a lizard.
It's glance would kill instantly, it's breath could break stone. The most effective way that brave men slew this beast, or it's counterpart, the Basilisk, was to show it its own reflection.
It's glance would kill instantly, it's breath could break stone. The most effective way that brave men slew this beast, or it's counterpart, the Basilisk, was to show it its own reflection.
Teabag Quote
Women are like teabags. We don't know our true strength until we are in hot water!
Eleanor Roosevelt
Monday, March 19, 2007
Favorite Buddha Quote
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Monday, April 17, 2006
Interesting, but not necessarily useful tidbits
100 things we didn't know this time last year
The title link is an article from 12/30/05 on BBC's website, but thought it was interesting. It is slightly UK-specific, but many of the items are universal. Namely the following items were my favorite (if you would like a summary) in order of my preference:
My favorite...
11. One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
8. Devout Orthodox Jews are three times as likely to jaywalk as other people, according to an Israeli survey reported in the New Scientist. The researchers say it's possibly because religious people have less fear of death.
My mum will certainly appreciate this one...
72. A towel doesn't legally reserve a sun lounger - and there is nothing in German or Spanish law to stop other holidaymakers removing those left on vacant seats.
19. The = sign was invented by 16th Century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde, who was fed up with writing "is equal to" in his equations. He chose the two lines because "noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle".
The title link is an article from 12/30/05 on BBC's website, but thought it was interesting. It is slightly UK-specific, but many of the items are universal. Namely the following items were my favorite (if you would like a summary) in order of my preference:
My favorite...
11. One in 10 Europeans is allegedly conceived in an Ikea bed.
8. Devout Orthodox Jews are three times as likely to jaywalk as other people, according to an Israeli survey reported in the New Scientist. The researchers say it's possibly because religious people have less fear of death.
My mum will certainly appreciate this one...
72. A towel doesn't legally reserve a sun lounger - and there is nothing in German or Spanish law to stop other holidaymakers removing those left on vacant seats.
19. The = sign was invented by 16th Century Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde, who was fed up with writing "is equal to" in his equations. He chose the two lines because "noe 2 thynges can be moare equalle".
Sunday, January 01, 2006
Just Another Year Syndrom (JAYS)
So this is it. The big moment when everything changes. I can have a clean slate and start making the same mistakes all over again. Or is it? What makes the beginning of the first minute in a new calendar year so great anyway?
I suppose I don't owe any taxes yet - hooray!
L. and I stayed in this (or is it last?) New Year's Eve watching two movies - one of which was so awful it doesn't warrant thinking about ever again, let alone discussing it. The other was a thoughtful, yet melancholic Iraqi-Iranian joint venture called "Turtles Can Fly", which I thoroughly recommend to those searching for a more meaningful way to spend 2 hours than watching the latest Hollywood non-Oscar calliber junk.
I suppose I must be mellowing with old age. Gone are the days that I long to be drunk at midnight on New Year's Eve and here are the days that I long to watch independent film in my flying cat pjamas and slippers. I suppose some things change and others (like making the same mistakes all over again every year) will remain the same. Note the aptness of that last sentence for this domain name. Or will they? After all Greek and Turkish Cypriots were recently able to cross the "green line" after decades of no progress. IBM (which is synonymous with PC hardware) sold their PC Division to the Chinese. Afghanistan is on its way to being a democracy (if you believe the western press that is).
So this year my resolution is to think the impossible as much as (im)possible.
Note: This posting was converted from an older blog.
I suppose I don't owe any taxes yet - hooray!
L. and I stayed in this (or is it last?) New Year's Eve watching two movies - one of which was so awful it doesn't warrant thinking about ever again, let alone discussing it. The other was a thoughtful, yet melancholic Iraqi-Iranian joint venture called "Turtles Can Fly", which I thoroughly recommend to those searching for a more meaningful way to spend 2 hours than watching the latest Hollywood non-Oscar calliber junk.
I suppose I must be mellowing with old age. Gone are the days that I long to be drunk at midnight on New Year's Eve and here are the days that I long to watch independent film in my flying cat pjamas and slippers. I suppose some things change and others (like making the same mistakes all over again every year) will remain the same. Note the aptness of that last sentence for this domain name. Or will they? After all Greek and Turkish Cypriots were recently able to cross the "green line" after decades of no progress. IBM (which is synonymous with PC hardware) sold their PC Division to the Chinese. Afghanistan is on its way to being a democracy (if you believe the western press that is).
So this year my resolution is to think the impossible as much as (im)possible.
Note: This posting was converted from an older blog.
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