October 2010
“It takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before… to...”
– Anais Nin (via thresca)
September 2010
Gloria Allred is a crazy publicity grubbing loon. She just said that the ILLEGAL IMMAGRANT suing Meg Whitman for firing her is “The Rosa Parks of immigration.” Oh hells now!!! A woman working ILLEGALLY in this country for 9 years can’t be compared to a woman fighting for civil rights. NO!!!
“At the time, my life just seemed too complete, and maybe we have to break...”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
HOBBLEDEHOY
hobbledehoy \HOB-uhl-dee-hoy, noun:
An awkward, gawky young fellow.
For early on, girls become aware — as much from their fathers’ anguished bellows of “You’re not going out dressed like that, Miss” as from the buffoonish reactions of the spotty hobbledehoys at the end-of-term disco — of the power of clothes to seduce. — Jane Shilling,...
“I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.”
– Maya Angelou (via kari-shma)
“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
– C.S. Lewis (via yearslater) (via quote-book)
FRABJOUS
frabjous \FRAB-juhs, adjective:
Wonderful, elegant, superb, or delicious.
He bombarded her with imported candy and American beauties, and cluttered up the spring with a series of whist parties, which butted into the social calendar something frabjous. — George Fitch, At good old Siwash
If there’s a more frabjous pairing of writer and director than Lewis Carroll and Tim Burton, I...
DIAPHANOUS
diaphanous \dy-AF-uh-nuhs, adjective:
1. Of such fine texture as to allow light to pass through; translucent or transparent. 2. Vague; insubstantial.
The curtains are thin, a diaphanous membrane that can’t quite contain the light outside. — Eric Liu, The Accidental Asian
She needed more than diaphanous hope, more than I could give her. — Tej Rae, “One Hand...
“I can’t choose how i feel. But i can choose what I do about it.”
– Andy Rooney (via kari-shma)
“Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do.”
– Paulo Coelho (via thresca)
BROBDINGNAGIAN
Brobdingnagian \brob-ding-NAG-ee-uhn, adjective:
Of extraordinary size; gigantic; enormous.
The venture capital business has a size problem. A monstrous, staggering, stupefying one. Brobdingnagian even. — Russ Mitchell, “Too Much Ventured Nothing Gained”, Fortune, November 11, 2002
Any savvy dealer … will try to talk you up to one of the latest behemoths, which have...
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Someone who makes it seem like it’s a movie.
Professor Brian Cox interviews Stephen Hawking →
fuckyeahspace:
In which Brian Cox is adorable, Stephen Hawking is hilarious and profound and we get a brief glimpse into the minds of these great men.
See also: David Attenborough talks to Richard Dawkins.
Elephants have been known to die of broken hearts...
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That is what memories do to you.
BURLESQUE
burlesque \ber-LESK, adjective:
1. Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.
noun: 1. Any ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature. 2. A humorous and provocative stage show featuring slapstick humor, striptease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus.
Fast moving, wry and politely burlesque, The Finkler Question poses many questions. — Eileen Battersby, “Fast...
For all you entertainment industry junkies out...
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not...
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“Be as you wish to seem.”
– Socrates (via girlwithoutwings)
AMBROSIAL
ambrosial \am-BROH-zhuhl, adjective:
1. Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant. 2. Worthy of the gods; divine.
But if something is slightly bruised, speckled or dinged on the outside, we don’t usually take the time to wonder if it might be ambrosial within. — Monica Eng, “Farmers markets bring on the ugly fruit and we love it,”...
“If you want to be happy, be.”
– Leo Tolstoy (via quote-book)
