01-13-13 "Abhor"
Abhor: "To loathe."
Seriously. Pickles are the worst.
01-12-13: "Remuneration"
Remuneration: "Compensation, payment."
Feeling awful about the prospect of killing someone so stupid, Lord Darkness ended up giving Sir Emery a handful of loose change and letting him go on his way.
01-11-13: "Realia"
Realia: "Objects or activities used to relate classroom teaching to real life."
"Wait, I thought I was teaching history?"
01-10-13: "Apollonian"
Sorry for the sporadic updates everyone! I was in Rhode Island with family which threw off my regular working schedule - But now I'm back in town and should be back to a more regimented schedule! Let's jump back in.
Apollonian: "Of or relating to the god Apollo."
"And I just got that bloody thing from Hephaestus last week..."
1-03-13 "Festoon"
Festoon: "A decorative chain or strip hanging between two points."
"With or without lice?"
"Why would I ever want lice?"
"Well, some of 'em have diseases in 'em that bite you and make you see inneresting sights. Some people want that."
1-02-13: "Heliacal"
My first scene-of-the-day of 2013! I apologize that these have been pretty spotty the last 2 weeks, but I've been with family and so my schedule has been all over the place.
Heliacal: "Relating to the sun."
Of course, Urg's new 'friends' would be disappointed to learn that he had all but blinded himself after years of staring at the sun.
12-29-12: "Vacuous"
Vacuous: "Emptied of or lacking content."
12-28-12: "Donnybrook"
Donnybrook: "Free-for-all, brawl."
Of course, Mr. Jones had always had it out for Mr. Douglas ever since Mr. Douglas cut in on him and Marjorie Fleming at the Inter-Nursing Home Mixer last year.
12-27-12: "Mise-en-scène"
Mise-en-scène: "The arrangement of the scenery and actors for a theatrical production"
Bill hasn't even seen how long it takes Charlie to arrange the pillows on his bed...
12-21-12: "Solstice"
Sorry I missed a couple there, folks! I've been traveling back to Rhode Island the last few days!
Solstice: "The time of year when the sun is farthest north of the equator or farthest south of the equator." (ie. the date that some people believe the Mayans predicted the world would end.)
12-18-12: "Lagniappe"
Lagniappe: "A small gift given to a customer by a merchant at time of purchase."
(Believe it or not, it's pronounced "lan-yap.")
12-17-12: "Commensal"
Commensal: "Of or relating to those who habitually eat together."
I would love to write or see a movie where The Rock and Zach Braff were brothers.
12-16-12: "Quadrate"
Quadrate: "To be square or almost square."
Cole's been watching this dance for months now and is really just wishing that those two would get it over with already.
12-15-12: "Hagiography"
Hagiography: "Idealizing or idolizing biography."
12-14-12 "Schmooze"
Schmooze: "To chat in a friendly and persuasive manner especially so as to gain favor, business, or connections."
Dingle will be especially disappointed when he remembers that last night was spicy bean burrito night in the cafeteria...
12-13-12: "Parietal"
Parietal: "Of or relating to walls." (Technically of bodily cavities, but I went a different way...)
"Actually, I'm alive! You can still teach me to count, good Hubert! I seem to be suffering from paralysis of the body, so I'll need you to feed me and bathe me, but-"
12-12-12: "Intersperse"
Intersperse: "To place something at intervals in or among."
"Mission accomplished sir. I don't think anyone suspected a thing."
12-11-12: "Disport"
Disport: "To divert or amuse."
Poor Death just wanted to pet the furry, furry alpaca.
12-10-12: "Pomander"
Pomander: "A mixture of aromatic substances enclosed in a perforated bag or box and used to scent clothes and linens or formerly carried as a guard against infection."
"Maybe, like, rub it on each other? Or tie to your, y'know?
12-09-12: "Tutelary"
Tutelary: "Having the guardianship of a person or a thing."
His full name's Abeiron. He's been Tim's guardian angel for 5 years which, coincidentally, is the same amount of time that Tim has now been single.