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Friday, December 25th, 2009

1word1day [ nerdfury ]

9:17a Oh Ry'leh, oh Ry'leh, your madness comes right to me! Merry Christmas, wordjunkies! And happy whatever else you celebrate if you celebrate something else. Happy Giftmas for those that celebrate the gifts and booze, and happy Festivus for those with 1990 goggles on who still think Seinfeld was funny. :D For those of us not fighting this silly War on Christmas, I hope you all have a fantastic day with family and friends, or at least a nice day by yourself avoiding the whole thing. I have no word for you today, but something a little extra special - a Christmas poem, written by yours truely! T'was the night before Christmas and all around Earth no creature was stirring for what it was worth. With sugar-hyped children asleep in their beds and visions of Santy Claus Bouncing 'round little heads From under the world there came a great howl as ancient old evil arose for a prowl The dread lord of madness Cthulhu, his name prowled 'round the Earth To chew spicy brain To rend and to tear And devour souls, all the dread lord Cthulhu was having a ball. Quick as a lick He nommed, and was gone! Back into deep space Where evil did spawn. So beware you, this Christmas Of dreaming to bargain, for Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!

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Friday, December 18th, 2009

1word1day [ nerdfury ]

10:29a Sorry about missing last week. As you all know, this time of year is always a bitch! Zetetic [ze-tet'ik] adjective or noun Definition Proceeding by inquiry; a search or investigation; a skeptical seeker of knowledge. A term originally used to refer to Pyrrhonists, a group of ancient Greek skeptics, it has come to mean both the process of inquiry and one who so proceeds. A zetetic is thus a sort of intellectual agnostic who, while seeking greater truths, is always wary of falsehood. Etymology Greek zetetikos, from zeteein, 'to seek.' Usage Sandra always used to refer to herself, in a rather grandiose manner, that she was a zetetic - a seeker of truth and wisdom, and wary of being mislead. I, however, in a zetetic manner rather figured her to just be an argumentative bitch. True story, except the Sandra of the tale isn't smart enough to know what a zetetic is!

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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

1word1day [ rainbow_yarn ]

10:26p WAUGH FINALS TUESDAY contretemps [KON-truh-tahn; Fr. kawntruh-TAHN] noun an inopportune occurrence; an embarrassing mischance An unforeseen event that disrupts the normal course of things; an inopportune occurrence. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/contretemps I congratulated myself on being the first in line to speak to the new boss to recommend myself and my abilities. Unfortunately a contretemps in the form of a fly buzzing into my mouth as I opened it to speak kept me from giving this boss my name, and Eliza behind me got the promotion.

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