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Jul 24, 2004 22:08

Went to Comic Con. Bought stuff. Came home. Went to surprise party with work peeps. Came home again. Cleaned kitchen. Sighed with relief.

A larger entry about the con is (hopefully) on the way. In the meantime, I submit for no specific reason of any kind:

Three Words That I Have Recently Found To Be Cool

maudlin

\Maud"lin\, a. [From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, OE. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.] 1. Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly. ``Maudlin eyes.'' --Dryden. ``Maudlin eloquence.'' --Roscommon. ``A maudlin poetess.'' --Pope. ``Maudlin crowd.'' --Southey.

2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; fuddled; given to drunkenness.

porpentine

\Por"pen*tine\, n. Porcupine. [Obs.] --Shak.

decadent

adj : marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals" [syn: effete] n : a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)

words are delicious

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