You see, in an effort to catch up, I have been effectively driveling out the first thing that comes to my mind. Unfortunately the first thing that comes to my mind in regards to vampires, is the same thing that seems to be coming to everyone else's mind about vampires these days ( Read more... )

First of all, I do spell the English way; I was in an English boarding school when I was twelve, thirteen and fourteen, and these are the years when spelling gets set. After I had been made to write h-o-n-o-u-r, for instance, a hundred times on the a blackboard several hundred times, it was almost impossible for me to spell it h-o-n-o-r. The ( Read more... )

I have found a new pastime.

It may be old hat to you. But omg!

Amazon? On all the books with the "Look Inside!" feature? It has a "Text Stats" link!!!!

My favorite stat?

Words per ounce!

LOVE!

THE WORDS!!!!

THEY ESCAPE ME!!!!

outtastic, adj. something that is really fabulous

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." - James Nicoll

now Lacan.

( the word meters, to help me keep track of things. )