More of the usual random, plus a new Lexiambicon entry
What is all this crap? - LT
Ain’t that the question of the ages? - VC
>holding up a electronic game< “Are you ever gonna play this?” - VC
“Yes, I am. It’s really fun.” - RN
“Theoretically! You’ve never opened it!” - VC
purposed business card:
Logan Lastname Temptation Incorporated
GEEK COMMERCE TEMPTATION DEMIGOD AND OCCASIONAL OFFICE CLERK
I shine like a diamond………covered in ORANGE JUICE!!!!!!! - LT, via email
… blogged I feel all special I'm gonna wait till my fame reaches its peak and then make a LJ account and be like ITS ME! Logan! The orange juice drinking, work skippin, ass kickin, office prankster dude! Woohoo! - LT, via email
What a$$hole decides suddenly, "Oi, Roger, want a piece of Ol' Stone Hedge?" - SB (rowanheart24), re: news article, via email
Cool name for the process of slowly revealing your faith to a new person who you know isn’t a Christian, to see if you can start a faith conversation:
Drawing My Fish
(BTW, its my title! You can’t have it!)
An insurance company that we (my company) broker for let us correct a client’s name on their policy, without question. However, that same company won’t let US correct OUR address without “proof”. Wha?---
So, let’s call and say:
‘Hi! This is Campbell’s! We aren’t going by “Campbell’s” anymore, we want to be known as “Mmm, Mmm, Good!”. (suggestion by TS)
From an off-color email forward, cracked (ha!) me up:
Did you know that in the human body there is a nerve that connects the eyeball to the anus?
It's called the Anal Optic Nerve, and it is responsible for giving people a crappy outlook on life.
If you don't believe it, try to pull a hair from your butt and see if it doesn't bring a tear to your eye.
Ain’t that the truth: from Hot Fuzz:
Danny Butterman: What do you think?
Nicholas Angel: Well, I wouldn't argue that it wasn't a no-holds-barred, adrenaline-fueled thrill ride. But there is no way you can perpetrate that amount of carnage and mayhem and not incur a considerable amount of paperwork.
Recent notable Words of the Day:
puckish \PUCK-ish\ adjective
: impish, whimsical
Example sentence:
Ellen found Gabe's puckish antics quite appealing when they first started dating, but now she wishes he would be more serious.
Did you know?
We know Puck as "that merry wanderer of the night," the shape-changing, maiden-frightening, mischief-sowing henchman to the king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The Bard drew on English folklore in casting his character, but the traditional Puck was more malicious than the Shakespearean imp; he was an evil spirit or demon. In medieval England, this nasty hobgoblin was known as the "puke" or "pouke," names related to the Old Norse "puki," meaning "devil." But it was the Bard's characterization that stuck, and by the time the adjective "puckish" started appearing regularly in English texts in the late 1800s the association was one of impishness, not evil.
ed. note: Name a person this reminds you of. You can nominate yourself. I know who I would nominate.
attitudinize \at-uh-TOO-duh-nyze\ verb
: to assume an affected mental attitude : pose
Example sentence:
"She kept her position; she seemed absorbed in the view. 'Is she posing -- is she attitudinizing for my benefit?' Longueville asked of himself." (Henry James, Confidence)
Did you know?
The English word "attitude" was first used in the 17th century to describe the posture of a sculptured or painted figure. The word was borrowed from French and formed from the Italian word "attitudine," meaning "aptitude" or "natural tendency." By the early 18th century, "attitude" was also being used for the posture a person assumed for a specific purpose. And by mid-century, "attitudinarians," people who study and practice attitudes, were being talked about. The verb "attitudinize" followed in 1784.
ed. note: Seventeen freaking eighty-four? Are you kidding? That’s modern corporate speak!
Chuck Norris can choke you with a cordless phone.
Lexiambicon Entry:
Faramired - (verb)
the angry, appalled, and/or shocked, etc, emotional and intellectual reaction to a literary character being drastically, unfavorably, and/or unnecessarily changed in a movie adaptation from the original source material/book. References the change to Faramir, The Two Towers, movie v. book.
usage:
(re: Prince Caspian) As an adaptation, they REALLY took liberties with the character of Peter. So much so that Randy said that he was Faramired.