One of the Auror's reports in Chapter 5 is dated February 9, so I based the current dates on that. They should be correct, give or take a day. Some of the past events were a little hard for me to parse out, so anything with a "(?)" is just my best guess. Feel free to use it for your personal reference and/or copy and edit it as you see fit. If ( Read more... )

I wrote a little ditty for my kitties today...

Oh, Catnip Bag
(to the tune of O Tannenbaum)

Oh, catnip bag! Oh, catnip bag,
I lick you and get high.
Oh, catnip bag! Oh, catnip bag,
The craziness is nigh.

I can't play with you by myself,
So Mommy keeps you on the shelf.

Oh, catnip bag! Oh, catnip bag,
I lick you and get high.

I went to the Philadelphia Comic Con this weekend.  During the Q&A, this is what happened.  I figure that somebody is bound to post this on Youtube, so I'm beating them to the punch.  If I'm to be embarrassed, I'll be the one to do the embarrassing. :-P

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Hideeho, y'all.  Today is my posting day at Seasonal Spuffy.  They are no longer crossposting to LJ, so I'm posting my offering here on my journal.

Preview:

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Step One: Watch video.

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Step Two: Read article.

Step Three: Choose from the following options:

A) Become outraged.
B) Laugh your ass off.
C) Purchase Clean and Dry Intimate Wash (not FDA approved).

Seriously, I'd be outraged if I weren't laughing so hard. :-P

paronomasia \,pa-rə-nō-‘mā-zh(ē-)ə, ,pa-,rä-nə-‘mā-\ n : a play on words : pun
No matter how hard Willow tried to program the Buffybot with effective verbal wit, its attempts at paronomasias were incoherent at best.
Essentially, puns are humorous uses of words to suggest more than one interpretation.  “Paronomasia,” which derives from a Greek verb ( Read more... )

Double Bonus Word Day!

At the sight of Buffy’s moue, Spike couldn’t resist the urge to osculate her.

moue \‘mü\ n : a little grimace : pout

“Moue” is one of two similar-sounding words in English that refer to a pout or grimace; the other is “mow,” which is pronounced to rhyme either with “no” or “now.”  “Mow” and “moue” share the same origin (the ( Read more... )

kittel \‘ki-təl\ n : a white cotton or linen robe worn by Orthodox Jews on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and at the Passover Seder
Determined to earn an A in Mr. Whitmore’s health class, Willow spent all night sewing a tiny kittel for her egg baby to demonstrate that she taught it religious values.

Kittels have long been made of cotton, and if you ( Read more... )

nychthemeron \nik-‘the-mə-,rän\ n : a full period of a night and a day
At the suggestion of Mr. Bogarty at the magic shop, Tara purified the moonstone by burying it in sand for one nychthemeron before using it for spellcasting.

This 24-hour term brings together the Greek root nykt- or nyx-, meaning “night,” and the Greek word hemera, meaning “day.”  ( Read more... )

Why I love Ringer:

• The plot has so many twists and turns that you barely recover from a bad case of whiplash by the time the next episode airs.
• It's managed to surprise me, whereas with most shows, I guess what's gonna happen next before the writers do. :-P
• Bridget is an ex-stripper drug addict, who's on the run from an organized crime lord, got her ( Read more... )