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December 15, 2013

creepy

creepy – adjective, creepier, creepiest

1. having or causing a creeping sensation of the skin, as from horror or fear: a creepy ghost story.
2. that creeps: a creepy insect.
3. Slang. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a person who is a creep; obnoxious; weird.

This isn't the word of the day from our feed in the right-hand column. No, it's the first word that came to mind when I viewed the following video.

(and I was spot-on with the word I chose, according to the definitions)


December 14, 2013

It's Lonely in My Skull

Not much in there besides some shallow thoughts.

You Live a Solitary Life

You love to be alone in quiet contemplation. If you are forced to socialize, you tend to be a wallflower.

You like to focus more on fantasy than reality. You are concerned with what is possible not what is actual.

You'd like to be remembered more for your work than who you are as a person. You want to make important contributions.


In fact, you're the type of person who others may not understand until they have seen what you have created.



Solitary Man - Neil Diamond

umbriferous



umbriferous um·brif·er·ous [uhm-brif-er-uhs] [uhm-brif-er-uhs] adjective

casting or making shade


I've slimmed down quite a bit, but at one time I was umbriferous.

The Death Report

December 12, 2013

Grant's Gold Watch

In 1857, years before he was a general in the Civil War and long before becoming President, Ulysses S. Grant pawned his gold watch for $22 to buy Christmas gifts for his pregnant wife and their three children.


Read more about this and see a photocopy of the pawn ticket here.