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February 21, 2011
Nompion
A leader, a great man. - J. H. Nodal's Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect, 1882One possessing more knowledge than the common people. Lancashire. - Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905An here I was thinking it would be a little more like this:
February 19, 2011
Bezonter
An expletive denoting surprise. "Bezonter me! bu aw'm fair gormed." - Robert Holland's Glossary of Words Used in ... Chesire, 1886Also written bezounter and bezountee. - Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905
February 18, 2011
Random Moods
I've had a very up-and-down week emotionally. I'm not sure why, after all I haven't queried anyone and so have gotten no rejections. Rejections always bring me down.Monday I was fine, if a little tired. Tuesday I was miserable - all day. Even three hours punching stuff didn't improve my mood as it usually does. Last night and this morning it switched. I now feel great.I don't get it.There
February 17, 2011
So Much SQUEE!
Squee is a noise I stole from my High School pal Leonie Allan. It adequately describes that perfect mix of joy and excitement as no other sound has yet to do.The first Squee is the delightful thought that late next week, my little brother will be landing on Canadian soil, looking to make a life for himself here. He'll be staying in Vancouver for a while, which means that I won't get to see him
February 16, 2011
Still on Break
Taking my mother's advice, I'm continuing with my writing break and am, instead, reading. I'll have the book review soon, but you'll have to wait for it!In the meantime, here is something that made me giggle.David Mitchell is a regular guest on my favourite panel show, BBC's Qi. I stumbled across his youtube.com channel rather by accident. While many of his rants are funny, this one stood out.
February 15, 2011
Thank Heavens That Day is Over!
The only good thing about Valentine's Day is that chocolate goes on sale immediately afterwards!Today is, apparently, Singles Appreciation Day. Seriously? Why does someone's marital status have to be mentioned at all, on any day? It's no more pertinent to their worth as a human being as is the size of their left foot. I mean really, why do we care so much about whether other people, or
February 14, 2011
Valentine's Day
I was going to go on my typical, "Valentine's Day is the Stupidest Day of the Year" rant, but I thought I could sum up the entirety of my feelings with a simple image:There are some funny gifts floating around these days designed especially for people like me. Check here and here for some.****Celebrating the finishing of Hunter has been going well. I managed to refrain from writing all of
February 12, 2011
Woolward
To go woolward was to wear woollen next to the skin as a penance. "Woolward and wetshod went I forth." [William Langland's Piers Plowman, c 1399] - William Toone's Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete Words, 1832
February 11, 2011
Celebrate!
There'a a party going on in my head right now. Why? Well, the biggest and best news is that Hunter, Book 3 of The Great Man series was finished late yesterday afternoon.Everybody dance now!At 106 543 words, it falls short of the expected 110 000, but man it feels good to be finished the book! It'll be even better when I've finished the series, but that won't be for another year I don't think.
February 10, 2011
A Comedy of Errors, or, My Bloodied Foot
Good morning!Have you ever had one of those days? You know, one of those days, where nothing goes right and things just get so absurd they become funny?Well, that was the passed twelve hours for me.After training on Wednesdays, the gang from the C.U. location goes out to eat and shoot the breeze. It's a tradition that started last year and emulates the tradition at the A.C. location whereby the
