Pseudonymous Bosch's Blog, page 8
September 3, 2012
Look out for this word
The Wordnik Word of the Day for September 3, 2012 is
dogwatch
http://www.wordnik.com/words/dogwatch
(noun) Nautical, a watch of two hours, arranged so as to alter the watches kept from day to day by each division of the crew. The first dog-watch is from 4 to 6 p.m., the second from 6 to 8 p.m.
'Dogwatch' probably comes from 'dog-sleep,' a light or interrupted sleep.
Example:
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August 31, 2012
SUPERBUBBLE
This composite image shows a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located about 160,000 light years from Earth. Many new stars, some of them very massive, are forming in the star cluster NGC 1929, which is embedded in the nebula N44, so named because it is the 44th nebula in a catalog of such objects in the Magellanic Clouds. TheRead More...
August 30, 2012
the homunculus counts as one of these
The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 30, 2012 is
eobiont
http://www.wordnik.com/words/eobiont
(noun) A hypothetical primordial life-form or chemical precursor to a living organism.
(noun) An artificially-created creature; a Frankenstein's monster.
‘Eobiont’ comes from ‘eo,’ characterized by the earliest appearance of (which comes from the Greek ‘eos,’ dawn), and ‘biont,’ individual organism.
Example:
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August 28, 2012
Q&A time with the readers.
Q: Why do you like chocolate so much?
A: The answer, clearly, is because I've tasted chocolate.
This place is the pits
The Wordnik Word of the Day for August 28, 2012 is
barathrum
http://www.wordnik.com/words/barathrum
(noun) A rocky place or pit outside the walls of ancient Athens, into which criminals were thrown.
(noun) The abyss; hell.
(noun) Anything that swallows up or devours; the belly; an insatiable glutton or extortioner.
‘Barathrum’ is Latin in origin, and is also the name of a Finnish ‘black doom’ band.
Example:
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August 26, 2012
Good places to hide in plain sight
Here are some water towers cleverly turned into domiciles. The perfect places to hide out in plain sight, and get those 360 degree views - that way you can keep an eye on all sides. Great positioning!
Click on the images for more.
Neil Armstrong 1930 - 2012
Space Medal of Honor
Astronaut Neil Armstrong received the first Congressional Space Medal of Honor from President Jimmy Carter, assisted by Captain Robert Peterson. Armstrong, one of six astronauts to be presented the medal during ceremonies held in the Vehicle Assembly Building, was awarded for his performance during the Gemini 8 mission and the Apollo 11 mission when he bRead More...
August 25, 2012
Garden of decaying books
Check out this garden of decomposing books in Quebec.
We can only hope that some copies of the Secret Series are decomposing in such a beautiful way - and NOT being read!
The garden was designed by Berlin landscape architect Thilo Folkerts of 100 Landschaftsarchitektur and Canadian artist Rodney LaTourelle.
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August 23, 2012
ISS
Russians Outfit the ISS
Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (top), Expedition 32 commander; and Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, participate in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk on August 20, 2012, Padalka and Malenchenko moved the Strela-2 cargo boom from the Pirs docking compartment to Read More...
August 21, 2012
By any other name
This question comes in from a Secret reader who also likes to write:
Dear Mr. Bosch. I wrote a book and I have given the characters aliases. I'd like to know, should I also use a pseudonym when I am done writing the book?
Mr. Bosch says, the short answer is:
Yes!
Using a pseudonym depends on how good the fake names of your characters are. The better they are, the less you need a pseudonym (but still use one). But scrimp in one department and you'll have to overpaRead More...
