Over a hundred years later, I get the joke. In Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carrol writes: “Then you should say what you mean.” the March Hare went on. “I do,” Alice hastily replied; “at least — at least I mean what I say — that’s the same thing, you know.” “Not the same thing a […]
Boink! What’s the point of wearing your favorite rocketship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em? I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. Calvin : You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. Hobbes : What mood is that? Calvin
The Grandiloquent Dictionary. Some vocabulary words are interesting. Some are amusing. Some would make good villain names on City Of Villains when it comes out. deiparous – Giving birth to a god or a goddess deisidaimonia – The fear of supernatural powers dentiloquent – Pertaining to someone who talks through their teeth deoppilate – To
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana.By Umberto Eco. I’ve just started the novel. Like Silverlock (thanks, Randy), it’s one of those books that contain a kind of map to a bajillion others. Unlike Silverlock, there probably won’t be a happy ending. Some kind of tragedy will cap it off; it’s Umberto Eco. In the Eco-ian

