Word of the day: Acnestis

PRONUNCIATION: (AK-nist-uhs) MEANING: noun: The part of the body where one cannot reach to scratch. ETYMOLOGY: From Greek aknestis (spine), from Ancient Greek knestis (spine, cheese-grater). USAGE: “In what has to be the longest post-election season in living memory, the last five months have felt like an acnestis upon our collective soul; like that little

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Food blog: Need name.

I’m planning to separate out my food posts into their own blog.  Turns out, the names I want are either taken or lame.  Kitchen Alchemist – gone.  Likewise Kitchen Alchemy.  Crazy Noodle and Crazy Noodles have been nommed.   Foodienomicon?  Too geeky.  Odd Cuisine?  Doesn’t sound tasty.  Should I avoid bad puns and cliches in the

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Twitter Updates for 2009-10-25

Going in search of pumpkins…why do I think of serial killers at moments like this? Oh yes, pumpkin guts. # Steampunk: indeed. http://bit.ly/1e67E0 # @annsurely Having a protein breakdown?!? in reply to annsurely # Via @ianthealy Fiction and poetry markets: an EASY to use site. http://www.duotrope.com/index.aspx # @dabeak Hey, I got somebody who wants to

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