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lychnobite (LIK-nuh-byt) noun One who works at night and sleeps during the day. [From Greek lychnos (lamp) + bios (life).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)

A silly ad campaign for men’s razors, promising baby-soft skin. No good can come of this. Somebody tell me, is this actually running on TV?

Located in Colorado Springs. Spendy but wonderful. We went there on Friday night to celebrate Ray being out of the house, more or less. A lot of the people I asked about the place hadn’t been there or hadn’t heard of it, which seems like a shame. It’s the painted building just off the east

It doesn’t take much to make Ray and me almost pee our pants. A must-see for all Star Wars fans…

The “It’s All Greek to Scooby-Doo” episode is unique. Velma announces the centaur is none other than Sir Portsmouth, then unmasks the villain–who turns out to be someone else. Velma: What? Who is this? Archaeologist: That’s my assistant! Velma: But I’ve never even met her!

Don’t have to rich to be my girlDon’t have to cool to rule my World! (of Warcraft)

An Estonian minimalist composer. I first listened to Te Deum, in 1993, a year after I’d started college, while I was dating a boy I shouldn’t have. He wanted to buy me things, so I had him buy me that album; I bought him a copy, too. One of those cases where somethingyou picked up

For everyone who said, “You know who should watch Shaun of the Dead? De,” well, I did. Hee!

Okay, maybe my problem with doing revisions is that I’ve been writing the wrong things. I’ve been working on Alien Blue, and it’s been…fun. Hey there, missy. I mean, miss. I’m Bill Trout, proprietor of the Caveman Brewery. What can I get you? Here’s what you should say: “Bill, I got a hankerin’ for something

Maybe this is an old idea, but it’s a new idea for me. The point of the philosopher’s stone was to purify baser metals and turn them to gold, that is, the “parts” of the metals that were impure would be removed: Matter transmutation, the old goal of alchemy, enjoyed a moment in the sun