Wed 20 Oct, 2010 02:38 pm - "Subhuman" might be considered. Comparisons with non-human creatures can be positive (such as "kittenish") or negative, depending on the context, connotation, and culture.... (view)
Thu 14 Jan, 2010 12:42 am - Hi, Margo!
Whatever year? I believe I'll start celebrating on the 14th of February, Chinese New Year of the Tiger. Grrrrrrrrrrr! (view)
Mon 4 Jan, 2010 09:12 pm - The definitions I've seen so far are incomplete, as they refer only to "it's" as meaning "it is".
"It's" is always a contraction, but its meaning... (view)
Sun 3 Jan, 2010 04:37 pm - No discomfort, David - I never walked barefoot over rough lava.
That usage is only one of many, and I found it quite amusing in a wry sort of way. Pleasant memories have a life of their own and... (view)
Sun 3 Jan, 2010 04:18 pm - David, I learned the word on my first trip to Hawaii, upon going to areas of solidified lava flow, where it was used simply as a technical term for one type of solidified lava. The part about... (view)
Sat 2 Jan, 2010 01:36 pm - Seed, thanks for pointing out that "pronunciamento" Website.
Yes, littlek, the Divine Bovine.
roger, I've been a Californian since wee toddlerhood,
but I have a Hawaii connection:... (view)
Sat 2 Jan, 2010 01:07 pm - Yes, littlek, the Divine Bovine.
roger, I've been a Californian since wee toddlerhood,
but I have a Hawaii connection: my handle is from a
Hawaiian word: a'a
It has a lot of... (view)
Fri 1 Jan, 2010 09:54 pm - Another thing. All this teapot-sized tempest about when the decade ends is reminiscent of the threads around 1999, when we created quodlibets about the precise date of the new millennium. As for... (view)
Fri 1 Jan, 2010 09:21 pm - To tsarstepan & dlowan & ehBeth & farmerman -- Happy, happy new year.
ehBeth, thanks for the daffodil and iris bouquet, but I'm not so sure about the tooth-of-lion -- okay,... (view)
