Monday, Monday, Monday

Hello friends!!

Its the last monday in October!! Holidays are rushing very quickly towards us now.

todays word: Truculent adj. (truck-U-lent): feeling or displaying ferocity; scathingly harsh or aggressively self-assertive.

example: The professor was often truculent on his students papers, but they were equally so on rate my professor.

this weeks news...is trivia, that I will answer on wednesday. What did Belgian farmers dump on their fields recently?

thanks guys! keep reading!!

brain food

Truculent Defined

Trivia Assistance

Dogs like words too!!

Let's get Brutal

herisson (HERR-is-son) - noun; a pivoted beam with iron spikes, protecting wall, passage, etc.

example: If the Phillies win another world series, we will need to put a herisson around our cars so they do not get flipped.

Literature news!!

(might not be) J.K. Rowling is the wealthiest author currently alive I discovered and not even totally because of her writing. The movies and merchandise are what really made her the fortune she has. J.K. Rowling is richer than the queen of england to give you an idea. She is worth an estimated $798 million dollars. She has also become famous because of her rags to riches story and her great work in charity now that she has become successful.

As usual, learn more, expand your brain!!

J.K Rowling

Definition of herisson

Weather in Your Words

Hey Everybody,

Today's word is...

Boreal (bor-E-al): 1. of or relating to the forests of the northern hemisphere 2. relating to northern wind, cold, chill.

Ex. It was boreal outside today, of course, since I forgot my sweatshirt.

LYRICS!! (obscure but so what!)

"We announce the funerals, to the still alive world. Coming from the boreal land, we won many nations. We are everywhere, we are the children of silver."

"The funeral wind born in Oriana" by Nokturnal Mortum

Not much going on with my literary exploits currently. Still reading Jane Eyre and also working on Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Both are very good books that I am enjoying actually, since Jane Eyre finally picked up a bit.

Is anyone else reading something that is good? Or do I have any Nokturnal Mortum fans out there who think their use of boreal is awesome?

let me know with a comment.

Some links to more information on todays things:

Nokturnal Mortum

Definition of Boreal

Things Fall Apart

M.W.W. Day

It's time again for the middle of the week word.

Supine(su-PEEN)adj. (can also be a noun) - 1. laying on the back facing upwards, 2. being mentally or morally slack, passive 3. leaning or sloping backwards

The parents believed that their daughter staying out all night was displaying very supine behavior.

yeah, again i picked a word that I don't know of a song for.

Recent literary news (at least for me) is that Danielle Steel is a millionaire. I have never read a single book of hers and yet she rakes in millions of dollars in book sales. 550 MILLION copies of her books have been sold (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Steel). 22 of her books have been adapted to film. This is like every novel writers lifetime goal times thirty. I may have to pick up a book and see what all this is about.

Want to know more?

Danielle Steel
Supine on Merriam Webster

Friday, TGIF!!

Lets get scientific today, ya know. Its friday so lets do one good brain stretch before the weekend.

today's word: Fluxible (flux-IBLE): capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral

example: Copper is very fluxible and is capable of making pipes.

this one is definitely not in a song that I can get my hands on, sorry. extra points if you find one.

Other literary news is that I am reading Jane Eyre for the first time. Yes, it wasn't thrust upon me in high school so now I am leafing through it. Its actually really good and interesting. I feel pretty involved in Jane's life and I am invested emotionally in her well being at this point. The middle chapters have slowed things down quite a bit. Feels a bit like she needed extra pages so has just gone off forever on heavy, slow, conversations that move plot super slowly.

Enjoy your weekend fellow readers and word-nuts!