Vampire Vocab

As you may have realized, I have an increasing fascination with Buffy, even though I’m only on episode 3 of season 3. My fellow Buffy watchers are aware the the show is full of hilarious quotes, so here are my three favorites. By the way, If you have others to share, please do. 1. Look [...]

These are corny jokes that I found on my popsicle sticks that I would be ashamed to tell anyone with the intent of actually making them laugh. I also added in a few Laffy Taffy jokes. Anyway, tell at the risk of being boo-ed to an amazing extent. Q: What kind of guitars do whales [...]

Blue is for nightmares by Laurie Stolarz is a book that I was reminded of when I was watching the episode Killed by Death (From Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Click the link to watch on Hulu). Anyway, this is a really wonderful series which is fantasy despite a lack of vampires, zombies, or the undead [...]

Those who haven’t realized yet that I’m a total Sookie Stackhouse fan are about to get a lot of proof that I am. Along with awesome vampires, Charlaine Harris makes some pretty awesome weres and shifters. I mean Jacob Black is all right, but the Sookie books have shown me the most incredible shapeshifters ever. [...]

Jane finished her grocery shopping, cradling Sarah to her chest with one arm, pushing the cart with the other. She puts her items on the belt, and as the cashier rings them up, she rummages around in her purse, looking for her wallet. She finds it, and, in triumphantly pulling it out, pulls her amulet [...]

Today’s word is… Convulsing! The definition is: con⋅vulse // // “, “6″);interfaceflash.addParam(“loop”, “false”);interfaceflash.addParam(“quality”, “high”);interfaceflash.addParam(“menu”, “false”);interfaceflash.addParam(“salign”, “t”);interfaceflash.addParam(“FlashVars”, “soundUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.lexico.com%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fluna%2FC08%2FC0815300.mp3&clkLogProxyUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fwhatzup.html&t=a&d=d&s=di&c=a&ti=1&ai=51359&l=dir&o=0&sv=00000000&ip=6332b41b&u=audio”); interfaceflash.addParam(‘wmode’,'transparent’);interfaceflash.write(); // ]]>[kuhn-vuhls] –verb (used with object), -vulsed, -vuls⋅ing. 1. to shake violently; agitate. 2. to cause to shake violently with laughter, anger, pain, etc. 3. to cause to suffer violent, spasmodic contractions of the muscles. Origin: 1635–45; [...]

In this heading, you have the reason why I didn’t post at all yesterday. After being rudely awoken from a pleasant dream (about vampires drinking Johnny Depp’s blood and then…well, back to the point.), I was foisted out of my bed and told to shower because we would be leaving in fifteen minutes. “To where?” [...]

Today’s vocab word is… Ambivalent! The definition is… am⋅biv⋅a⋅lence // // “, “6″);interfaceflash.addParam(“loop”, “false”);interfaceflash.addParam(“quality”, “high”);interfaceflash.addParam(“menu”, “false”);interfaceflash.addParam(“salign”, “t”);interfaceflash.addParam(“FlashVars”, “soundUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.lexico.com%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fluna%2FA03%2FA0377200.mp3&clkLogProxyUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fwhatzup.html&t=a&d=d&s=di&c=a&ti=1&ai=51359&l=dir&o=0&sv=00000000&ip=6332b41b&u=audio”); interfaceflash.addParam(‘wmode’,'transparent’);interfaceflash.write(); // ]]> /æmˈbɪvələns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [am-biv-uh-luhns] –noun 1. uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things. 2. [...]

Sorry this is late. I saved it accidentally as a draft, so I just actually published it. Today’s word of the day is… Taboo! The dictionary.com definition is… ta⋅boo // // “, “6″);interfaceflash.addParam(“loop”, “false”);interfaceflash.addParam(“quality”, “high”);interfaceflash.addParam(“menu”, “false”);interfaceflash.addParam(“salign”, “t”);interfaceflash.addParam(“FlashVars”, “soundUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.lexico.com%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fluna%2FT00%2FT0005100.mp3&clkLogProxyUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fwhatzup.html&t=a&d=d&s=di&c=a&ti=1&ai=51359&l=dir&o=0&sv=00000000&ip=63128c50&u=audio”); interfaceflash.addParam(‘wmode’,'transparent’);interfaceflash.write(); // ]]> /təˈbu, tæ-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [tuh-boo, ta-] adjective, noun, plural -boos, verb, -booed, -boo⋅ing. [...]

My dad seems to have decided to make a habit of, whenever he goes to a different country, bringing one of the twilight saga back in the native language. After his recent trip to Paris, I now have two of the saga. Twilight in French and New moon in Swedish. I wonder what language the [...]