I'm reading a pretty standard crime novel, but it still provided me with todays fantastic quote and a word that I will mock others with:
"God forbid we should ever achieve some kind of prelapsarian
utopia on earth because then you would have to live your life
instead of just complaining about it."
this is why I read, and why I read voraciously.
if you want to know me, go read Neal Stephenson, Christopher Moore, and every Discworld book by Terry Pratchett. hell, even if you don't want to know me, go and read their stuff. or pick up Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. or Larry Gonick's Cartoon History of the World.
life is too short for bad books and bad beer. in my world reading books equal tax breaks.
Rowr
- Mehitabels
- wannabe sassy old cat, wannabe witty writer, wannabe super-hero, but am just a plain ol' thang.
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Here's the word of the day ... it's in the Times in two separate articles today. JW
Main Entry:
per·ni·cious Listen to the pronunciation of pernicious
Pronunciation:
\pər-ˈni-shəs\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from per- + nec-, nex violent death — more at noxious
Date:
15th century
1: highly injurious or destructive : deadly2archaic : wicked
— per·ni·cious·ly adverb
— per·ni·cious·ness noun
synonyms pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental mean exceedingly harmful. pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining (the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society). baneful implies injury through poisoning or destroying (the baneful notion that discipline destroys creativity). noxious applies to what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind (noxious chemical fumes). deleterious applies to what has an often unsuspected harmful effect (a diet found to have deleterious effects). detrimental implies obvious harmfulness to something specified (the detrimental effects of excessive drinking).
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