"If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." ~Toni Morrison

Monday, May 26, 2014

WOTW: Prurient

Prurient:  adjective, having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:  (while defining shit-eating)
"How about expressing a prurient satisfaction?"

Sunday, May 18, 2014

WOTW: Perfusionist

Perfusionist:  noun,  a specialized healthcare professional who uses the heart-lung machine during cardiac surgery and other surgeries that require cardiopulmonary bypass to manage the patient's physiological status

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:
"My mother," I said slowly, "is a perfusionist.  She spends her whole day with transplanted organs and bodily fluids."

Monday, May 12, 2014

WOTW: Hubris

Hubris:  noun, excessive pride or self-confidence

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:
"And starting with "A" is just generally considered lexicographical hubris, Dan informed me in my first official day of defining.  Not to mention bad luck."

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

What I'm Reading This Week #9

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I am reading Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz.  I saw the movie before I read the book.  Sometimes I hate seeing the movie before I read the book; I like to form my own images of how the characters look.  Other times I don't mind having a preconceived image of the characters.  This book is an example of the latter.  I do not feel like seeing the movie has interfered with my reading experience.  

What are you reading this week?

Sunday, May 4, 2014

WOTW: Glyptic

Glyptic:  adjective, of or concerning carving or engraving

Found in The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault:
"Patterns thick with meaning, Burma-Shave signs of the toilet world, icky and sticky, cryptic and glyptic..."