October 31, 2006 - Wan

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!


So I've fallen too far behind to keep pushing off more until I can catch up, so I'll start from today and backfill when possible.

Wan \WAHN\, adjective:
1. Having a pale or sickly hue; pale; pallid.
2. Lacking vitality, as from weariness, illness, or unhappiness; feeble.
3. Lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble.

She was concerned about her grandson's wan appearance. "So skinny," she would say in Yiddish, "such a plucked little owl."
-- Herbert G. Goldman, Banjo Eyes

Her pale, pinched lips, sunken eyes and wan, haggard cheeks presented a mournful contrast to her former self.
-- Wilkie Collins, Iolani

. . .some wan heroine in a Gothic romance, keening over a faithless lover, trembling before a murderous stalker, falling into the arms of her rescuers.
-- Marilyn Stasio, review of Final Jeopardy by Linda Fairstein, New York Times, July 28, 1996

Through the frayed curtain at my window, a wan glow announces the break of day.
-- Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Wan is from Old English wann, "gloomy, dark."

Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for wan

Wan should come up with a lot (although I keep thinking of Wide Area Network).

God I love geeks with a camera!



Use the link, young Padawan

Still working on catch-up, but in the meantime...

Does this mean I have to change the name of the blog to GooTube of the Day? Maybe, they'll call it Toobgle?

And now, your creepy 'Hoff Moment of the Day:



Link in my Car!

Shame

It's been nearly two weeks since my last post. I'm sorry for that. It's not like anyone but Mrs. Bixby (Not Her Real Name) reads this, but others may later. I'm still sorry.

It's been a very difficult last few weeks. I could go over the litany of excuses (work, family, moving to a new place and throwing a three-year-old's birthday party one week later - today - and a non-recoverable computer crash) but who wants to hear that?

Instead, how about a funny youtube movie until I can catch up on TubeoftheDay?

This one is for the boys. Ladies, if you don't get this, you're not supposed to. Gentlemen, now that you know them, follow the rules.



Always wash your hands after you link