And here is the Wannaskan Almanac for Word-Wednesday, for May 15, 2019, the 20th Wednesday of the year, the 135th day of the year, with 230 days remaining.
Nordhem Lunch: Hot Pork Sandwich
Earth/Moon Almanac for May 15, 2019
Sunrise: 5:42am; Sunset: 8:58pm; 2 minutes, 38 seconds more daylight today
Moonrise: 5:06pm; Moonset: 4:36am, waxing gibbous
Temperature Almanac for May 15, 2019
Average Record Today
High 13 40 19
Low 7 46 13
May 15 Celebrations from National Day Calendar
- Peace Officers Memorial Day
- National Chocolate Chip Day
- National Nylon Stocking Day
- National Juice Slush Day
May 15 Riddle
The poor child could only _____ through his _____.
What two 5-letter words that share the same letters fill the blanks?*
May 15 Pun
For those of you that haven’t seen the movie yet, spoiler alert!
May 15 Notable Historic Events, Literary or Otherwise, from On This Day
- 1672 First copyright law enacted by Massachusetts.
- 1711 Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism is published anonymously.
- 1863 Salon des Refusés opens in Paris, exhibition of works rejected by official Salon, features Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro, Henri Fantin-Latour, James Whistler, and Édouard Manet.
- 1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
- 1928 Mickey Mouse makes his 1st ever appearance in silent film, Plane Crazy.
- 1856 Lyman Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- 1890 Katherine Anne Porter, Ship of Fools.
- 1902 Anny Ondra, Czech actress.
- 1923 Richard Avedon.
- 1930 Jasper Johns.
- 1936 Wavy Gravy.
Words-I-Looked-Up-This-Week Writer's Challenge
Make a single sentence (or poem) from the following words:
- autoschediaze: to do something hastily and without preparation; to extemporize, improvise.
- buttlegger: a person who smuggles or trades illegally in cigarettes.
- deedy: industrious or effective.
- grapnel: a grappling hook.
- hashmagandy: a stew typically made with chopped meat and whatever ingredients are to hand.
- insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.
- mithridatic: tolerance or immunity to a poison acquired by taking gradually larger doses of it.
- muliebrity: womanly qualities; womanhood.
- palilogy: repetition of a word or phrase, usually for emphasis.
- seraglio: the women’s apartments (harem) in an Ottoman palace.
May 15 Word-Wednesday Feature
Naming Characters
Naming characters is one of the more enjoyable but challenging tasks for a writer. In general, naming opportunities otherwise come on two occasions in the average life of a person who does not purchase or build a boat: the birth of a child and the acquisition of a pet. Should the name reflect an aspect of the character's character? Should the name be likable or unlikable? Funny? How should the name be spelled?
Here are a few dog names that address many of these important questions:
Literary
Bark Twain
Droolius Caesar
Fyodor Dogstoevsky
Hairy Paw-ter
Sherlock Bones
Winnie the Poodle
Other Arts
Salvador Dogi
Woofgang
Popular Culture
Chewbarka
Iclic
Kareem Abdul Ja-Bark
The Notorious D.O.G.
Orville Redenbarker
Prince of Barkness
Santa Paws
Sarah Jessica Barker
Woofie Goldberg
Titled
Captain Sniffer
Count Droolsbury
Deputy Dawg
Miss Furbulous
Mister Fluffers
Professor Wagglesworth
Sergeant Barkowitz
Sir Barks-a-Lot
Sir Waggington
If you've come up with a good name for a character, pet, or child, please place the name(s) in the comment section.
Be better than yesterday, name a wood tick today, try to stay out of trouble - at least until tomorrow, and write when you have the time.
stare and tears*
Buttlegger, buttlegger won't you bring me some smokes?
ReplyDeleteI'm stuck in this seraglio and it just ain't no joke.
(That was an example of palilogy, got it out of the way,
Now let us get deedy, hey, hey, hey, hey.)
I'm just autoschediazing here, on one of my rants
We lack pen and paper here, or even some pants.
The sultan's a jerk, thinks he's such a celebrity.
Says there's naught he likes more than a gal's muliebrity.
We poisoned his hashmagandy, but that did no good.
The guy's mithridatic as a boy in the 'hood.
Don't be insouciant, throw your grapnel o'er the wall.
Tie on packs of strong cigs like Lucky, Pall Mall.
We'll hook him on butts and he'll soon be necrotic.
On the road we'll get rich doing dances exotic.
Buttlegger: smuggler of smokes
Seraglio: the sultan's harem
Palilogy: repetition for rhetorical effect
Deedy: opposite of slothy
Autoschediaze: make it up as you go
Muliebrity: womanly qualities
Hashmagandy: autoschediazed supper
Mithridatic: resistant to poison
Insouciant: don't worry, be happy
Grapnel: hook on a rope
Bow WOW! Howling good poem.
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