Entries Tagged as 'Contributor'

Why Hellooooooo There!

Hi my lovely boys and girls! I’m back, and this time I”m not even going to talk about Kate or Palin, though I must confess, I’m sooooo tempted to tell you how I really feel about Bristol dancing with the stars. But anyway, enough on that, I saw something and for that diva in all of us, you simply must go out and check out Tim Gunn’s new book!

Tim Gunn doesn’t seem like the mud-slinging type—or the type who’d get anywhere near mud without a lovely Burberry Prorsum slicker and some heavy-duty Fendi gloves.

But this fall, the fashion patrician is wading, couture-less, into the muck. Gunn’s Golden Rules: Life’s Little Lessons for Making It Work, purportedly an etiquette guide but actually the dishiest frock book since The Devil Wears Prada, goes on sale Tuesday, and in it, the Project Runway host takes aim at an assortment of fashion’s sacred cows, including Vogue titans Anna Wintour and Andre Leon Talley and designer Isaac Mizrahi. Not even Suri Cruise is spared.

I know, who has time to read with Project Runway on?! But believe my my lovely readers, you’ll enjoy the snarkfest wayyyyy too much to not pick it up. And seriously, Tim Gunn? Hello?!?! What more could someone want in fashion snark than Tim Gunn?

Now, back to your boring political stuff, ta ta!

Word of the Day: Milieu

Milieu

\meel-YUH; meel-YOO \  , noun;

  • Environment; setting.

Origin:

Milieu is from French, from Old French, from mi , "middle" (from Latin medius ) + lieu , "place" (from Latin locus ).

Conundrum Corner: Word Ladder #1 (Solution)

Word Ladder #1 Solutions

* hands
lands
lanes
wanes
wants
waits
writs
grits
grips
gripe
grope
grove
* glove

* denotes start & end words

Poem of the Week: Letter to Myselves

Letter to Myselves
From Loveroot

You can be hurt
because you want too much;
because in your face it says:
love me, nurture me;
because in your teeth it says:
sugar flows to us;
because in your tongue it says:
drive in the spike.

You can be hurt
because you care too much
because your ribs swing out like shutters
& your heart
glows like a night light.
You can be hurt
because you need too much
because your skin comes off in streamers
& your veins
twang like guitar strings.
You can be hurt that way.

You made your head
a wind tunnel for death.
You made your womb
the world’s confessional.
You made your heart
a lump of burning clay.

You, me–
we can be hurt that way.

~ Erica Mann Jong ~

Word of the Day: Vellicate

Vellicate

\VEL-i-keyt \  , verb;

  • To touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements.
  • To irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear.
  • To move with spasmodic convulsions.

Origin:

Vellicate relates to the Latin vellicare , "to twitch."

Conundrum Corner: Word Ladder #1

WORD LADDER #1

word ladder 1

An easy one for a holiday.  Enjoy and remember solutions will be posted tomorrow.

Word of the Day: Foudroyant

Foudroyant

\foo-DROI-uhnt \  , adjective;

  • Overwhelming and sudden in effect.
  • Pathology . (Of disease) beginning in a sudden and severe form.
  • Striking as with lightning.

Origin:

Foudroyant is adapted from the French foudroyer , "to strike with lightning."

Word of the Day: Kith

Kith

\KITH \  , noun;

  • Acquaintances, friends, neighbors, or the like; persons living in the same general locality and forming a more or less cohesive group.

Origin:

Kith finds its origin in the Old English cunnan , "to know." Can and other English words stem from the same source.

Un·Sty·Me: MYKU World

How many writers out there have said or thought the following:

I just don’t have the time to write…

It’s probably safe to say that the majority of writers have faced that hurdle (and probably in a hundred different ways).

A great tool for rousing our inner writer is sometimes just the process of writing anything.  Sure, most of us would LOVE to be able to finish a novel after eons of penning slumber but we all know that is certainly an exception to the rule.

The first site to debut on our newest column, Un·Sty·Me, can hopefully help those of us trying to stumble our way out of a writing block.

Without further ado: MYKUWorld: The Poetry as Conversation Social Network.

Before the groaning begins – YES, it is considered a “social network”.  You WILL actually be responding to real people AND there is a catch.  You have to respond to people in haiku or condensed four-line poetic form only.

(For those that need a refresher: Poetic Form – Haiku)

On MYKUWorld, there are writers and poets of every level so there is no pressure to create poetic perfection.  Instead, it aims to be what haiku is supposed to be, meditative, pensive, and ultimately inspiring.

It’s a great resource to get the creative ideas moving after a period of silence.  Try it.  You might be surprised.

Video of the Evening – Bloodstar, “Wasteland”

Yeah, This is the band that I got the name from. Deal with it. :)

Quote of the Day

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” ~Carl Buechner

Word of the Day: Susurration

Susurration

\soo-suh-RAY-shun \  , noun;

  • A whispering sound; a soft murmur.

Origin:

Susurration is from Late Latin susurratio , from Latin susurrare , "to whisper, to mutter," from susurrus , "a whispering, a muttering."

Video of the Evening – Suzanne Vega, “Blood Sings”

Quote of the Day

“Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.” ~Golda Meir

Word of the Day: Myrmidon

Myrmidon

\MUR-muh-don; -duhn \  , noun;

  • (Capitalized) A member of a warlike Thessalian people who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy.
  • A loyal follower, especially one who executes orders without question.

Origin:

Myrmidon derives from Greek Myrmidones , a warlike people of ancient Thessaly.