Immutable

The Word of the Day for October 29 is "immutable."

immutable: (adjective) Not subject or susceptible to change.

Synonym: changeless

Usage: Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.

Relevance to my life: Denial is a strong force, it prompted me to bang myself against the truth, an immutable brick wall, but no matter how many times I screamed "No," my child was still dead.

What it is NOT: unable to be muted -
The Mute button on the damned remote is stuck, now the tv is immutable! wrong but funny lol

Example from the movies: In The Shawshank Redemption, when Andy naïvely mentions that he might simply ask Warden Norton for more funds to expand the library, Brooks explains that that is not likely to happen:

"Son, six wardens have been through here in my tenure and I've learned one immutable, universal truth: Not one of them born whose asshole won't pucker up tighter than a snare drum when you ask for funds."

Now for some scenes from the movie, and other randomness:





Icy-cold, Bohemia-style beer



Mozart



Escape

Clancy Brown, who played Captain Hadley, the foul-mouthed, baton-wielding guard also provided the voice of Mr. Krabs from Spongebob and the arch-enemy The Kurgan in Highlander. This naturally makes me think of Queen.

Who Wants to Live Forever

Circumference

The Word of the Day for September 18 is "circumference."

circumference: (noun) 1. The boundary line of a circle.

2. a The boundary line of a figure, area or object

    b. The length of such a boundary.

Synonym: circuit, compass, perimeter, periphery

Usage: He had walked the full circumference of his land, repairing his fence along the way.

Relevance to my life: While the circumference of my patience may be an infinite loop, the virtue itself is quite finite.

Oh my god. I had a long post, including a stellar grammar tangent, but when I hit post, Tom's flying monkeys sent it spinning into the MySpace ether. I don't have the spirit to attempt to recreate it. *sigh*

I may have to bake another batch of Crisis Brownies, though I should probably start dragging my ass to the gym again and flog myself on the elliptical trainer instead.

Monitory

The Word of the Day for September 17 is "monitory."

monitory: (adjective) Conveying an admonition or a warning

Synonyms: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, warning

Usage: She shot him a monitory glance* and he quickly changed the subject to one less controversial.

Relevance to my life: The worst part of my nightmare from the other night was the s2bx's shaking a monitory finger in my face as he spat out, "You've really done it now!" after he, his entire family and assembled friends thought that they'd caught me in flagrante delicto with a relative from the distaff side, when really, it was one of those colossal mistakes that form the basis of a sitcom episode.

*From my brief search this morning, it appears that the most frequent usage of "monitory" as defined above comes in pre-packaged phrases like: "shoot a monitory glance," "shake a monitory finger" or "make a monitory gesture."
 
I did see a few "monitory policy" examples, and since they were also associated with banking and economics I assumed that the writer meant "monetary." 

Then I noticed that a few of these sources were Indian and Pakistani, and possibly an example of that peculiarly sub-continent brand of English.

A side note: apparently one can not type "on  c l o s e r scrutiny" here. I think it confuses it with a Javascript command. Fucking Myspace, ruining my mojo.