redoubtable & waspish

redoubtable \rih-DOW-tuh-buhl\, adjective:
1. Arousing fear or alarm; formidable.

2. Illustrious; eminent; worthy of respect or honor.


Redoubtable derives from Old French redouter, "to dread," from Medieval Latin redubitare, "to fear," literally "to doubt back at," from Latin re- + dubitare, "to doubt."

waspish (WOS-pish) adjective

1. Like a wasp, in behavior (stinging) or in form (slender build).

2. Easily annoyed; irascible; petulant.

[From wasp, from Middle English waspe, from Old English waesp, from waeps.]

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Dreams last night.

For some reason the Jeffersons were the first family. (Not Thomas, the TV couple, George and Weezy.) I worked as a special attache to them, and I dealt with it ok, even though the President kept calling me "Honky Hippie", and "Jive Turkey". It was a good job, regardless, because Mrs Jefferson was constantly bringing me homemade cookies and making fun of George. I woke up actually smelling tollhouse. So... who wants to give me a cushy gov't job with baked goods as a perq?

I hired a bunch of people I know as assistants....my sweetie as webmaster, leftyrok as the press conference guy. It sort of felt like an episode of spin city. I do remember that I wasn't obliged to wear a collar and tie, which was quite nice, too.

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[Poll #8199]

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Who would turn you in?
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A German tourist who pleaded guilty to having oral sex in Zambia was sentenced on Thursday to six years in jail with hard labor, court officials said.

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What makes a man a killer?

Jake Valentine wasn't sure he could rightly answer that, mainly because he didn't really consider himself a killer. Mind you, the fact that at this very moment he was going to end the lives of two people was beside the point.
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And She Was
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And she was lying in the grass
And she could hear the highway breathing

And she could see a nearby factory
She's making sure she is not dreaming
See the lights of a neighbor's house
Now she's starting to rise
Take a minute to concentrate
And she opens up her eyes

The world was moving and she was right there with it (and she was)
The world was moving she was floating above it (and she was) and she was

And she was drifting through the backyard
And she was taking off her dress
And she was moving very slowly
Rising up above the earth
Moving into the universe
Drifting this way and that
Not touching ground at all
Up above the yard

CHORUS

She was glad about it... no doubt about it
She isn't sure where she's gone
No time to think about what to tell them
No time to think about what she's done
And she was

And she was looking at herself
And things were looking like a movie
She had a pleasant elevation
She's moving out in all directions

CHORUS

Joining the world of missing persons (and she was)
Missing enough to feel all right (and she was)