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vacillate - Word of the Day - Sun Mar 30, 2025
drpaladin commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Successful salesmen learn to spot the signs of customers who'll vacillate and waste their time. -
Just so you know. Although you'll find some sources which say woodchucks and groundhogs are the same animal, there are subtle differences between them and woodchucks are more widespread.
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I'd say you're fortunate they caught it when they did. Much longer and the sepsis would have been too advanced to survive.
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Well, I didn't expect the Sarah twist. There must be big things on the way for Alex to appear now.
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recrimination - Word of the Day - Sat Mar 29, 2025
drpaladin commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
The infamous pot calling the kettle black is one form of recrimination. -
Well, it's an interesting blog, but no relating scholarship to back it up.
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Not much call for bookkeeping with pirates. There's no profit and loss to worry about when your cargo costs nothing. They just divvy up the spoils and reprovision. It's easy enough to tell if a sailing was successful.
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Much of this would be committed to memory. One reason sailors kept charts was to share the hazards with fellow mariners. I can't see pirates sharing.
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effect - Word of the Day - Fri Mar 28, 2025
drpaladin commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
One of the most common phrases in analysis is 'cause and effect.' -
There has been no description o f a desk in the cabin, nor of him writing or looking at charts. Charts are obviously elsewhere. Why would anyone keep a hard record of the illegal acts they've done? If they exist, they would be cryptic. I'm not aware of any existing pirate Captain's log book.
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The only way he could find out his location is to have an acute knowledge of the stars and navigation, neither of which skills he has displayed.
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Later we find out Ash's surname is Hole.
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"Mine." Our protagonist doesn't see the positives here. The Captain saved and protected him with such ruthlessness no one will ever dare touch him. Property he certainly is, but his owner is the undisputed master of the ship. There are worse fates he could have met.
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One would think Scarlet and the entity inhabiting Desmond should be more concerned after they defeated Lachlan since he bore the combined powers of all three of them.
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affect - Word of the Day - Thu Mar 27, 2025
drpaladin commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
The heavy rains affected the ballgame due to the effect on the ballfiekd. -
Remember Lachlan only entered Fae with an army of 30 and left the kingdom defenseless.
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Yep. You got on a blacklist. I'll also say weight loss surgery is a mistake. Every single person I know who had it have two things in common post surgery, they went crazy and they're dead. Anybody can lose weight by modifying their diet and light exercise.
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I know or suspect, but I won't say.
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These armies are tiny. I mean 100 soldiers? They should have killed Scarlet before she left. Why? Because frankly we don't give a damn. The next bits should be good.
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slovenly - Word of the Day - Wed Mar 26, 2025
drpaladin commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
This reminds me of The Wizard of Id where two citizens are wondering what they should be called. Then a guard yells, "Hey, you Idiots! Get off the grass!" -
This one strikes me as a grad student. With Romani, it's usually women pulling the fortune telling scam.
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slovenly - Word of the Day - Wed Mar 26, 2025
drpaladin commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Slovenly makes me think of Pigpen.
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I doubt our captain would want to parade his pet to the heads at the bow of the ship. Captains had their own privy in or near their cabin. I'll point out Mark Arbour spares us details of how the toilet facilities function on Granger's ships and I don't feel deprived.
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aquiline - Word of the Day - Tue Mar 25, 2025
drpaladin commented on Myr's blog entry in Writing World
Yes, and the Roman's considered the aquiline or Roman nose a sign of leadership. -
Our newly minted pet continues to struggle and torment himself with his simple concepts of sin and salvation while Captain Ashford teases him. His worst punishments are coming from within himself. Honestly, he could have been treated much worse. In many ways, his prayers were answered.
