drpaladin

From the Latin inconspicuus.

Of course if you happen to be really screwed up, I suppose we could call it discomboobulated.

Otherwise known as how I feel when I first wake up.

Discombobulate is described as a 'fanciful mock-Latin coinage' popular in the mid 19th Century. There are others of its kind, such as, absquatulate, confusticate, and spifflicate.

I believe it was Colonel Lord Blayney.

George Hamilton, actor and tan fanatic, secretly thrives on photosynthesis alone. This is merely a rumor.

From the German photosynthese.

Thermodynamic efficiency aside, nuclear is still king. More reliable and deliver maximum power 92% of the time. One nuclear plant replaces almost two coal/gas plants and three to four renewable plants with equal generation capacity.

The tattoos, fine suits, bodyguards, and vague 'business business' is classic Yakuza. We're given a family name and the Imperial family pool is small, so not related.

Japanese society is very complex. While homosexuality has never been a crime in Japan and 68 percent are supportive of those who are gay, there is no gay marriage since the constitution proscribed after WWII defines marriage as being between a man and woman. Partners resort to adult adoption to insure legal rights. Additionally, employers often enforce the Confucian tenets of marriage and procreation. Unmarried males are not eligible for promotion.

I would imagine a man as powerful as Kenji's father already knows. How could he not being trailed constantly by bodyguards? His desire would be to keep it discreet.

Thermodynamically speaking, the response to this Word of the Day is rather tepid so far.

"Honest, blunt, ... absolutely maddening." This trip, despite all of Kenji's work activity, is drawing them closer. In his own way, Kenji is possibly as screwed up as River, but he tightly controls it.

Thermodynamics deals with the relations of heat to other forms of energy, like mechanical, electrical, and chemical.

I'd actually prefer a cookie.

I steadfastly resisted the temptation. Give me a cracker.

I won't get into the guy who liked dragging me along on his Christmas Eve shopping marathons.

Nope.

A friend picked me up saying he was going to buy his wife a Rolex for her birthday. We were on the interstate and he sees ship masts off to the right. He buys a sailboat instead, which he says she'll like just as much. She didn't and we don't even live close to a body of water where you can use a sailboat. This same guy and I were coming back from Florida and went through Atlanta. He had me stop at a Porsche dealership and decides to buy a 930 Turbo. He gets mad they wouldn't put it on his Amex black ca rd. They didn't know what it was. To be fair, he had on a visor, t-shirt, cutoffs, and flip flops. He looked like a bum. He looks at me and asks if I'll write a check for it and he'll pay me back when we get home. "No, I'm not buying a car you'll end up keeping two months and get rid of." They kept calling him for months trying to sell Mr. Spur of the Moment that car.

Not from this side of the glass.

If she didn't want him peeking, why task the boys with carrying the stuff in? I'd say the person not considering is the problem. No way I'd do all that shopping on a trip and Black Friday to boot, so the point is moot. I've gone shopping with crazy people before.

Yep. Still easier to transfer outside.

Easier done at home after all the hubbub is over. I can't even imagine traveling with scads of wrapping paper, boxes, tape, and trying to accomplish the task in the confines of a guest bedroom.

The primary motive is to hide this from the King, not to keep it an absolute secret which would likely be nearly impossible unless they terminated everyone involved in the birth. In the end, total secrecy will be unwanted because the royal blood will be an advantage. The big payoff here is Granger getting to raise Calvert's child.

One thing which made no sense to me is why Devin's mom would bother bringing all her shopping inside only to have to carry it all back out when they left.