A.Word.A.Day drabble – 5/26/10: cashier
A Word A Day by Anu Garg
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cashier
PRONUNCIATION: (ka-SHEER)
MEANING:
verb tr.: To dismiss from service, especially with disgrace.
noun: An employee who handles payments and receipts in a store, bank, or business.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Dutch cassier or French caissier, both from French caisse (cashbox), from Latin capsa (case).
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Alan took the beer from Artie and clasped Jim’s hand in a loose grip across the tabletop.
“Awriiight.” Artie nodded. “The undefeated arm wrestling champion of the 38th Division in a rematch against his most frequent challengah!” he announced into his beer bottle.
Jim smiled at Alan, sipped his beer, but didn’t tighten his grip. Artie looked disappointed. “Well?”
“Well, what?”
“Arm wrestle, already, don’t just sit there holding...oh.”
“Yeah. The arm wrestling was a blind. DADT’s dead, so we can’t be cashiered for this.” Alan squeezed Jim’s hand. “Want a real match?” he asked Jim.
“Hell, yeah.”
Artie grinned.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
new restaurant in Norcross -- Dalia's Mediterranean Grill
There was some concern when the GRW meetings moved from Decatur to Norcross that there would be no fun, interesting restaurants to have lunch at following the meetings. BUT! Check out Dalia's Grill, right next to the Mellow Mushroom, in a shopping center almost behind the Hilton where the GRW meetings are now taking place.
The url on their business card is no longer working (or not yet working? they opened two months ago) but they have a facebook page with their address.
They have the usual Mediterranean meat dishes (gyros, kabobs, etc.), but I'm here to tell you vegetarians about the salads. They had tabouli, hummus, baba ganoush, bowtie pasta with pesto, ziti with tuna, beet salad, cut fruit, stuffed grape leaves, Greek salad, Waldorf salad, macaroni with seafood, broccoli salad, spinach, cous cous, chick peas with fava beans, and Italian mix that had chick peas and kidney beans, green beans, carrots, olives and artichoke hearts.
Those are what was out *today*. They change them around and also have things like fried cauliflower.
I got the three-salad plate for $6.49, which included a sample of one of the other salads, and when I asked about the beet salad, the owner gave me a sample of that one, too. All delicious. The chick peas and fava beans might have been the best.
Lots of small tables, and outlet on the side where we sat, and the other owner told us they have wi-fi, when he saw that Bryonna had her laptop out.
Oh, and I didn't try any of the desserts, but they have baklava and tiramisu as well as a few others.
Very nice place, friendly owners. So we know there's at least one good restaurant up there!
The url on their business card is no longer working (or not yet working? they opened two months ago) but they have a facebook page with their address.
They have the usual Mediterranean meat dishes (gyros, kabobs, etc.), but I'm here to tell you vegetarians about the salads. They had tabouli, hummus, baba ganoush, bowtie pasta with pesto, ziti with tuna, beet salad, cut fruit, stuffed grape leaves, Greek salad, Waldorf salad, macaroni with seafood, broccoli salad, spinach, cous cous, chick peas with fava beans, and Italian mix that had chick peas and kidney beans, green beans, carrots, olives and artichoke hearts.
Those are what was out *today*. They change them around and also have things like fried cauliflower.
I got the three-salad plate for $6.49, which included a sample of one of the other salads, and when I asked about the beet salad, the owner gave me a sample of that one, too. All delicious. The chick peas and fava beans might have been the best.
Lots of small tables, and outlet on the side where we sat, and the other owner told us they have wi-fi, when he saw that Bryonna had her laptop out.
Oh, and I didn't try any of the desserts, but they have baklava and tiramisu as well as a few others.
Very nice place, friendly owners. So we know there's at least one good restaurant up there!
Monday, November 14, 2011
A.Word.A.Day drabble – 5/24/10: jactitation. (NSFW)
Missed this one. And it’s a really weird one.
A Word A Day by Anu Garg
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jactitation
PRONUNCIATION: jak-ti-TAY-shun)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A false boast or claim that is intended to harm someone, especially a malicious claim by a person that he or she is married to a particular person.
2. Involuntary tossing and twitching of the body and limbs.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin jactitation (tossing, false declaration), past participle of jactitare (to throw out publicly, to boast), frequentative of jactare (to throw about), frequentative of jacere (to throw).
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Would have loved to use the “marriage” definition but just couldn’t work out how to do it. Too obscure. So going the easier, more obvious route. Anyone who can come up with a drabble using the "marriage" definition is welcome to post it in the comments. Your reward will be a standing ovation by me in the privacy of my own home.
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“Ow, what the fuck!”
“Sorry! I’m so sorry! Are you okay?” Dave sat up.
“Yeah. I’ve had worse.” Jason rubbed his cheekbone. “Why’d you kick me? You could have just told me to stop.”
“No, it was great, I didn’t want you to stop. You’re so good I just kind of...lost it."
“Yeah, right. I know you’ve had better.”
“No. No one’s ever gone down on me before.”
“...Have I told you your other boyfriends sucked?”
“No, they didn’t. That’s the whole point.”
“Smartass. Now, spread ‘em. And if you kick me again, I’m tying you to the bed.”
“Promise?”
A Word A Day by Anu Garg
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jactitation
PRONUNCIATION: jak-ti-TAY-shun)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A false boast or claim that is intended to harm someone, especially a malicious claim by a person that he or she is married to a particular person.
2. Involuntary tossing and twitching of the body and limbs.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin jactitation (tossing, false declaration), past participle of jactitare (to throw out publicly, to boast), frequentative of jactare (to throw about), frequentative of jacere (to throw).
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Would have loved to use the “marriage” definition but just couldn’t work out how to do it. Too obscure. So going the easier, more obvious route. Anyone who can come up with a drabble using the "marriage" definition is welcome to post it in the comments. Your reward will be a standing ovation by me in the privacy of my own home.
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“Ow, what the fuck!”
“Sorry! I’m so sorry! Are you okay?” Dave sat up.
“Yeah. I’ve had worse.” Jason rubbed his cheekbone. “Why’d you kick me? You could have just told me to stop.”
“No, it was great, I didn’t want you to stop. You’re so good I just kind of...lost it."
“Yeah, right. I know you’ve had better.”
“No. No one’s ever gone down on me before.”
“...Have I told you your other boyfriends sucked?”
“No, they didn’t. That’s the whole point.”
“Smartass. Now, spread ‘em. And if you kick me again, I’m tying you to the bed.”
“Promise?”
Saturday, October 22, 2011
A.Word.A.Day drabble – 5/25/10: bagman
A.Word.A.Day drabble – 5/25/10: bagman. Trying to keep it happy and sexy, but it’s Just. Not. Cooperating.
A Word A Day by Anu Garg
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bagman
PRONUNCIATION: (BAG-man, BAG-muhn)
MEANING:
noun:
1. One who collects or distributes money from illicit activities, for example, in a protection racket.
2. UK: A traveling salesman.
3. Canada: A political fundraiser.
4. Australia: A tramp; swagman.
5. Golf: A caddie hired to carry a golf player's clubs.
ETYMOLOGY:
From the literal senses of the words bag and man.
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He comes in every Tuesday and orders the number 78, which doesn’t exist. And every Tuesday, my parents fill a take-out bag with protection money and hand it over, their faces expressionless. His face is just as blank as he gives them a five-dollar bill and takes the bag.
This is the Tuesday that I lose patience. I follow him out of the restaurant and into an alley.
“Hey! Filthy piece of mob shit!”
He turns and reaches behind him. I tense, but he’s holding his wallet. He adds a wad of cash to the bag, smiles, and walks away.
A Word A Day by Anu Garg
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bagman
PRONUNCIATION: (BAG-man, BAG-muhn)
MEANING:
noun:
1. One who collects or distributes money from illicit activities, for example, in a protection racket.
2. UK: A traveling salesman.
3. Canada: A political fundraiser.
4. Australia: A tramp; swagman.
5. Golf: A caddie hired to carry a golf player's clubs.
ETYMOLOGY:
From the literal senses of the words bag and man.
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He comes in every Tuesday and orders the number 78, which doesn’t exist. And every Tuesday, my parents fill a take-out bag with protection money and hand it over, their faces expressionless. His face is just as blank as he gives them a five-dollar bill and takes the bag.
This is the Tuesday that I lose patience. I follow him out of the restaurant and into an alley.
“Hey! Filthy piece of mob shit!”
He turns and reaches behind him. I tense, but he’s holding his wallet. He adds a wad of cash to the bag, smiles, and walks away.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
worse than I thought - so behind on AWAD
It's worse than I thought. I thought I needed to catch up on A Word A Day from May of this year, but noooooo, I left off reading them from May of 2010!! What the hell is wrong with me?!?!
So now if I write TWO drabbles a day, I'll be caught up maybe six months? Must learn to buckle down. It's never too late, right?
In other procrastination news, I still want to send a thank you note to Laura Bradford, to whom I pitched at Moonlight & Magnolias, which was Sept. 30 - Oct. 2. I'm just not sure how to address her ("Ms. Bradford"? "Laura"?) or exactly what to say. It was a really informative meeting, and she was very nice about having to completely shoot me down, even saying to go ahead and send her a synopsis and the first 100 pages despite not being able to sell M/M to any of the publishers she works with. So I did want to let her know those would be coming.
On a more forward-looking note, I recently read again the idea of writing 100 words a day, but in this scenario, you try to write 100 words a day **for 100 days**. That made me think of a friend of mine who will not write on Sundays because she's fairly religious.
I get taking a Day of Rest. I don't like to work on Saturdays; it's about the only religious thing I do. BUT! I realized recently that having Shabbat (and Jewish holidays) go from sunset to sunset is pretty smart -- someone who is very strict about these things could still write every day AND not work on Shabbat if they wrote before sunset on Friday and then again after sunset on Saturday. (As you may have guessed, I'm not that strict. And I don't consider writing to be "work". Maybe if I got paid (more) for it. :) )
So who's with me, at least 100 words every day for 100 days?
So now if I write TWO drabbles a day, I'll be caught up maybe six months? Must learn to buckle down. It's never too late, right?
In other procrastination news, I still want to send a thank you note to Laura Bradford, to whom I pitched at Moonlight & Magnolias, which was Sept. 30 - Oct. 2. I'm just not sure how to address her ("Ms. Bradford"? "Laura"?) or exactly what to say. It was a really informative meeting, and she was very nice about having to completely shoot me down, even saying to go ahead and send her a synopsis and the first 100 pages despite not being able to sell M/M to any of the publishers she works with. So I did want to let her know those would be coming.
On a more forward-looking note, I recently read again the idea of writing 100 words a day, but in this scenario, you try to write 100 words a day **for 100 days**. That made me think of a friend of mine who will not write on Sundays because she's fairly religious.
I get taking a Day of Rest. I don't like to work on Saturdays; it's about the only religious thing I do. BUT! I realized recently that having Shabbat (and Jewish holidays) go from sunset to sunset is pretty smart -- someone who is very strict about these things could still write every day AND not work on Shabbat if they wrote before sunset on Friday and then again after sunset on Saturday. (As you may have guessed, I'm not that strict. And I don't consider writing to be "work". Maybe if I got paid (more) for it. :) )
So who's with me, at least 100 words every day for 100 days?
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
recap: Drag Star at LeBuzz -- Oct. 10, 2011
Let's see if I can make this as pretty as Bryonna Nobles-Stern makes her posts. :) Since she was still out of town on Monday, I decided to go to LeBuzz and take up the mantle of Drag Star blogger.
A couple of warnings: I know I’ll misspell names, so please let me know what to correct, and I apologize in advance for my craptacular photographs. Is it me or my camera??!?!?!!
Also, if there are blogs/fb pages/websites I've missed, please let me know!
BTW, welcome home, Bryonna, sounds like you had a great trip!
Kat was there when I got there,
and the guy sticking team stickers on our boobs was Paprika Jones, who of course looks completely different out of makeup.
Fiera Ice came over to say hi:
and she turned 21 at midnight. Happy Birthday, gorgeous!
The first contestants up were from Team Jasmine:
Evah Destruction Antoinette, who performed an awesome Ke$ha mix
and Coochie Coochie Coo, who tore it up to a mix of Halloween songs
Winner: Coochie Coochie Coo
Team MVP (Monica Van Pelt) was next, with Dynisty, who started out slow and sweet
and then broke into the amazing dancing that is her signature.
(Sorry I don't have a pic of her up on the table RIGHT NEXT TO ME)
Lyra Lee did not lip-sync, but actually *sang* Lady Gaga’s “Show Me Your Teeth”
with two super cute vampire backup dancers
Winner: Dynasty
Third up was Team Heather:
Fiera
(it's not blurry, it's artistic)
and Nina Bonita Brown who had some help from Dynasty
They performed some cute song about cars that everyone else knew but I didn’t because I’m old. :P
Winner: Fiera
The last contestant was Angelique Simmonz, who was the only contestant from Team Destiny that night, and therefore was the winner from her team.
After the contestants, the Divas performed
Jasmine Antoinette
Spot on with her lipsync AND hilarious
Monica Van Pelt
You can't tell how gorgeous this dress was from this photo. Beautiful autumn colors.
Destiny Brooks
Nikki Minaj's cuter sister
and Heather “Double-D” Daniels
Classic showgirl with nine-foot long legs. Yes, I know there are breasts, but I couldn't stop staring at her legs. Ladies, when the judges tell you to wear fishnets, this is what they're talking about.
then some of the contestants who weren’t competing this week
Kaymen Syder who is such a magical performer that I’ve decided my drag queen story needs a drag king in it
SO artistic. Not blurry or too dark or off-center or anything....
Annayiiah Lyden
Alexia DeeKay
Everyone did a great job, including the DJ and the staff. The cigarette smoke makes me want to burn my clothes after I leave, but it's always a fun time and a lot of lovely people.
Who's up for their Oz tribute this Friday? Next Friday?
A couple of warnings: I know I’ll misspell names, so please let me know what to correct, and I apologize in advance for my craptacular photographs. Is it me or my camera??!?!?!!
Also, if there are blogs/fb pages/websites I've missed, please let me know!
BTW, welcome home, Bryonna, sounds like you had a great trip!
Kat was there when I got there,
and the guy sticking team stickers on our boobs was Paprika Jones, who of course looks completely different out of makeup.
Fiera Ice came over to say hi:
and she turned 21 at midnight. Happy Birthday, gorgeous!
The first contestants up were from Team Jasmine:
Evah Destruction Antoinette, who performed an awesome Ke$ha mix
and Coochie Coochie Coo, who tore it up to a mix of Halloween songs
Winner: Coochie Coochie Coo
Team MVP (Monica Van Pelt) was next, with Dynisty, who started out slow and sweet
(Sorry I don't have a pic of her up on the table RIGHT NEXT TO ME)
Lyra Lee did not lip-sync, but actually *sang* Lady Gaga’s “Show Me Your Teeth”
with two super cute vampire backup dancers
Winner: Dynasty
Third up was Team Heather:
Fiera
(it's not blurry, it's artistic)
and Nina Bonita Brown who had some help from Dynasty
They performed some cute song about cars that everyone else knew but I didn’t because I’m old. :P
Winner: Fiera
The last contestant was Angelique Simmonz, who was the only contestant from Team Destiny
After the contestants, the Divas performed
Jasmine Antoinette
Spot on with her lipsync AND hilarious
Monica Van Pelt
You can't tell how gorgeous this dress was from this photo. Beautiful autumn colors.
Destiny Brooks
Nikki Minaj's cuter sister
and Heather “Double-D” Daniels
Classic showgirl with nine-foot long legs. Yes, I know there are breasts, but I couldn't stop staring at her legs. Ladies, when the judges tell you to wear fishnets, this is what they're talking about.
then some of the contestants who weren’t competing this week
Kaymen Syder who is such a magical performer that I’ve decided my drag queen story needs a drag king in it
SO artistic. Not blurry or too dark or off-center or anything....
Annayiiah Lyden
Alexia DeeKay
Everyone did a great job, including the DJ and the staff. The cigarette smoke makes me want to burn my clothes after I leave, but it's always a fun time and a lot of lovely people.
Who's up for their Oz tribute this Friday? Next Friday?
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
A.Word.A.Day drabble – huzzah or huzza
Today's drabble uses characters from the pirate novel, but it's rated G, which I can hardly believe myself. A post about Moonlight & Magnolias to follow later today, I hope.
A.Word.A.Day – Sept. 7, 2011: huzzah or huzza
A Word A Day" by Anu Garg
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huzzah or huzza
MEANING:
interjection: Used to express joy, applause, encouragement, etc.
noun: An instance of appreciation or applause.
verb tr., intr.: To cheer.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of undetermined origin. Perhaps used originally as a sailor's hoisting cry. Earliest documented use: 1682.
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And that is how I shall use it for the daily drabble I’ve been putting off.
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“One, two, three—”
“Huzzah!”
“One, two, three—”
“Huzzah!”
The sail crept up the mast in increments, Nate and Jeremiah pulling the line with all their strength after every count of three while Barnabas dealt with the slack, coiling it neatly several feet away to keep the younger men from becoming tangled in it.
He was no longer one of the young, strong men who hoisted the sails, but it took many hands to keep a ship afloat, and he’d be shrouded and dropped overboard before he shirked his duties. He grinned, shouting the last “Huzzah!” with the others.
A.Word.A.Day – Sept. 7, 2011: huzzah or huzza
A Word A Day" by Anu Garg
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huzzah or huzza
MEANING:
interjection: Used to express joy, applause, encouragement, etc.
noun: An instance of appreciation or applause.
verb tr., intr.: To cheer.
ETYMOLOGY:
Of undetermined origin. Perhaps used originally as a sailor's hoisting cry. Earliest documented use: 1682.
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And that is how I shall use it for the daily drabble I’ve been putting off.
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“One, two, three—”
“Huzzah!”
“One, two, three—”
“Huzzah!”
The sail crept up the mast in increments, Nate and Jeremiah pulling the line with all their strength after every count of three while Barnabas dealt with the slack, coiling it neatly several feet away to keep the younger men from becoming tangled in it.
He was no longer one of the young, strong men who hoisted the sails, but it took many hands to keep a ship afloat, and he’d be shrouded and dropped overboard before he shirked his duties. He grinned, shouting the last “Huzzah!” with the others.
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