It’s an extremely cool little book: In Other Words, by Christopher J. Moore. David bought it for me because he thought I would like it, being addicted to words and also to nicely bound books like this one. It’s a book of nearly-untranslatable but wonderful worlds from languages all over the world, and one of my very favorites is on the front cover: duende [dwen-day][adjective] This wonderful word captures an entire world of passino, energy, and artistic excellence and describes a climactic show of spirit in a performance or work of art. Duende originally meant “imp” or “goblin” and came…
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Which Firefly character are you? – Quizilla Hah! David took this quiz, and guess who he turned out to be? You are Captain Malcolm Reynolds, aka. Mal orCaptain Tightpants. You saw most of your mendie in a war you lost and now you seek solitudewith a small crew that you are fiercely devotedto. You have no problems being naked. Which Firefly character are you? brought to you by Quizilla This is so my husband David! And of course, I had to go in and re-cast myself, because the first time, I came out as Book. You are Zoe. While most…