An open letter to a lost lover from a broken girl

The space between us by Toni Nunn

I hoped you could see through the shell to the core of me.

Maybe you did, and it wasn’t enough. . . . → Read More: An open letter to a lost lover from a broken girl

Word of the day: Visceral

wordofthedday

Pronunciation: \ˈvi-sə-rəl, ˈvis-rəl\
Function: adjective
Date: 1575

1 : felt in or as if in the viscera : deep <a visceral conviction>
2 : not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning <visceral drives>
3 : dealing with crude or elemental emotions : earthy <a visceral novel>
4 : of, relating to, or located on or among the viscera : splanchnic <visceral organs>

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Word of the day: Lust

blackman

Lust:

Pronunciation: \ˈləst\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lust pleasure and perhaps to Latin lascivus wanton
Date: before 12th century

1 obsolete a : pleasure, delight b : personal inclination : wish
2 : usu. intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness
3 a : an intense longing : craving <a . . . → Read More: Word of the day: Lust

Word of the day: Love

Synonyms of Love

Love:

Pronunciation: \ˈləv\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lufu; akin to Old High German luba love, Old English lēof dear, Latin lubēre, libēre to please

Date: before 12th century

1 a (1) : strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties <maternal love for a child> (2) : attraction . . . → Read More: Word of the day: Love

Venison on the grill

venison

I will frequently implore science and industry to create a “new meat” but what I really needed was to get back to my roots… . . . → Read More: Venison on the grill

Random Thought: Exit interview

goodbye

Wouldn’t it be interesting if you could conduct, or have conducted on your behalf, an exit interview with people you meet. I think this would be useful for bad dates, breakups, mysterious falling off the face of the earth avoidance. If someone asked you, would you . . . → Read More: Random Thought: Exit interview

Word of the day: Zaftig

zaftig

Zaftig:

Pronunciation: \ˈzäf-tig\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Yiddish zaftik juicy, succulent, from zaft juice, sap, from Middle High German saf, saft, from Old High German saf — more at sap
Date: circa 1936

of a woman : having a full rounded figure : pleasingly plump

–adjective Slang .

1. (of a woman) having a . . . → Read More: Word of the day: Zaftig

Word of the day: Intellectual

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Intellectual:

Pronunciation: \ˌin-tə-ˈlek-chə-wəl, -chəl, -shwəl, -chü(-ə)l\
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century
1 a : of or relating to the intellect or its use b : developed or chiefly guided by the intellect rather than by emotion or experience : rational c : requiring use of the intellect <intellectual games>
2 a : given to study, reflection, . . . → Read More: Word of the day: Intellectual

I just want it

i-want-you

Is it wrong that I just want it

Now

Now

Right now

Does that make me a brat?

It’s your fault.

If you stayed away

or stayed the same

I’d be just fine.

But nope

you had to evolve.

You found me.

Now I want it.

I just want it.

All of it.

All the bullshit

all of the great stuff

all of the stuff in . . . → Read More: I just want it

Life Partner

you-are-my-best-friend

On several occasions when I was younger I remember having conversations with my mother about what real friendship is. Neither one of my parents were ever social butterflie, they preferred to stay home and had a few friends. My Grandma Lizzie on the other hand was the bubbliest, most outgoing person I  knew. She could and . . . → Read More: Life Partner