The decorations are highly ornate.

hmm..

miserable

I'm miserable whenever cash flow comes to a halt.

agony

Oh! Woe is me.. I am in agony.

designs

By the looks of things, it was obvious he had designs on her.

manipulation

Don't you think we all somehow use manipulation to get what we want?


cross-purposes

Communication is needed to prevent people from working at cross-purposes.

tribulation

I have had trials and tribulation in my life.


JOY

LOL it is kinda cute I get to answer this one

Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea. Joy to you and me

OK, Pandy...now I don't feel so bad...you spaced out giving the new word.

Te he Noony.. i did indeed. A momentary lapse of reason there. LOL! Must be I was so full of myself there.

Er...

Peace

tranquility

Huh? Wha? Tranquility?? Where? lmao

LOL but noony.. it must be just Sunday morning. You forgot to use my word But I will continue.

Tranquility is nice when you can find it.

equilibrium

ha ha...that's funny I must have lost my equilibrium.

balance

For me, balance is hard to find when I am at a great height.


galaxy

I don't think I am interested in leaving this galaxy...not as long as I remain in this body, anyway.


cauldron

The Coven of witches stirred the cauldron and cast their wicked spells. ... Candle

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a CANDLE.



presume

Doctor Livingstone, I presume?


Axial


Cheers,
John

Her old computer was missing the axial component which kept it from working.

coagulate

The milk had sat in his fridge so long, that it had began to coagulate. ... Conundrum

All of this election ado just presents a conundrum to me.

parlay


Cheers John, I see you up there. lol

Parlay vous frances?


paramount

It is of the paramount importance that someone checks my HjT log. hehe

discrepancy

The discrepancy between my values and my mother's values keeps us from seeing eye to eye.


determined

"Florida residents are determined to vote even though they can't create a decent ballot. News at 11."


halloween

We call it Halloween, the Celts called it Samhain, and our ears might hear it pronounced "SHAH-vin" or SAH-win"; there are several ways to spell it. It falls at the season when Summer ends, a time for harvesting and slaughtering, moving the herds, preserving what can be saved against the lean times coming.

Misconception

It's a common misconception that blondes aren't as smart as non-blondes but it's true we do have more fun.


quarterback

In high school my friend went with the quarterback of the football team and I went with the high jumper from the track team.


magnanimous

It is so magnanimous of you to allow me to go to the movies, Mom.

Haunted

Pandy turned me on to a site where stories about places that are haunted are listed by the locations of eerie and strange occurances.

cue in the strident violins and muted howling winds, and an offstage voice tells you in a matter-of-factual way: "Don't be surprised ... you've just stepped into the Twilight Zone"

Science Fiction

Do you like to read science fiction?

harpsicord.

hehe don't ask me I don't know where that word came from.

They say you can still hear the faint sounds of a harpsicord coming from somewhere deep in the heart of the old mansion every now and then when the moon is full and the chill winds of Autumn begin to fill the air.

Camouflage

This week I will dress my little boy up in camouflage and send him off on his first deer hunting trip.

persnickety

Being around my grandmother so much caused me to become as persnickety as she was.


fastidious



Speaking of haunted houses and sounds of a harpsichord coming from an old mansion...people are getting the voices of spirits and such on recordings, it is called EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena).

That sounds interesting Noony. Gives me goosebumps thinking about it. hehe

My mother-inlaw is the most fastidious person I know.

Thanksgiving

On Thanksgiving most people eat too much.



gratuitous

We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. --L'Estrange.




~Sensitive~ Hey, guys check out this site. Fantastic goosebump potential! Sound recordings and video! My friend told me about it. She knows the people, who have created the site. As a matter of fact, she has experienced some things first hand. Ghost_Pursuit

My sister's skin is so sensitive, she can't even use regular shampoos and soaps.


Grudge

I make it a point to never hold a grudge if at all possible.

serendipity

I read the book "The World of Serendipity" two decades ago, and it was to become a theme for my life.

http://www.aaevp.com/articles/articles_about_evp.htm
if anyone is interested...


perplexity

It's the perplexity of politics that keeps potential voters at home and turned off by much of the propaganda.


analogy

How many pickles did Peter Piper pick...should we ask Pandy?...that's a lot of P's, Angel



I like to use an analogy to illustrate a point.

metaphor

LOL - didn't notice until ya said something, funny.

We learned about similie vs metaphor in junior high school.


sunset

I witnessed the most beautiful sunset on the lake that I have ever seen, last month. I am still fascinated by it just remembering it. Still kicking myself for not bringing my camera.

Aurora Borealis

Most people in Alaska get used to the Aurora Borealis, but being from the Lower 48 I was fascinated by it.

wizard

I have always wondered if the wizard Merlin was fact or fiction.

propensity

By the looks of his garage, it appeared the old guy had a remarkable propensity to putter about tinkering on this n' that.

Majority

Is it the majority, or the mob that rules?

raining

Naturally I prefer a low lying fog in the early morning to those days that begin with it raining outside, don't you?

faculty

Of all the members of the faculty, Dr. Weinberg was the best for connecting with the students.


obtuse