Monday, March 25, 2019

Look. Up in the air!


Concrete \CON-creet\ Noun – 1: a mass formed by concretion or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body 2: a hard strong building material made by mixing a cementing material (such as portland cement) and a mineral aggregate (such as sand and gravel) with sufficient water to cause the cement to set and bind the entire mass 3: a waxy essence of flowers prepared by extraction and evaporation and used in perfumery

Ribbons of concrete
Connected to who knows where
Welcome to Dallas

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

No Fighting in the War Room...


Zero-Sum \ZEER-oh-SUM\  Adjective – Of, relating to, or being a situation (such as a game or relationship) in which a gain for one side entails a corresponding loss for the other side.

The nuke deterrent
It’s mutual destruction
A zero-sum game

Friday, March 1, 2019

Lumps of Formless Knowledge...

Gormless /GORM-luss/ Adjective - Chiefly British: lacking intelligence: stupid.

Worthless, inert mass
The mob’s gormless intellect
We’re watching “Cop Rock”

Friday, February 15, 2019

Fan of a Summer's Day.....


Bardolater /bar-DUH-lut-ter/ Noun – A person who idolizes Shakespeare.

Shakespeare is the Bard
Plenty of fans for his prose
Beam, Bardolaters

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Desk of a slob, mind sharp as a razor...


Ratiocination /rat-ee-oh-suh-NAY-shun / Noun – 1: the process of exact thinking: reasoning 2: a reasoned train of thought

Einstein’s gorgeous mind
Strict ratiocination
Creative physics

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Sorry I made you sad, if I made you sad, when you were sad...


Crocodile Tears /CROCK-uh-dial – teers/ Plural Noun – False or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow.

Schultz mea culpa
“Sorry I sold the Sonics”
Mere crocodile tears

Friday, January 4, 2019

Abominable, Heinous. A Snowman by Any Other Name Would be as Scary...


Heinous • \HAY-nuss\ • Adjective – Hatefully or shockingly evil: abominable

Abominable
The synonym of heinous
Yeti’s alias