adjective:
Resembling a maze in form or complexity; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing.
By now some 20 characters are caught in the turns and baffles of Mr. Dunne’s mazy plot.
– George Stade, “A Fisherman of Guilt”, New York Times, March 28, 1982
Mazy is the adjective form of maze, which comes from Middle English mase, from masen, “to confuse, [...]
Just wanted to show you guys that the Swainson’s thrushes definitely have feathers and that one on the left was looking at me, eyes wide open! (his little black eye is partially behind a twig)
Hey, lady, no nest shots!
I can’t imagine them flying off in a day or two, but that’s what I calculate. [...]
OK, there’s not much to update you on (great update, Wendy!).
We still have two baby Swainson thrushes and a mama who flits in and out with snacks (what she’s feeding them I don’t know). Feathers are coming in, but unless they have their beaks up it’s near impossible to see [...]
I swear, these birds are going to be the death of me. I am CONSTANTLY worried about those tiny thrushes.
Must stop worrying. Where IS my medication?!
I don’t know if mama thrush has ever laid eggs before, but her nest building skills leave something to be desired. I now see why they build [...]
And now, I shall revisit high school English class with my compare and contrast of
Kung Fu Panda and Wall-E.
COMPARE:
1. Both are cartoons.
2. Neither is rated R.
3. Both are less than 100 minutes long.
CONTRAST:
1. Panda is clearly made for kids with colorful, rollicking fun; Wall-E is made for….well, I can only guess, depressed environmentalists who just [...]
adjective:
1. Generating or shedding tears; given to shedding tears; suffused with tears; tearful.
2. Causing or tending to cause tears.
Lachrymose is from Latin lacrimosus, from lacrima.
As parents, we learn new lachrymose things all the time from our kids.
No clean Hello Kitty shirt? WAAAAAAHHHH!
No RED popsicle? WAHHHHHH!
No watermelon gum? WAHHHHH!
Yesterday, I learned [...]
