Two posts Tuesday

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vatic [VAT-ik]

adjective
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prophet.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vatic


"Yeeeeessss, YEEEESSSS!" cried Professor Trelawney. "Mr. Potter has indeed a most vatic glow about his face; see how his eyes glaze over when staring into the crystal ball.... Mr. Weasley, what ARE you sniggering at?"



diaphanous [dahy-AF-uh-nuhs]

adjective
1. very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent.
2. delicately hazy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/diaphanous


As it happened, Mr. Potter was actually steadily drifting to sleep as he stared blankly into his diaphanous crystal ball. Needless to say, this is what so amused Mr. Weasley and what ultimately caused Professor Trelawney to give them both detention.

So hey.

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Hello, folks! It's been a crazy long while since I've posted, and all due to a Series of Unfortunate Events that made posting a bitch. Don't worry, Jim Carrey wasn't involved. First, there was that whooping cough. Then, LJ borked my account, then they borked my maintainer access and I couldn't post, and then LJ wasn't able to be accessed for ages from my computer. Still don't know why, and they maintain it was likely my fault. I tried to post from work, but LJ was flagged as a 'dangerous' site. I guess it IS owned by the Russians now.

But! Good news is I AM alive, and I should resume posting again from this Sunday. Ironically, just as I get all this sorted out, I get a cold - but only a little one.

So, what's up, Word Nerds? Anything I need to know about? I haven't been able to keep up with the comm for a while because of all these issues, so I'm probably way behind.

Good to be back!