how delicious is the winning of a kiss at love's beginning

July 6: Pecksniffian
July 7: brachiate

One would tend to sound like a Pecksniffian moron if one used words like 'brachiate' when 'swing' would do.

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• Where did the majority of your clothes come from?
  stores. Definitely stores.
• Do you have a dreamcatcher?
  not since my divorce, thank God. Another benefit of not having a mother-in-law anymore, particularly that one!
• What's your favorite thing you own that YOU made?
  apart from the plants (which probably don't count), I'm pretty fond of some of the jewelry that I've made
• What movie character would you like to be a part of your family?
  Willie, from Beautiful Girls, would make a pretty good spouse—if I needed such a thing
• What's the last thing you were an audience for?
  a concert held by a local choral group
• Would you be afraid to take a public bus anywhere?
  less than I would be of the idea of taking a private bus anywhere
• What's in your copy and paste?
  the link to the dictionary definition of 'brachiate'
• Have you ever accidentally taken a shower with, like, your underwear left on, or something?
  accidentally? No. I probably inadvertently left my glasses on a few times when I first started wearing them.
• Have you ever seen someone who wore a real eyepatch?
  seen, yes; known, no
• What's your favorite ride at an amusement park?
  N/A. I'm not in it for the rides.
• Have you any friends who are twins?
  have had. My neighbors, and constant companions, were twins, from when we were around age 3 until we all moved away from home. I also work with someone who is a twin. And I know someone with twin children.
• Are you an envious person?
  if you're willing to accept a distinction between 'envy' and 'jealousy', then, no. If not: sure.
• What's the coolest thing you've EVER seen?
  that's so not repeatable here
• Have you ever slid down a flight of stairs on something?
  like, my ass? 'Cause that's certainly happened once or twice.
• Do you go sledding in the winter?
  right. You know how professional athletes have a clause in their contract where, say, a baseball player forfeits a ton of money if he injures himself playing pickup basketball? Well, any woman my age ought to pay double the standard insurance premiums if she's foolish enough to go sledding in the winter.
  Here's what I do instead: stay home and drink lots of milk and take Vitamin D pills.
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  Would you rather a guy have 'girl-lips', or super, super thin lips?
  I'm sure that the actual point to this was full v. thin/small, rather than "guy" v. "girl". Because it's rather creepy to think about it otherwise, right? I would rather that a guy's lips match his face, and that they be totally natural. Honestly, I don't think I've ever given any thought to it otherwise!
• Have you ever seen an exotic animal in the wild?
  it depends what you consider 'exotic.' Eagles nest along the river where I grew up. I once nearly hit a moose on the highway a little bit north of where I lived. Around here, I once watched a fox trot along the (permanent stone wall) barricade at the side of the tollway. It's really all in what you're used to, I think.
• Are you sexually frustrated?
  nope, I'm a camel. (That line was stolen straight from the Mumbler, but it's a keeper.)

[from an Oh. My. God.Long. post of The Cat's, who got it here. To be continued! The title quotation is by Thomas Campbell]