Julius Caesar is, perhaps the greatest military genius ever. He defeated army after army. Jovial Julius feared no man and no army. Caesar was afraid of nothing.
Nothing?
Well no, he has afraid of angry melons. In fact, this fear did jostling Julius in on the Ides of March. Instead of seeing Roman senators converging on him, Caesar’s Salad envisioned knife-wielding melons rolling at him. So he froze like a deer in the torchlight. And the senators easily assassinated the gasping Wheezer Caesar. And the Roman Republic plunged into decades of civil war. Bummer.
If only there were a word to describe this fear. And now there is:
TODAY’S AWESOME WORD
IRATUSPEPONOIA
Awesome entry #44
– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.
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Another Word Added to Paul’s Awesome Dictionary
Gruntjectives: n: (Pronunciation, just like it looks) Adjectives that get so overused that they lose all meaning. The speaker might as well grunt instead. – Paul’s Awesome Dictionary
Today’s Gruntjective Story:
“I just completed a chat with a tech support person. When they asked for the verification number they’d sent to confirm I’m me, apparently I responded exceptionally well. They responded: ‘Awesome’.”
– the great author Judy Reeves on Facebook(tm)
I commented:
“Maybe the support gets filled with awe whenever she hears an identification number. We should all endeavor to be like her. ‘Look, a glass!’ Be filled with awe. ‘Look, it’s full of water.’ Be filled with more awe. See, how happy you could become.”
My comments made it into this little blog. I’ve learned not to waste moments when my synapses fire.
– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.
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