• Iceland: The last leg of the journey

    The winds south of Borgarnes almost made me late for my appointment at the Blue Lagoon.

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  • Stürmisch und Drang

    Stürmisch und Drang (shtoo rm-ish oont drahng) [< German: Literally, Stormy and urge, though conventionally translated as Stormy and stress], n. 1. a style or movement of American cinema of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, characterized by works containing arousing action and bad acting that often deal with the individual’s rejection of social mores. 2. confusion; tumult; turmoil; upheaval. Ex.: A presidency characterized by Stürmisch und Drang.

  • followership

    followership (fol-oh-er-ship), n. a group’s shared identity, created by subscription to a leader’s teaching, guidance, example, or social media account(s).

  • polyarmorous

    polyarmorous (pol-ee-ahr-muh-ruh s), adj. demonstrating a deep love for and commitment to the ownership of multiple firearms, often with a component of romantic or sexual desire. Ex. The United States of America houses the world’s most polyarmorous citizenry.

  • anthropomoralism

    anthropomoralism (an-thruh-puhmawruh-liz-uh m, mor-), n. the attribution of human moral principles to the behavior of a non-human entity, often as a lesson suggesting that humans should follow the example of that entity. Ex.: “Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!”

  • Different worlds: Talking about Trump

    Rorschach Inkblot of face

    Trump is like a Rorschach test.

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  • hypostate

    hypostate (hip-pos-teyt, -tit), n. one who acts in contradiction to one’s sanctimoniously established religious or political principles to such a degree that one has, in effect, forsaken one’s religion, cause, party, etc.

  • Iceland: A taste of the north

    Road snakes off into the snow.

    One nice thing about visiting a small-ish country: it requires a lot less rushing around.

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  • The why and what of ohick.com

    Parody of Magritte, in French: This is not a writer, with pic of Greg Kemble
    Photo illustration by moi-même

    If someone were to tell me, “I’m a writer,” and I were to say, “Cool! What do you write?” and he were to say, “Well, I don’t, really,” I’d have grounds to be suspicious of his claim.

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  • angostic

    angostic (ang-gos-tik), n. a person who holds that the existence of Dog is unknown and unknowable; broadly, one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of Dog or a dog.

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