whemmel, whomble

Ran across this word in the OED which definitely needs to become part of my vocabulary. As a noun, it means "An overturn, upset, overthrow; a state of confusion." As a verb it means "to overturn, capsize; upset, throw into confusion," and to cover something by turning something else upside down over it, to submerge or drown in a flood, or to "tumble over . . . move unsteadily, or stumble about". It's apparently derived from 'whelm'. It appears to be also used for dumping something over so it will drain properly.

Dutch Medieval Murals

I think one of my LJ friends will be interested in this:
3000 Images of Danish Church Murals from the Medieval Period:
http://www.kalkmalerier.dk/

In which our heroine encounters high class Italian comfort food

So, Christopher left his electric toothbrush at our house this weekend. Instead of running out and buying a new one (hurray for willpower!) he arranged to meet me where 287 meets 78 in NJ for a custody exchange (of toothbrush, that is) on Tuesday night.
As we were on the cell phones, speeding towards our meeting point, he put me in charge of scoping out a restaurant.
So, we ended up in Bedminster, at Trattoria Mediterranea. (The alternative seemed to be a place with a sports bar. My opinions on sports bars are unprintable but can be summed up as 'not unless their clams are less than $2/dozen'.)
( Read more... )

What DO they teach them in the schools these days, part II.

( Read more... )