Saturday, December 27, 2008

random list

Dinner tonight.

* Rosemary croccantini
* Cambozola blue cheese
* Stonewall Kitchen roasted garlic onion jam
* Clementines
* Israeli couscous in cranberry ginger glaze
* Organic 3-year old extra sharp Canadian cheddar
* Green grapes
* Sweet onion crackers
* Forest mushroom pesto
* Maplebrook cherrywood smoked mozzarella
* Thai beef salad with sesame dressing
* Organic raspberries

A single bag from the grocery store where I never shop (except the onion jam, which was already in my fridge). A week's worth of grocery budget (which is why I never shop there), though there will certainly be leftovers. Beverages to be determined. A nice pinot noir might be good. Now if only I had a corkscrew and wine glass. And a dining room table.

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

word wonk strikes again

It could just be me, but I find this thesaurus entry particularly enjoyable.

Great:

Synonyms
A1, bang-up, banner, boss [slang], capital, classic, crackerjack, dandy, divine, fabulous, fine, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, groovy, heavenly, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous, mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, prime, sensational, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful

Related Words
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK, passable, satisfactory, tolerable; better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, premium, special

Phrases
out of sight

Near Antonyms
bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactory; mediocre, second-class, second-rate; atrocious, execrable, vile, wretched

Antonyms
poor