I have an old children's book that was my mom's and the doll in it is named Araminta.
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Amy - Aug 24, 2018 8:59:35 am PDT #25147 of 28197
Because books.
bennett - Aug 24, 2018 9:19:32 am PDT #25148 of 28197
I checked Google Books Ngram viewer - which plots the frequency of words in Google Books over time - and the first use of "Araminta" is in 1709 - [link] .
FWIW.
Toddson - Aug 24, 2018 10:06:24 am PDT #25149 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Remember Cockygate? well, in corporate news, P&G Wants to Trademark LOL and Other Millennial Phrases.
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2018 11:16:42 am PDT #25150 of 28197
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Todd, I just read that about 15 minutes ago in our local news (P&G is headquartered here), and my exact reaction was "...didn't Cockygate put an end to this nonsense???"
Toddson - Aug 24, 2018 11:22:11 am PDT #25151 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
There was also the author who tried to trademark "dragon slayer" ... don't think that ever went anywhere.
-t - Aug 24, 2018 11:41:34 am PDT #25152 of 28197
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I wonder if anyone at P&G remembers when their logo was rumored to be satanic.
Toddson - Aug 24, 2018 11:47:25 am PDT #25153 of 28197
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
oh, I'd forgotten about that!
Steph L. - Aug 24, 2018 11:49:07 am PDT #25154 of 28197
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I wonder if anyone at P&G remembers when their logo was rumored to be satanic.
Oh yeah. They do. And they get really salty if you bring it up. (Source: I know several P&Gers and like to stir the pot.)
sj - Aug 24, 2018 12:49:24 pm PDT #25155 of 28197
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does anyone here want a nice hardcover copy of Isabel Allende's an Infinite Plan? I picked it up at the library bookstore the other day and then realized I already owned it.
aurelia - Aug 24, 2018 1:15:15 pm PDT #25156 of 28197
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
sj, I could be interested in that.