Word order is insignificant. Normally when translating into latin, start with a verb, then the associated subject, then all the other words...then drop all the words on the paper in whatever order scans best.

eta: my HS Latin teacher's favorite phrase was "word order is insignificant in Latin." Pretty sure he said that EVERY CLASS. It's a lesson that stuck :)

word order is insignificant in Latin

I love this about Latin. I wonder if folks from different regions had different habits about how they ordered words, like an accent.

This is the precise reason I am going with one word in Latin. My five years can easily do that correctly myself, but I wouldn't be able to do Jilli's phrase without a day of research!

smonster, I have an owl on my left shoulder! I don't have any good pix of it, but it's a very nicely done rendition of Athena's owl: [link]

And the Latin tattoo link is like crack.

I have been dreadfully serious in my Wordslinger posts. I think I need a post/writing sample -- trying to treat all posts as writing samples of a type, or as info for possible clients' needs -- involving tattoos, perhaps terribly worded Latin and other foreign language tattoos.

And I could go get a tattoo and write it off as a deduction: "But I was writing an article for my BUSINESS! It was research; I'm that dedicated to my art, man!"

I should not be allowed to wander Sephora unsupervised.

Be advised that I am NOT a designated adult in such a situation. I am, unsurprisingly, a fabulous enabler.

My stew wasn't terrible! It was rather good! I used this basic recipe [link] but subbed 2 small banana peppers for the bell peppers, and added 2 cups of okra. It made about five servings - StW and N (roomie) and I ate, and there were two left over, so I put one in the fridge for lunch and one in the freezer. Still have about half the peas and half the okra yet, maybe I'll make some dirty rice.

Speaking of StW, turns out he had some kind of reaction as well - I got to listen to him practice his diagnostic capabilities using our sex life as an example. Which was funny, and maybe just a little unsettling. He gets points for proper use of Occam's Razor, for sure.

smonster, I have an owl on my left shoulder! I don't have any good pix of it, but it's a very nicely done rendition of Athena's owl:

I know! You tried to take a picture and show me, remember?

I should not be allowed to wander Sephora unsupervised.

Be advised that I am NOT a designated adult in such a situation. I am, unsurprisingly, a fabulous enabler.

Duly noted. Not that that'll stop me from dragging you along with me should occasion arise.

I suppose I also shouldn't mention that I saw two lipsticks that virtually screamed Jilli's name, right?

Right.

I suppose I also shouldn't mention that I saw two lipsticks that virtually screamed Jilli's name, right?

Were they Kat Von D?

YES, YOU SHOULD MENTION THEM.

Were they Kat Von D?

Actually, nope.

YES, YOU SHOULD MENTION THEM.

Ohhhhh-kay then.

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All the way down at the bottom-- Satin Blueberry and Satin Black. Also the Satin Blackcurrant for a more reddish-purple.