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like a deer in the headlines

The facial expression we have come to know - panic-stricken, wide-eyed and immobilized, not knowing which way to run, realizing that your crimes, sins and errors of judgement are suddenly America's number one topic.

The movie mogul had figured no one would ever talk, and if they did, who would believe them, yet here he stood, cameras on him from all sides, barraged by shouting reporters, like a deer in the headlines.

by Monkey's Dad February 27, 2020

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asequential

Without sequence. Two or more events which can be viewed as happening or existing simultaneously, free of the linear concept of time.

He experienced the present, past and future as asequential, everything being equidistant and equally available.

by Monkey's Dad May 20, 2021


Lebowsker

You've seen him; the guy who unknowingly manifests the style and philosophy of The Dude, played by Jeff Bridges in the Coen brothers' 1998 film, "The Big Lebowski".

"Check out the Lebowsker."
"Wayfarers, bowling shirt, several years late for work?"
"Certain things have come to light, man."
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by Monkey's Dad July 29, 2023


analyze, assess, address

The necessary steps toward curing a condition accepted by the medical profession as irreversible.

Her doctors, associated practitioners, family and friends had so easily given up on her, accepting that she would have a lifetime of struggle and pain. He had other ideas, and began to analyze, assess, address the issues of her condition, constantly thinking, observing, trying. Day by day she improved, showing astonishing progress and they would take it all the way.

by Monkey's Dad June 24, 2023


Peaceful day

A day without stress, fear, tension or worry, unknown in America since 2016, and let us wonder why.

She tried to remember her last truly peaceful day. They used to be common, but ever since... she hated to even say his name... took office, it had been an endless stream of crisis, turmoil, instability, and now this, the world seeming to collapse.

by Monkey's Dad March 30, 2020


Jiminy Crockett, Prince of the Wild Frontier

A secret project in development at the Walt Disney studio in the fall of 1956, following their massively successful Davy Crockett series. Drawn by animator Ward Kimball, sketches show Jiminy Cricket, featured in the 1940 film Pinocchio, in an oversized and skewed coonskin hat instead of his top hat, wearing a buckskin jacket and carrying a rifle in place of his umbrella.

Jiminy Crockett, Prince of the Wild Frontier, was a concept that refused to hop off the drawing board.

by Monkey's Dad September 29, 2023


friend or faux?

Uncertainty about the genuineness of someone's affections.

She is always inviting me to lunch, texting, bringing small gifts, but there is something in her eyes which makes me wonder - is she friend or faux?

by Monkey's Dad October 7, 2020