"Another etymology for the word suggests that it came originally from a native word amazona (Spanish spelling) or amassona (Portuguese spelling), meaning "destroyer (of) boats", in reference to the destructive nature of the root system possessed by some riparian plants. "
wikipedia wrote this, not me. i didn't even type it. i copied and i pasted.

well ive been in a rather sour mood lately on and off and owing mostly to a small reminder of gravity's girth as conveyed by the departure of what i would rather rely on as my internal sense of balance, rather sour mood...but today, within the last 30 minutes: I see my KALE has passed its genetic identity (within which its desire to reproduce beats ( Read more... )

if you live in boston and are reading this, if you live in boston...would you like to do me a favor? i can make it worth both our whiles, ojala. my phone number is 415 794 7964 also. i would very much appreciate it.

a few moments ago i forgot what the word crucial meant. i approached it (in text) as if a completely new word altogether, and ventured guesses at its seemingly latin etymology. crucial... like that of a cross ( Read more... )

a phenomenon, the witness of which i believe i am plagerizing from an episode of Scrubs. TV is too funny these days ( Read more... )

Institutional learning is getting to me ( Read more... )

unabbreviated discontent, a dimensionless bath of frustration on all fronts, lacking the punctuation of the joyful respite of plug and chug, of puff and pass, of hoot and holler ; my brains are not glazed but my affection is sodden; my brains are not glazed but my temper is fragile; my brains are not glazed but i am largely under the influence.

website: http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html , an excerpt ( Read more... )

a few nights ago i dreamt that i lived in old house that had been partitioned into three well mannered apartments. there was some matter of excitement, a stir. people buzzing in every which room and i was eager to get in on the joke so up and down many stairs to no avail. a boy i befriended in the dorms was reading philosophy with some other blurry ( Read more... )

"Carbon monoxide (CO) is an air pollutant and one of the most important constituents of cigarette smoke ( Read more... )