The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

an introductory activity where you do something or other with the first letter of your name, which sucks, since J is common in names but not words

Internet royalty who wields godlike powers of charity and clickbait.

conveying anything outwards, be it feelings, visual images, or noise and / or movement. expression is simply the act of putting yourself out there. it gives some people anxiety, but the only thing better than happiness, is the peace you will feel when you have expressed yourself clearly.

(also: art)
(also: poet)

a region of northern europe consisting of sweden, denmark, and norway.

once the land of vikings, now primarily a source of weird european things

where to begin? egyptian history spans over 5000 years. egypt was ancient long before the single day on which rome was built.

to be as brief as is feasible, the upper and lower portions of egypt first became unified sometime between 3200 and 3000 BC, possibly by somebody named Narmer or Menes, who thus became the founder of the first dynasty of pharaohs. narmer's dynasty dicks around for a bit, leave behind a few prototype tombs in the village of saqqara, and is replaced by a second dynasty. that dynasty does more dicking around and is replaced again. this more or less sets the tone for the rest of egyptian history.

old kingdom egypt (3rd-6th dynasties); the big pointy pyramids you're thinking of come from the fourth dynasty
* an intermediate period (7th-11th dynasties)
middle kingdom egypt (11th-13th dynasties); the book of the dead, that famous egyptian book you've heard of, only shows up in rough draft form around this period
* another intermediate period (13th-17th dynasties)
new kingdom egypt (18th-20th dynasties); tutankhamun, the one pharaoh everyone has heard of, was the second-to-last pharaoh of the 18th dynasty
* sure, why not another intermediate period (21st-25th dynasties), followed by some twilight years (the late period extending to the 31st dynasty), during which egypt got conquered by persians


By this point it's already the 330s BC, and greece (led by alexander the great) took over egypt and left it in control of some doofus named ptolemy. not too long after that, it was conquered again by the romans, by which time we've only just arrived at caesar boinking cleopatra.

(1632-1723) Dutch chemist – founder of microbiology.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: antony van leeuwenhoek quotes)

Tasks performed out of necessity or in exhange for currency
(also: chores)
(also: career)

word used when you've already used "potato" and don't want to say the same word twice.

(n.) a word used in wishful thinking to describe a condition of increased order and technological progress with time.

the supposed end result of extropy will be the achievement of some kind of technological singularity. fingers crossed, i suppose.

to look at products longingly

(n.) an edible grass that is traditionally hunted and served in a thick milky soup alongside herbs known as marshmallows

an african big feline, not too different from the north american lynx but with big vaguely chalupa-shaped ears

noun: a person coping with his (or her) childhood trauma by inadvertently choosing people who do not look out for his (or her) interest and thus, may be perceived as either naive or unintelligent due to outside perspectives that his (or her) decisions were misguided and unwise.
example: Over time, many people who are depressed or anxious can overcome their johnnydepp mindset.

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noun: a person whose coping mechanisms cause him/her to be prone to creating/engaging in emotionally draining situations.
example: Teenagers tend to be johnnydepps because they want to fit in.

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noun: a person who is perceived as a victim whether or not he/she has good intentions to help people
example: Mr.Bentley was a johnnydepp because he donated millions to charity, but people still chastised him for spending his money irresponsibly.

The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) if a shelf does not hold books or spices, is it a real shelf?

(n.) a pancake covered in square braille indents for people with blind tongues

(n.) music for those long-haired snobby elitist artsy-fartsy types; derived from really old stuff

(n.) drops of water which condense within clouds and fall from the sky. this tends to happen only when the weatherman said it would not

(n.) nature's hat. one of the few remaining patches of fur covering left on earth's dominant bald apes (see human)