(adj.) in exchange for having done something important and then died

(also: the creator)

(n.) the bio-capsule in which an unborn life form resides before finally being evicted in a process known as birth

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(also: culture)
(also: history)
(also: the human story)
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(also: language)
(also: music)
(also: song)
(also: dance)
(also: food)
(also: feast)

(also: maturity tradition)
(also: coming of ritual)

(also: piercings)
(also: tattoos)

(n.) job that pays well and requires little to no real work; job held by a person who is too important to work

adj. Figuratively, as: "The pond was literally full of fish"; "The ground was literally alive with snake" etc.

(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex. The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man. The genus has two varieties: good providers and bad providers.
(also: the devils dictionary)

ptolemy i soter (367-282 BC) was a doofy-looking greek man who served as a military commander under alexander the great, for which he was made satrap (governor) of egypt, starting a new greek dynasty over the whole country (as well as other bits of the levant). he also responsible for establishing the musaium, the great library and university at alexandria.

following alexander's somewhat mysterious death while on campaign in babylon, ptolemy was on hand to have the conqueror's body taken to alexandria to be properly buried, which would have been read, by the custom of the time, as a declaration that he was alexander's "real, for true" successor (and it's rumored by some that he might have been alexander's illegitimate brother, though this is unlikely)

the ptolemaic dynasty of egypt was plagued by incest and treachery (yadda yadda) until it finally ended in 30 BC, when julius caesar decided egypt would make a nice backyard extension.

(n.) a merry-go-round; a carnival attraction consisting of a large round gazebo, rotating slowly as it emits menacing calliope music, and filled with petrified and impaled animals on which merrymakers are invited to ride.

(n.) a force. the water we swim through, in every conscious and unconscious moment, and take woefully for granted.

(also: death)
(also: this is water)

the most californian part of scandinavia

Our prostrate brother, Homo ventrambulans.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

vlad iii (1428ish-1476ish) was a ruler in romania who became famous for brutally massacring turkish people to get out of paying them back for their assistance in brutally massacring the hungarians

he was not a vampire, but at some point bram stoker, and then the entire world, decided he would be more interesting if he were a vampire. so now everyone just pretends he was. today, dracula-the-vampire is one of the most prolific characters in all of fiction, but has probably not seen a penny of the royalties himself, which just goes to show who the real bloodsuckers are.

The uniform of the poor, serving to distinguish these creatures from their creators.
(also: poor)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

A liar in the caterpillar state.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(n.) the digital slot machine

(also: gambling)
(also: addiction)

(1533 – 1603) Queen of England from 1558 to her death in 1603. Cemented England as a Protestant country, defeated Spanish Armada.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: queen elizabeth i quotes)

(384 BC – 322 BC) – Greek philosopher and polymath
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: aristotle quotes)

To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid's belief in the virtue of maids.
(also: maid)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)

(bk.)The painful story of the 7 sons of the deviant lord Vlad III and an innocent dwarf they captured in the forest.