every four years
we learn on the bissextus
strange words stay with us

That's Victor Saad jumping for joy... or maybe he just found out how much a college education costs these days! Probably the former. Victor and his Experience Institute completed a successful Kickstarter campaign to launch the Leap Kit, a journal and system to carry you through a meaningful 90-day projects. 

I'm one of 588 backers that raised $49,736 to create the Kit. I'll be using my Kit to help focus my attention on a little side project: Access to Video. You can help fund A2V initially by becoming a "patron" for video literacy by pledging $3 a month... As you know, that's the amount of just one cup of coffee for a whole month! Go to our Patreon page HERE and pledge today! A2V.org website HERE.

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable noun:

1. February 29th: the extra day added to the Julian calendar every fourth year (except those evenly divisible by 400) to compensate for the approximately six hours a year by which the common year of 365 days falls short of the solar year. 

primas exit cars
premiate the preening stars
premier Oscar night!

 
 
 
 
  
​Best Actress: Brie Larson: Room
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio: The Revenant
Best Picture: Spotlight
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander: The Danish Girl
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance: Bridge of Spies
Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
 
 
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Oscar viewers may number 50+ million in 225 countries.

DEFINITION of this 3-syllable verb:

1. to grant a prize or an award to.

to natter about
like a mad hatter and shout
does it matter?... flout!

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable verb:

1. to talk incessantly; chatter.
2. a conversation; chat.

use "internecine"
to soften the impact of
annihilation

Parallels between the Cold War and the Gun Lobby? 

Stand your ground for your peace of mind? 
— or --
Stand down for everyone's peace of mind?

Quote of today: "I am not against war. I am for peace."
— Mother Theresa

4DEFINITION of this 3-syllable adjective:

1. mutually destructive.
2. of or relating to conflict or struggle within a group: an internecine feud among proxy holders.
3. characterized by great slaughter; deadly.

she loses herself
and finds her way in the peace
of a sylvan glen

What a magnificent photo... 
The good and bad news of internet images: we get to see them but we don't know who gifted us with them. 
So I send a thank you to Universe and hope it gets to the artful eye that captured it and shared. 

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable adjective:

1. of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
2. consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded; woody: a shady, sylvan glade.
3. made of trees, branches, boughs, etc.

supercilious
people looking down their nose
are super silly

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson does supercilious, super silly and facial expression better than anyone. Brilliant comedic actor: Blackadder (pictured) and Mr. Bean defining the quintessential aggregate of Rowan... whatever that means. 

DEFINITION of this 5-syllable adjective:

1. haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.

I'm off my axis
since lately I am guilty
of parapraxis

This word and poem brought back fond memories of Fred MacMurray in The Absent-minded Professor. I should rent it along with the remake — Flubber — with Robin Williams... another beloved actor.

In researching this entry, I found out that there is actually a site for movie CARS... Amazing what's on the Internet!! 
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I always check out the trivia at IMDb... always fascinating: "The 5th most commercially successful movie at the US domestic box office in 1961, grossing $25,381,407 (the most successful being, by a wide margin, another Disney classic, 101 Dalmatians at $153,000,000 (Source: The Numbers)."

​DEFINITION of this 4-syllable noun:

1. Psychology. a slip of the tongue or pen, forgetfulness, misplacement of objects, or other error 
   thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes.