Science fiction, fantasy, mystery and what-not
The Talking Heads crashed my music stream with their 1986 song, “Wild Wild Life”.
Sounds right for now, cause it’s a wild, wild life, being locked up, entertaining ourselves via digital connections, wondering when we’ll be able to comfortably socialize with others as we used to do, driving our pets and family members by our constant presence.
Yeah, it’s so boring, it’s a wild, wild life.
Flooftherin (floofintion) – An animal whose species doesn’t normally travel on its belly who likes sliding on its belly.
In use: “One daily game indulged with the dog was to indulge his desire to be a flooftherin. As he lay on his belly on the hardwood floors, the children push him around with a broom.”
Lock downs, quarantine, self-distancing, isolation, and every other way you can think of saying “We’re staying inside” is still in effect in many places. Restlessness is grabbing people. They’re suffering urges to hit the road, get their nails done, go bowling, or just stroll the streets and have a drink with friends. Some of them are thinking of escape.
Which brought to mind, “Gimme Three Steps” by Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1973. Bet that’s more than a few out there, thinking, gimme three steps, and I’ll be out the door ‘fore you know it.
Here’s some music for your thoughts.
Had a doughnut, thought about having another. The little devil on my shoulder started singing, “Go ahead and do it, do it, do it till you’re satisfied.” Now the 1974 B.T. Express song, “Do It ‘Til You’re Satisfied”, is stuck in my mental stream, distracting me from my writing and pushing me toward eating a second doughnut.
The doughnut does complement the coffee, though…
Clairfloofance (floofinition) – Animals’ power to perceive what people are doing, no matter the animals’ state or the human’s location.
In use: “Waiting until the cats were asleep and snoring, Michael quietly arose, went outside and began yard work, thinking the cats wouldn’t be bothering them, because they were asleep. He’d forgotten about their clairfloofance.”
Linda Floofstadt (floofinition) – American singer/songwriter, with hits in diverse genres in floof music, inducted into the Hall of Floof as both a performer and a songwriter.
In use: “Besides winning awards as a solo act, Linda Floofstadt won a Floofy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Trio, with Floofy Parton and Emmyfloof Harris).”
