Word of the Day: scribacious

scribacious (adj)

Fond of writing.

"He was addicted to his journal - he was scribacious - and he was compelled 'to put naked self down on paper.' What he wanted most of all was to 'tip my mitt,' as he called it - to give himself away before he could suppress himself. Only then would he know himself deep down inside, he believed."
--Jonah Raskin, American Scream: Allen Ginsberg's Howl and the Making of the Beat Generation

I don't know any scribacious people. It is incomprehensible to me that anyone would waste their time scribbling for the unappreciative masses, especially aimless, anonymous websurfers trolling for "nude girls dancing on airplane wings" (see Nov. 11 below) and other such sordid topics, unless said scrivener was being highly compensated. "Only a fool writes for anything other than money," said Dr. Johnson. A voice within you that will not be still? I can't imagine such an affliction. No, I can't conceive of anyone needing such a useless outlet for their interior ruminations. Can you?

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Meanwhile....

"...energetic, childlike, powerful, kind, unstoppable, charming, opinionated, fair-minded, fun-loving, an entrepreneur, a family man, a workaholic, a sharp dresser, a practical joker, a dreamer, a producer, a gourmet, a showman, a deal maker, a risk taker, a giver [and] a taker."
--David Lynch, eulogizing Dino De Laurentiis, producer of Blue Velvet and Conan the Barbarian and Neveroyatnye priklyucheniya italyantsev v Rossii

Dick Laurent is dead.