Search Party

Here's another collection of recent search queries that brought seekers to this temple of scribomania, featuring the usual mix of obscure enthusiasms, weird obsessions, and trivial pursuits.

tittynope small quantity

Yes, archaic word fans, a "tittynope" is a small quantity. It does not refer to a woman's bust (or lack of it). But can anyone who sees this word today resist thinking that it does?

mandala in the sky

Carl Jung wrote a book entitled Flying Saucers, which put forward the idea that UFOs are projections of the human collective unconscious -- mandalas (look it up!) in the sky. Interestingly, he did not deny that these "mandalas" also had physical existence.

excuse me clip art

Oh, don't apologize. We all need a little clip art now and then.

hornet topiary

An interesting pairing of words. Trimming a shrub in the shape of a hornet, or maybe a hornet's nest? Or is your shrubbery infested by hornets?

burning hell

I'm not sure why searching on this phrase would lead you here. I don't preach hellfire. Hell, I believe, is a state of mind resulting from mental resistance to the fact that we live in a....

catawampus universe

"Catawampus": awry, askew. All f'd up. SNAFU. That's our universe, all right, but it's possible to transcend. (I've always thought "catawampus" sounded like a weird sort of animal -- something like a combination of a lion and an octopus.)