Lodger

LODGER, n. A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.

2009 Update: The child of privilege in misfortune.

Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Zwei

Elizabeth's Church and Marburg are to the right. Click on the photo to hear the story.

To the left, the remaining wall of St. Elizabeth of Hungary's hospital.  Click on the photo to read the story.

Mind

MIND, n. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. From the Latin mens, a fact unknown to that honest shoe-seller, who, observing that his learned competitor over the way had displayed the motto "Mens conscia recti," emblazoned his own front with the words "Men's, women's and children's conscia recti."

2008 Update: The principal evidence for the existence of the soul.

Mammon

MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.

He swore that all other religions were gammon,
And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.
—Jared Oopf

 2009 Update:  The false god of earthly wealth and a true object of earthly worship.

Equilibrium

There are times I'm stricken cheerful

And it helps to get an earful

Of something somewhat right and reasoned

That nears to blasphemy or treason.

Is it not what we most abhor

Inside ourselves that we adore

When life and times begin to bore

Or make us giddy, even more?

EQUILIBRIUM, n. The natural state of chaos.

Mousquetaire

MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But "mousquetaire" is a might poor way to spell musketeer.

2009 Update: A renaissance French soldier with his sword on his hip and a firearm across his back, threatening the enemy.

Millennium

MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers on the under side.

2009 Update:  A daily occurrence.

The Reformation of Wolfshausen

Teil Eins

To the right, a tower at the Wittenburg Church, with the description "A Mighty Fortress."  Click on it to hear Minka begin the story.  Pay attention to the pronunciation.

To the left, a statue of Martin Luther with the explanation "Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise so help me, God."  Click it to read the first part of the new story.

Emotion

EMOTION, n.  A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.

2009 Update: The heart's distraction of the liver's ambition.

Extinction

EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.

2009 Update: Reform.

Happy New Year, friends and, of course, rabbit rabbit.