On a limb with Claudia

Happy November! I woke up this morning ready to make decisions and get a few things done. Hopefully, this month will end on the powerful way it started! How about you? How will your November look? (edits provided by TC)

One thing’s for sure, our Unconscious Mutterings will continue through November! I still love this game. After our Sunday long runs, I love to come back and read everything people say. It’s a real treat for me!

Who won last week? Footpad from RL in Technicolor. He has won something wonderful from Claudia’s grab bag of honey, books, special treats and a few tricks.

How do you play, and win? Simply answer the word prompts (created by the lovely and talented Pea at Lunanina) in the comments section. The winners are chosen at random using Random.org.

Let’s play!

Here are your word prompts:

1. Hairbrush ::
2. Sneak ::
3. Hole ::
4. Horror ::
5. Standard ::
6. Mailbox ::
7. Attachment ::
8. Type ::
9. Nails ::
10. Storage ::

Here are my answers:

1. Hairbrush :: full of hair
2. Sneak :: ing! (In Golum’s voice from the Lord of the Rings)
3. Hole :: in the ground
4. Horror :: show
5. Standard :: results
6. Mailbox :: full
7. Attachment :: disorder
8. Type :: ology
9. Nails :: on chalk board
10. Storage :: capacity

Happy Sunday! Who played this week?

• Ruprecht from Frolickery
• Claudia from Skipping Stones
• La Shae from The Art of Taking Ity Bites
• TC from the Write Gardener
• Jenifer
• Karin from Popping Bubbles
• Stacey
• Miss Riss from Wild Hair
• Debbi from Knead 2 Relax
• Nancy JE
• Footpad from RL in Technicolor
• Zen Goddess Jen
• Vixen from Vixen’s Den

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Rainy Sunday! Gosh, after spending a little time with Genghis Khan in 12th Century Mongolia this week, I’m grateful for my home, heater, shower… the list is pretty long!

I’m also grateful for this blog, unconscious mutterings, and you! So let’s get to it! Last weeks winner of Unconscious Mutterings was Zoiks. She has a choice between a jar of honey or a specially selected item from Claudia’s grab bag. (Sounds fun right?) How did she win? She posted her answers to the word prompts (created by the lovely Pea at LunaNina) in the comment section.

Let’s play!

1. Redskins ::
2. Show ::
3. Smoker ::
4. Bad movie ::
5. Play ::
6. Jaguar ::
7. Click ::
8. Production ::
9. Sand ::
10. Foreign ::

My answers:

1. Redskins :: derogatory name for ‘ind’n’ or ‘native american’
2. Show :: stopper
3. Smoker :: ’s haven
4. Bad movie :: The Undead or Alive
5. Play :: ing
6. Jaguar ::’s run fast
7. Click :: to own
8. Production :: thinking
9. Sand :: box
10. Foreign :: ideas

Happy Sunday! When you play, I’ll link to you here!

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After a week of rest, vacation and backpacking, I return to my favorite blog post – ever. Unconscious mutterings. Here we can stretch our legs, clear our unconscious, and get ready for a great week.

It’s also a chance to win fabulous prizes like Miss Riss from Wild Hair did in our last Unconscious Mutterings. She has a choice between a signed copy of the Fey, a signed copy of Denver Cereal or a box of Thin Mints.

How do you play? Just answer the word prompts (created by the lovely Pea at LunaNina) in the comments. It’s good for your soul and truly a fun game to play.

Let’s play! Here are your word prompts :

1. Banter ::
2. Amazing ::
3. Towel ::
4. Cinema ::
5. Newspaper ::
6. Not good ::
7. My type ::
8. Twinkle ::
9. Actress ::
10. Daft ::

My answers:

1. Banter :: ing Babbling Babes
2. Amazing :: Vista
3. Towel :: Fluffy and soft
4. Cinema :: popcorn
5. Newspaper :: s are dead
6. Not good ::, not good
7. My type :: writer
8. Twinkle :: in his eyes
9. Actress :: skinny with big heads
10. Daft :: actress

Happy Sunday! When you play I’ll link to you here!

• JustJen from Zen Goddess
• Topsurf from Three Ring Surface
• TC from The Write Gardener
• Not a Mean Girl
• Miss Riss from Wild Hair
• Debbi from The Knead 2 relax
• Nan from Quotidian Musings
• La Shae from The Art of taking Ity Bites
• Squirrelly from Lone Grey Squirrel
• Nancy JE
• Jessica from the Tornadowood- Weaving academy
• Heart in San Francisco
• Claudia from Skipping Stones
• She became a butterfly
• Bunny from Bunny’s babblings
• Jameil from I don’t know why

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Thursday Thirteen was renewed by Janet, Megan and Heather into Thursday-13.com BLAME THEM

Writing a serial fiction has it’s challenges. With a chapter a week deadline, I don’t have the luxury that I had with my novels. ?If I need a word or a name, I need it right now.

One of the ways I abuse my plurk friends, or maybe they abuse me, is by asking them for help. ?Last week, I was looking for a derrogatory name for a man.?

Here’s the alphabetized list:

ass
asshat
asswipe
beetlehead
bitchass
bottom feeder
butt munch
butt nut
dickwad
dirtbag
douche bag
douchebagel?
dick head
dipshit
dipstick
el stupido?
fucker
fucktard?
fuckwad
fuckwit
futarded?
herb
hot mess
knob
maroon
metrosexual
moron
needledick
nuckfut?
player?
prick
PU$$Y?
scumbag
tool

Combinations:

douchebaggety fucktard wish a side order of asshat?
sonofafuckingdoghumpingwhore??
spinelesslimpdicksonofabitch?

First Names:

Bob
Dick Cheney
MITCH!
Beavis
Butthead
Oprah

Stopped laughing yet? You can see that writing is very hard work! ?

Here’s my list of my 13 favorite:

13. ?hot mess ?

12. ?scumbag?

11. ?player?

10. ?knob

9. ?beetle head

8. ?nuckfut

7. ?sonofafuckingdoghumpingwhore

6. ?fuckwit?

5. bitchass

4. douchebagel

3. PU$$Y

2. asshat

1. needledick

Have something to add? Leave your addition and your favorite in the comments. I’ll link to you in the post.

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I have two Rose bushes sitting under the light on my desk. Outside the weather is frigid, but under the light? The miniature rose, called Cupcake, has new leaves and the larger mystery rose bush is showing a few new leaf buds. Rescued from the trash can at a local nursery, they continue to revive and grow.

How about you? How have you grown this week? What’s on your mind?

I can’t think of a better way to find out than our favorite word prompt game, Unconscious Mutterings (created by Luna Nina). You can play by writing your answers to the word prompts. Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll create a link to your site.

1. Carpet ::
2. Bottoms ::
3. Music ::
4. Nails ::
5. Watch it! ::
6. Your life ::
7. Candies ::
8. Chafing ::
9. Svelte ::
10. Ding ::

My answers:

1. Carpet :: Bagger
2. Bottoms :: of my jeans drag on the floor
3. Music :: is my life
4. Nails :: on a chalk board
5. Watch it! :: You’re starting to get on my nerves!
6. Your life :: is your own.
7. Candies :: mean love
8. Chafing :: after a night?
9. Svelte :: next year.
10. Ding :: the year is over.

Happy Sunday!

Who played this week?

• Ruprect at Frolickery
• Not a Mean Girl
• Miss Attitude
• Topsurf
• Perpstu at Popping Bubbles
• Robyn
• Veronica Romm
• Soren J at Puntiglio
• Zen Goddess Design
• Miss Riss at Wild Hair
• Paul Ardoin at Sus4th
• New York Jew
• Lynda Hitt at Kenworth Knitter
• Claudia at Skipping Stones
• Fear and Parenting in Las Vegas
• Janet at Fond of Snape
• Jo at Majority of Two
• Colleen at Loose Leaf Notes
• Jameil the Fabulous
• Lone Grey Squirrel
• The Walking Mark
• Leslie at Oko Box
• Dana at Awareness

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