The Calling

"It's not a calling; it's more like a shriek."

--TiZ

*note the perfect use of a semi-colon.

Quote of the Week

Don't believe everything you think.

--TiZ

Collective TiZ Noun

Clown-car of TiZzes

COLLECTIVE NOUNS - WHO KNEW?

Shrewdness of apes
Herd/pace of asses
Troop of baboons
Cete of badgers
Sloth of bears
Sward/drift/hive/erst of bees
Flock/flight/pod of birds
Herd/gang/obstinacy of buffalo
Bellowing of bullfinches
Drove of bullocks
Army of caterpillars
Clowder/glaring of cats
Herd/drove of cattle
Brood/clutch/peep of chickens
Chattering of choughs
Rag/rake of colts
Covert of coots
Herd of cranes
Bask of crocodiles
Murder of crows
Litter of cubs
Herd of curlew
Herd/mob of deer
Pack/kennel of dogs
School of dolphins
Trip of dotterel (type of plover)
Flight/dole/piteousness of doves
Paddling of ducks (on water)
Safe of ducks (on land)
Fling of dunlins
Herd/parade of elephants
Herd/gang of elk
Busyness of ferrets
Charm of finches
Shoal/run of fish
Swarm/cloud of flies
Skulk of foxes
Gaggle of geese (on land)
Skein/team/wedge of geese (in flight)
Herd of giraffes
Cloud of gnats
Flock/herd/trip of goats
Band of gorillas
Pack/covey of grouse
Down/mute/husk of hares
Cast of hawks
Siege of herons
Bloat of hippopotami
Drove/string/stud/team of horses
Pack/cry/kennel of hounds
Flight/swarm of insects
Fluther/smack of jellyfish
Mob/troop of kangaroos
Kindle/litter of kittens
Desert of lapwings
Bevy/exaltation of larks
Leap/lepe of leopards
Pride/sawt of lions
Tiding of magpies
Sord/suit of mallard
Stud of mares
Richesse of martens
Labour of moles
Troop of monkeys
Span/barren of mules
Watch of nightingales
Parliament/stare of owls
Yoke of oxen
Pandemonium of parrots
Covey of partridges
Muster of peacocks
Muster/parcel/rookery of penguins
Bevy/head of pheasants
Kit of pigeons (in flight)
Litter/herd of pigs
Congregation/stand/wing of plovers
Rush/flight of pochards
Pod/school/herd/turmoil of porpoises
Covey of ptarmigan
Litter of pups
Bevy/drift of quail
Bury of rabbits
String of racehorses
Unkindness of ravens
Crash of rhinoceros
Bevy of roe deer
Parliament/building/rookery of rooks
Hill of ruffs
Pod/herd/rookery of seals
Flock/herd/trip/mob of sheep
Dopping of sheldrake
Wisp/walk of snipe
Host of sparrows
Murmuration of starlings
Flight of swallows
Game/herd of swans (on land)
Wedge of swans (in flight)
Drift/herd/sounder of swine
Spring of teal
Knot of toads
Hover of trout
Rafter of turkeys
Bale/turn of turtles
Bunch/knob of waterfowl
School/herd/pod/gam of whales
Company/trip of wigeon
Sound of wild boar
Dout/destruction of wild cats
Team of wild ducks (in flight)
Bunch/trip/plump/know of wildfowl
Pack/rout of wolves
Fall of woodcock
Descent of woodpeckers
Herd of wrens
Zeal of zebras

I Love My Colleagues

Each and every one of them.

Deeply.

They are fucking awesome.

And know that I do not mean to drop the level of discourse by writing something so base. I just really mean it to the core of my two-chambered heart (tyj)and the vernal vernacular is sometimes the way to go to express pure emotion.

So bite me.

Appropriate for All Occasions

Quote of the Week

“Guns don't kill people, people kill people, and monkeys do too (if they have a gun).”

Eddie Izzard

Peace

Freedom of Speech

is not only a right...it is a responsibility.

Linked? At least tangentially.

My sincere condolences to the victims and their families.

And enough with the violent rhetoric and imagery...from all sides, all politicians.

Enough is enough.

Idea for the Day

Tech

I've kinda learned not to blog during tech. The repercussions are just...well...a pain. So...perhaps the solution, if you desire a solution, is to send your email address to me @ mizmtizm@gmail.com and you'll receive a semi-private subscription for the next couple of weeks.*

Sound spanky?

Good. I'm going to go take a bath.

*Offer only valid if people care.

Happy New Year

It's an excellent one so far. And Jesus only dislikes me (as opposed to the usual hate) after last night's shenanigans.

Yay.