little sister

object lesson

First, make sure the object is an actual thing and not some damn picture of a thing. Or, worse yet, a three dimensional carving of the thing in soapstone or balsa wood.

Then, measure it. Top to bottom, side to side, fore and aft. It might be a good idea to make sure it’s not alive. It could bite.

Next, weigh it and take a guess as to where it comes from. Go ahead; it doesn’t matter if you’re wrong. It’ll still be here.

Finally, ignore it. Because, you know, it’s only an object. You should be trying to answer the deep, philosophical questions and not be wasting your time on such junk.

Jarilo

Lost son of thunder god Perun, 

raised by underworld god Veles, 

he returned each spring to bestow growth.

Smalvian

They're said to walk among us.

If you see one, call Homeland Security.

Notus

The warm south wind, as in 

auster, buster, khamsin and kona. 

Can jugo his way to sirocco proportions.

Gustav Peritz

Although better known for his inventing the peritzscope,

he also knew how to handle a monocularscope.

Volta del Duce

great uncle to Donald Trump

sit-sicker

the creeping crowfoot

- Century Dictionary & Encyclopedia, 1911 ed.

kuzatuvchi

otterlad

Vulnavia

Ably assists the good doctor as he makes his rounds.

Cruftapoon L. Oligarch

ponderer

bumblepuppist

(n.)  one who plays bumblepuppy "either in utter ignorance

of all its known principles, or in defiance of them, or both."

- Century Dictionary & Encyclopedia, 1911 ed.

Tanawakan totem

A pocket totem in poplar believed to be 

Tanawakan in origin, Yukon Territory.

no account accountant

Mount Spiel

lithicloak

a bundle of nerves

lycanthrope

conniver

What spider egg?

Captain of Industry

8715

8615

squalid torpor

Measle G'dorknell

boffin

extrapolating an airtight hypothesis

contourist

Sister Julia