Monkey's Dad's definitions

daze of the week

Trying to remember what day this is, in the locked-down, shut-in, stay-at-home world.

Was it Wednesday, Monday, Thursday? With nowhere to go, no one to see, they all became daze of the week.

by Monkey's Dad April 21, 2020

Vaccinational reopening

A national resumption, enabled by development of a vaccine for covid-19.

The country would wait as long as necessary for a vaccinational reopening.

by Monkey's Dad April 16, 2020

Tokyo Hilton

A mythical place of serenity, unimaginable to most, where a woman's cares vanish.

She knew that others were suffering, but for the moment, her pillows fluffed, her coffee done exactly the way she loved it and brought to her bedside, she felt she was at the Tokyo Hilton, and the world was at peace.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

Grindiosity

The delusional projection that one's life is duller and harder than it really is.

His air of grindiosity was betrayed by his three-day work schedule, four month paid summer vacation and that ski chalet in Vail he thought no one knew about.

by Monkey's Dad February 25, 2020

Brazil

Thirty-five years ahead of its time, "Brazil" is a 1985 satirical black comedy directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Michael Palin, Bob Hoskins, and Ian Holm, it clearly foresees life in 2020, the systemic breakdown of society and its technology, including ubiquitous video surveillance and flawed facial recognition, the hero driving a SmartCar, cops breaking down the wrong door with an endless chain of consequences.

Several times a day, as 2020 limped to its ragged, sputtering, dysfunctional close, he found himself muttering "Brazil"...

by Monkey's Dad December 30, 2020

Gigabug

A multiple of units of coronaviral infection.

Watching the growth of COVID-19 move exponentially, with nothing on the horizon to reverse the trend, the doctor feared that infections would soon be measured by the gigabug.

by Monkey's Dad March 29, 2020

p-Phone

The Pavlov smartphone. It pings, buzzes, vibrates or rings and you JUMP! to respond.

Named for Ivan Pavlov, a Nobel-winning Russian physiologist famous for his work in classical conditioning.

To his eternal astonishment, she was incapable of ignoring her p-Phone, no matter the circumstance.

by Monkey's Dad October 14, 2020