nethcev!'s definitions

Prison

A fishbowl for guppies. The real sharks get to stay in the ocean, and never fall into the mariners' nets. They instead run for elected office and make fortunes on Wall Street. Never do the big fish see the inside of an aquarium.

"The vilest deeds like poison weeds
Bloom well in prison air:
It is only what is good in man
That wastes and withers there:
Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate
And the Warder in Despair."

Oscar Wilde

by nethcev! September 10, 2006

humor

1. What makes the worst moments of our already miserable existence that more bearable.
2. A sixth sense which some have and others don’t.

"That man has no sense of humor."

by nethcev! August 24, 2006

shampoo

The word’s origins come from sham, French, meaning false or fake - and poo, slang, referring to biological excrement more commonly referred to as “shit”. Thus, one can only assume that shampoo is “false excrement” or “fake shit.”

Examples of shampoo include: Prell, Clairol, Nioxin, Suave, etc.

by nethcev! August 24, 2006

modesty

A fine line between humility and low-self esteem which I chose not to walk.

For the sake of preserving my own modesty, I shall refrain from providing an example.

by nethcev! August 24, 2006

Perfection

The single most rare, unusual and annoying character flaw one can be blessed to possess.

"She was a model of perfection."

by nethcev! August 27, 2006

Luck

An indiscriminate phenomenon of chance or fate, which one comes to increasingly appreciate less with hard work.

Pretty much every time you get something you know you don't deserve

by nethcev! April 27, 2004

Astronomy

A scientific study for those who seek to understand the intricate ways of other worlds and galaxies because they’ve given up trying to fathom the ways of this one.

"I didn’t see this coming when I left Kansas for the Windy City. At the time I was in college, Loyola University, majoring in astronomy. Why astronomy? Simple, there wasn’t anything on Earth that could motivate me enough to go to an 8 AM class on a half-way regular basis."

My Keys to Success
Published in Crosscurrents Magazine 2006

by nethcev! August 20, 2006