Gg: Griot

Defintion

Griots are a member ofa class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.

Cocktail Party Banter

Abba and her husband, Kalifa Ould Elde are my favorite griots.

Literary Context

In Mauritania, griots are a caste apart, regraded simultaneously as truth telling folksingers, keepers of the poetry and heritage, and wizards in possession of paranormal powers.

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Gg: Geodesics

Defintion

The shortest path connecting two points in a space;

Geodesics are only locally the shortest distance between points, and are parameterized with "constant velocity". Going the "long way round" on a great circle between two points on a sphere is a geodesic but not the shortest path between the points.  noting that an elastic band stretched between two points will contract its length, and in so doing will minimize its energy. The resulting shape of the band is a geodesic.'

Wikipedia Article 

Geodesics can also refer to "two events separated in time, a geodesic is the natural path things would take in space-time to connect one event to the other." (Randall  105)

Cocktail Party Banter

Our pilot followed the Geodesic flight pattern perfectly, so we got to Denver thirty minutes earlier than expected.

Literary Context

"For example, routes of airplanes that follow great circles on the Earth are Geodesics."(Randall 105)

Audio/Visual

 Randall, Lisa. Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions. New York: Ecco, 2005. Print.

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Aa: Acrimonious (Arguement)

Define a Word

Of an angry, pungent, and bitter nature.

Cocktail Party Banter

Don't be so acrimonious it kills the festive mood.

Literary Context

 Down on the main deck, the gunner was serving out small arms, and loading cartridges into a couple of spare clips. Down on the main deck, the gunner was serving out small arms, and there was an acrimonious argument because everybody wanted a chopper and there weren't enough choppers to go around. Oscar went over to the ladder head and shouted down at them.

Piper, H. Beam (2009-07-27). The Terro-Human Future History Omnibus (Kindle Locations 4137-4139). Unknown. Kindle Edition.

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Tt: Theosophist

Defined Word

any number of philosophies maintaining that a knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual ecstasy, direct intuition, or special individual relations.

Cocktail Party Banter

George is a Theophosist in that he does not prescribe to any known organized religious orders, but he prays often to his house-hold god Visa, the God of unending debt through shinny things.

Word in Context

was a Theosophist prayer to the Spirit Guides, and I remembered that Cesrio Vieira was a Theosophist. Well, maybe there really were Spirit Guides. If there were, we'd all be finding out before long.

Piper, H. Beam (2009-07-27). The Terro-Human Future History Omnibus (Kindle Locations 3659-3660). Unknown. Kindle Edition.

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Link to Video so that it does not take up too much space.   I heard from a programming buddy of mine that my pages take too long to download.  So I am attempting to eradicate this problem.  Please give me feedback as this is the only way I can make my sites, "awesome".