bitful

Twilight; dusk.

A salutation or toast given in drinking someone's health or as an expression of goodwill at a festivity. The drink used in such toasting, commonly ale or wine spiced with roasted apples and sugar. A festivity characterized by much drinking.

From Doris Lessing's Nobel prize acceptance speech:
We are in a fragmenting culture, where our certainties of even a few decades ago are questioned and where it is common for young men and women who have had years of education, to know nothing about the world, to have read nothing, knowing only some speciality or other, [...]

To act together secretly to achieve a fraudulent, illegal, or deceitful purpose; conspire.

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Good-natured teasing or ridicule; banter.

December 9th is traditionally the date when Christmas starts in Dr B.'s family, as his brother's birthday is on the 8th and it would not be nice to steal his thunder.
So I popped into town to see if I could find a nice fake yet life-like tree to match my wallet. No, I did not [...]

Cheaply or showily vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry. Characterized by a carefree or fun-loving unconventionality; rakish.

String vests provide excellent insulation by trapping air close to the skin.
Eleonora Salvatore Dominguin (better known as a model by her nickname Bimba Bosé) is not the daughter of Miguel Bosé's sister Paola, but of his other sister Lucia. Miguel and his niece sing on his latest album, Papito.
You can count in binary to 31 [...]

Tending to push self-assertively forward; brash.

I thought only a couple of friends knew about La Terremoto de Alcorcón and her YouTube Madonna spoof video 'Time Goes By (Con Loli)':

Last night at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern it appeared that the whole Spanish expat community knows her well.
It was a riot, with Spanglish banter and a handful of songs (Can't Get You [...]

Characteristic of or resembling a wag (a humorous or droll person; a wit); jocular or witty.

A modified muscular pouch behind the stomach in the alimentary canal of birds, having a thick lining and often containing ingested grit that aids in the breakdown of seeds before digestion.

I'm glad nobody noticed an unclosed tag in one of my last posts, which meant there were only six things I did not know last week instead of seven.
See? Not a bad thing to have just a handful of very distracted readers. I'd hate the pressure otherwise.
Anyway. Quite glad that item #4 did not show, [...]

A wine bottle holding 4/5 of a gallon (3.03 litres).

(Nautical) the rear part of a ship or boat.

Raw/dry denim should not be washed often. If it smells, stick it in the freezer to kill bacteria.
Uffie (one of the many reasons I am kindly requested to listen to my music with headphones at home) provides the vocals for Justice's The Party.
Mayonnaise does not come from Mayonne (France) but from Mahón (Minorca, Spain).
See Wednesday's [...]

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A very simple yet comprehensive overview of Attention Profiling Markup Language

A medicine whose effectiveness is unproved and whose ingredients are usually secret; a quack remedy. A favorite but usually ineffective remedy for problems or evils.

Lacking adult maturity or experience; immature.

To be servile or submissive.