Tigeral
@tigrral.bsky.social
From the great city Hull. Mad Hull City fan . Like a beer .Sadly I have Parkingsons but life is still fun.
Deal or no deal a game made for idols watched by idols and played by idols and I am watching it 😩
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Deal or no deal a game made for idols watched by idols and played by idols and I am watching it 😩
Word of the day is ‘circumlocutionist’: one who consistently speaks in a roundabout way in order to avoid addressing a question directly.
January 13, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Word of the day is ‘circumlocutionist’: one who consistently speaks in a roundabout way in order to avoid addressing a question directly.
Two adjectives from the historical dictionary for possible morning states:
panurgic (19th century): ready for anything.
ramfeezled (18th century): exhausted, befuddled, and overcome.
panurgic (19th century): ready for anything.
ramfeezled (18th century): exhausted, befuddled, and overcome.
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Two adjectives from the historical dictionary for possible morning states:
panurgic (19th century): ready for anything.
ramfeezled (18th century): exhausted, befuddled, and overcome.
panurgic (19th century): ready for anything.
ramfeezled (18th century): exhausted, befuddled, and overcome.
Word of the day is 'desiderium' [dessi-deer-ium]: a longing for something once possessed but now lost.
January 11, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Word of the day is 'desiderium' [dessi-deer-ium]: a longing for something once possessed but now lost.
People call vaccine mandates "Orwellian" even though Orwell died at 46 of tuberculosis, which is now preventable with a vaccine.
January 10, 2026 at 6:55 AM
People call vaccine mandates "Orwellian" even though Orwell died at 46 of tuberculosis, which is now preventable with a vaccine.
Word of the day is 'ochlocracy': mob rule.
Other -cracies:
kakistocracy: government by the worst of citizens.
aristocracy: (originally) government by the best of citizens; later by the elite.
idiocracy: government by idiots.
democracy: government by the people (Greek 'demos').
Other -cracies:
kakistocracy: government by the worst of citizens.
aristocracy: (originally) government by the best of citizens; later by the elite.
idiocracy: government by idiots.
democracy: government by the people (Greek 'demos').
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Word of the day is 'ochlocracy': mob rule.
Other -cracies:
kakistocracy: government by the worst of citizens.
aristocracy: (originally) government by the best of citizens; later by the elite.
idiocracy: government by idiots.
democracy: government by the people (Greek 'demos').
Other -cracies:
kakistocracy: government by the worst of citizens.
aristocracy: (originally) government by the best of citizens; later by the elite.
idiocracy: government by idiots.
democracy: government by the people (Greek 'demos').
Word of the day is 'uhtceare' [uht-kay-ara, the 'h' as in the German 'ach']: Old English for 'sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worry.
January 8, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Word of the day is 'uhtceare' [uht-kay-ara, the 'h' as in the German 'ach']: Old English for 'sorrow before dawn', when you lie awake in the darkness and worry.
Word of the day is 'sequaciousness' (17th century): the blinkered, unreasoning, and slavish following of another, no matter where it leads.
January 7, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Word of the day is 'sequaciousness' (17th century): the blinkered, unreasoning, and slavish following of another, no matter where it leads.
Word of the day is ‘crambazzled’: 19th-century Yorkshire dialect for looking prematurely aged from excess drinking.
January 6, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Word of the day is ‘crambazzled’: 19th-century Yorkshire dialect for looking prematurely aged from excess drinking.
Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, to behave indecisively and avoid important decisions, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, to ‘plough crookedly or haphazardly’.
January 5, 2026 at 6:14 AM
Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, to behave indecisively and avoid important decisions, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, to ‘plough crookedly or haphazardly’.
"I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him." ~ C. S. Lewis
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 AM
"I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him." ~ C. S. Lewis
"Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining." ~ Teddy Roosevelt
January 2, 2026 at 6:18 AM
"Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining." ~ Teddy Roosevelt
Happy New Year everybody, wishing you all a fantastic and prosperous 2026 😁
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Happy New Year everybody, wishing you all a fantastic and prosperous 2026 😁
"The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it." ~ John Perry Barlow
January 1, 2026 at 5:06 AM
"The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it." ~ John Perry Barlow
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
December 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
There are so many things that we wish we had done yesterday, so few that we feel like doing today.
Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die
December 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow we die
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them." ~ Leo Tolstoy
December 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them." ~ Leo Tolstoy
"Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing." ~ Oscar Wilde
December 27, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing." ~ Oscar Wilde
I love the smell of leftover turkey in the morning. It reminds me of excess
December 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I love the smell of leftover turkey in the morning. It reminds me of excess
"It is not length of life, but depth of life." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
December 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
"It is not length of life, but depth of life." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." ~ Confucious
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." ~ Confucious
"Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand." ~ Leo Tolstoy
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"Love. The reason I dislike that word is that it means too much for me, far more than you can understand." ~ Leo Tolstoy
"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out." ~ Carl Sagan
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
"It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out." ~ Carl Sagan
"Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don't have hallucinations" ~ Capt. Rickenbacker.
December 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don't have hallucinations" ~ Capt. Rickenbacker.
"Historians of the future will have a hard time figuring out how so many organized groups of strident jackasses succeeded in leading us around by the nose and morally intimidating the majority into silence." ~ Thomas Sowell
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Historians of the future will have a hard time figuring out how so many organized groups of strident jackasses succeeded in leading us around by the nose and morally intimidating the majority into silence." ~ Thomas Sowell