Monday Funday! (or not)

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Happy Monday!  So, how’s August treating you?  I’m kind of astounded that my baby will be starting her sophomore year in college at the end of the month.  Yikes.  I’d say I was looking forward to the onset of fall, but it doesn’t really cool down here until October so…

Reminders:

1. Flash Challenge!  Your flash challenge prompt is: pride.  Give me 100 words or a graphic and I’ll reward you with my undying love and admiration. 

2. Last week’s challenges:

Word of the day
Weekend Challenge
Thursday Tropes
A to Z
Numbers
Torrid Tuesdays

3. Big Buddy is at 29%.  How are you doing?  I’m shocked – I’m not half as behind as I have been lately.  Not quite where I need to be either though.  How’s it going for you?

asphaltcowgrrl –  4,350                                                                                                                     
agdhani –   14,500
cmk418 –  290
shanachie_quill –  2,900
skargasm –  1,450
blackrose_17 – 14,500

4. The Daily Count challenge post for August is up here.  Check the current post here to see when you’re up next.

5. The long challenge for the rest of August is rare pairs!  You can find all the details here.  The challenge is well underway so check the tag here for current prompts and more information if you need some.

I think that’s all for this week.  Here’s to a good week on all counts for all of us.  Chime in below and let us know what you’ve got on your plate this week.       

Word of the Day 08/09/21 Boondoggle

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Boondoggle (noun, verb)
boondoggle [ boon-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl ]

noun
1. a wasteful and worthless project undertaken for political, corporate, or personal gain, typically a government project funded by taxpayers: Is high-speed rail a valuable addition to infrastructure, or a boondoggle?
2. work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy.
3. a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout.

verb (used with object), boon·dog·gled, boon·dog·gling.
4. to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme.

verb (used without object), boon·dog·gled, boon·dog·gling.
5. to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy.

OTHER WORDS FROM BOONDOGGLE
boon·dog·gler, noun

WORDS RELATED TO BOONDOGGLE
falsehood, fraud, trickery, duplicity, hypocrisy, betrayal, untruth, deceit, mendacity, treachery, lying, disinformation, cheat, double-dealing, imposition, trickiness, prevarication, dirt, insincerity, sophism

See synonyms for: boondoggle / boondoggled / boondoggling on Thesaurus.com

Origin: An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; said to have been coined by R. H. Link, American scoutmaster, as name for def. 3

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

fascination ⟫ Angelus/Scott McCall ⟫ Adult

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Title: ⟫ fascination
Master!post(s): ⟫ Rare Pairs Challenge & Trope Bingo Card
Fandom: ⟫ Teen Wolf, True Blood
Characters/Pairing: ⟫ Angelus/Scott McCall, Allison Argent/Scott McCall
Rating: ⟫ Adult
Prompts: ⟫ 1_million_words Challenge Rare pairs & trope_bingo Prompt Voyeur
Word Count: ⟫ 500
Warnings: ⟫ Angelus in all of his sick glory!
Graphic: ⟫ skargasm
Summary: ⟫ He hadn’t felt this level of fascination in so long..

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DREAMWIDTH OR AO3

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Daily count challenge to backrose_17

[cmk418]

Wrote a few hundred words towards one of my WIPs tonight.

Handing it off to backrose_17. Wishing you words and a steady flow of ideas in your day. Happy writing!