{"id":3086,"date":"2014-03-31T22:50:48","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T02:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2014-03-31T22:50:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T02:50:48","slug":"2014_a-is-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dsavannah.com\/blog\/index.php\/2014_a-is-for\/","title":{"rendered":"A is for…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A\"As I said in yesterday’s post (which I can’t link to thanks to some weird WordPress quirk), I’m gonna be doing the A to Z blogging<\/a> challenge for the month of April.<\/p>\n

And today, being April 1, means it’s A<\/b><\/span> day. (And yes, I know that technically today is still March 31, but as I am exhausted, I am writing the post now and publishing it and praying that I get some sleep tonight.)<\/p>\n

So, you may ask, what the heck is A<\/b><\/span> for?<\/p>\n

Well, as of, well, just a few moments ago, I had no idea. No topic scribbled down (well, one, but I didn’t like it…)… so, I consulted my Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary.<\/p>\n

\"AtoZ-posts_hdr-A\"<\/p>\n

Yeah, the one pictured here. Copyright 1913. In pretty bad shape. And quite large. It comes in at 8″ x 11.5″ x 2.75″. And weighs 7 lbs, 3.7 oz. And I adore it. And I adore you, dear readers, which is why I dug this sucker out for this very blog post.<\/p>\n

And, in the time-honored tradition of opening a book at random and sticking your finger on the page and using whatever your finger ends up on, I came up with:<\/p>\n

A is for Agama<\/h1>\n
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Click this here picture to see it bigger.<\/p><\/div>\n

Apparently, Agama<\/b><\/span> is some sort of lizard that lives in the Caribbean.\u00a0 According the art that accompanies this entry in the dictionary, this lizard also has distinct “fingers” and a long, curvy tail. And is six times the size of the drawing.<\/p>\n

Don’t you feel enlightened?<\/p>\n

A quick google search<\/a> informs me that the name agama is also used for yoga, racing, and video monitoring.<\/p>\n

A quick google image search<\/a> shows me that the agamas are quite colorful, as demonstrated by this Agama lizard on hot rock (image credit: Wikimedia Commons<\/a>). Which fits, considering how much I LOVE color and adore it and incorporate it in my art and dress and life.<\/p>\n

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\nSo there ya go: A is for Agama<\/b><\/span>.\u00a0 <\/b>As for what\u00a0B<\/b><\/span> is for? Your guess is as good as mine. Apparently we’ll find out together. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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