Sense, Nonsense, and Not-Sense

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

thoughtful (comparative more thoughtful, superlative most thoughtful)

Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.

Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.

( The Grand Finale! )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

literate (comparative more literate, superlative most literate)

Able to read and write; having literacy. quotations

Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.

Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).

( I have to be literate in so many things )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

gaseous (comparative more gaseous, superlative most gaseous)

Relating to, or existing as gas (matter in an intermediate state between liquid and plasma).

Of a liquid containing bubbles: gassy.

Tenuous or indefinite.

( This is, to put it crudely, an extended fart joke. )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

festive (comparative more festive, superlative most festive)

Having the atmosphere, decoration, or attitude of a festival, holiday, or celebration.

In the mood to celebrate.

( An aspiration, perhaps, rather than a reality )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)

On fire with visible flames.

Very bright and the color of flame.

(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.

(Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody.

( Do not give fire to the Internet )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

Before we begin today, if you are celebrating a holiday or festival of "They tried to kill us, they failed, let's eat," whether the "they" is a specific persecuting group or the growing of the dark or any other thing that tried to do this, in past or present, and you're still here, congratulations, feasts, and celebrations to you.

comforting (comparative more comforting, superlative most comforting)

Giving comfort.

( Seeking and Giving Comfort )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

encouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)

giving courage, confidence or hope

supporting by giving encouragement

auspicious, or bringing good luck

( Easier to be encouraging rather than reassuring )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

ebullient (comparative more ebullient, superlative most ebullient)

Enthusiastic; high-spirited.

(literally, of a liquid) Boiling or agitated as if boiling.

( But how would you know? )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

fantastic (comparative more fantastic, superlative most fantastic)

Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.

Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.

Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

( The value of fantasy )

[What's December Days this year? Taking a crowdsourced list of adjectives and seeing if I can turn them into saying good things about myself. Or at least good things to talk about.]

tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)

Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.

Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.

Holding together; cohesive.

Having a good memory; retentive.

( I am not Jack Black )