09/28 Arts and Crafts at the Playboy Mansion

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  1. attic
    a floor consisting of open space at the top of a house
    I climbed up to Hef's scrapbooking room in the attic.
    attic: ˈætɪk
  2. tend
    have a disposition to do or be something; be inclined
    Hef's uniform never made sense to me, since old men who date young women tend to wear tight jeans and patterned shirts.
  3. cull
    something rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
    Though I had culled my letters and photos down to those I considered important enough for my book, Hef is a bit more catholic in his selections.
    cull: kʌl
  4. flute
    a tall narrow wineglass
    I saw lots of photos of microskirted blondes holding champagne flutes in limousines,
  5. limousine
    large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
    I saw lots of photos of microskirted blondes holding champagne flutes in limousines,
    limousine: ˈlɪməziːn
  6. B
    the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
    I always imagined Hugh Hefner's life was 20% boobs, 20% butts and 60% boobs and butts.
    boob: buːb
    a woman's breast

    a silly mistake

    a stupid or silly person
  7. G
    the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
    ("Keith and I won tonight's game of Gin Rummy with the guys"),
    Gin rummy, or simply gin, is a two-player card game created in 1909 by Elwood T. Baker and his son C. Graham Baker.[1] According to John Scarne, Gin evolved from 19th-century Whiskey Poker and was created with the intention of being faster than standard rummy, but less spontaneous than knock rummy.[2]

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_rummy
  8. chronological
    relating to or arranged according to the order of time
    chronological: ˌkrɒnəˈlɒdʒɪkl
    arranged according to when things happened or were made

    chronological age: a person's chronological age is how old they actually are, rather than how old their mind or body seems
  9. caption
    brief description accompanying an illustration
    caption: ˈkæpʃn
    words printed above or below a picture in a book or newspaper or on a television screen to explain what the picture is showing
Created on Sat Sep 21 23:52:05 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Sep 23 18:07:06 EDT 2013)

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