a tab for color codes, for special characters, dictionary, thesaurus

thinking/writing staccato..

so thesaurus ends in "-saurus," and so do the words dinosaur, brontosaurus, apatosaurus, brachiosaurus, tyrannosaurus, xenotarsosaurus and yangchuanosaurus [duh!] but WHY?! what is "-saurus"?! and why is it so hard to find a dictionary of suffixes on the internet? ok, dinosaurs are names are based on where the fossils were found, who found them and upon any discriminating physical features [i think?]. what the hell does thesaurus have to do with this whole business of dinosaurs? THE saurus?! the totally quintessential SAURUS? [btw, why isn't "saurus" the name of a car yet?] regardless, in thinking/writing about this, i found the answers to all of my questions. "-saurus" comes from the greek for "lizard", and thesaurus itself comes from the latin for "treasury." the treasury. the lizard. the pinnacle lizard. the most meatnormous dinosaur. treasured lizard. lizard treasury. those dumb greeks, it's not lizard, it's a dinosaur. meat dinosaur. lizard treasure. why did i let this raise my blood pressure this morning?

i dye my hair myself, and half the time i dye it the wrong color. because i'm an idiot. over pie and cheese fries last night, kevin and i discussed different areas of intelligence, and though i failed to mention it at the time, certainly the area "remembering-what-color-to-dye-your-hair" is one of extremely low aptitude for me. so i guess it's back to grammar school logic for me. i know i want my hair to be a coppery rust color in the ORANGE family, decidedly NOT a color in PURPLE family. and i should never buy the dye from anywhere other than sally's. so why did i buy "pomegranate" dye at cvs? so dumb. it was a no-contest purple cream going on. there can be no explanation other than it's a mean-reds case of hair karma coming to get me, as i have not had a haircut since march. i concede.