[Elsie]

You yourself may come to see that as a sort of picaresque way of coming at reality sideways.

Say...

...do I have to learn new words so early in the morning?

I'd much prefer my usual reasoning attempts with young, humanoid forms of a bituminous nature.

[imardmd1]

I thought “picaresque” would be a really good choice for the “Word for the Day” selection. Some of them are really grotesque, but this truly fits, eh?

[imardmd1]

Or are you being cirrus?