PONDEROUS (adjective)
1. Having great weight.
2. Unwieldy from weight or bulk.
3. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull:

Synonyms: cumbersome, bulky, awkward, dull, tedious, lifeless, heavy, massive, weighty
Antonyms: easy, light, spirited, lively

Examples:
-The movie starts off as quick and exciting, but becomes ponderous and overly serious toward the end.
-Lisa’s heavy-set friend Marc has a slow and ponderous walk.
-Phil’s job had become ponderous, but he needed the money

SALUTARY (adjective)
1. useful: of value or benefit to somebody or something?2. healthful: promoting good health ( formal )
promoting good health or well-being

Synonyms: nutritional, healthful, helpful, favorable, wholesome,
Antonyms: hurtful, harmful, useless

Examples:
- The salutary lesson of never touching a hot stove is usually learned the hard way.
- Marc friends think that the military service had been a salutary experience for him.
- Although Joanne loved her deadbeat boyfriend, she knew he had a less than salutary effect on her life.
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In the meantime, if you really need some sort of morbid fix, here are a few other scattered places where I’ve littered the internet with my sonant scraps. There’s a reading of Stella of the Angels at The Urban Sherpa. A recording of an Amy Meckler original poem at Revolving Floor. I can’t stress enough how pleased I am with the serial reading of The Man Who Can’t Die, which you’ll be able to catch up on while I’m away… And if long form’s your game, I still drop in and have a drink with Librivox from time to time. Have a listen to The Decameron or Moll Flanders, and honestly, if that doesn’t keep you busy for the next couple of weeks, you really should be reading to ME.

See you next month. Run through a sprinkler or open fire hydrant vicariously for me in the meantime.

In this interview, Chris Guillebeau of The Art of Nonconformity shares insights on community, goals and living life on purpose rather than by default.