Disparate, Equanimity

Disparate- dissimilar, sometimes to the point of not being able to be compared

Ex: Are apples and oranges really that disparate? In a universe filled with trillions of things, they both fall into the extremely minute and distinct category of fruit. I’ll propose a better saying: “That’s like comparing a Lesbian on a Zamboni to Phenylketonuria, you know, the disease that prompts the warning on all soda bottles ‘Phenylketonurics beware- contains phenylalanine’”. It’s much harder to compare these two than it is apples and oranges. I guess it just doesn’t flow off the tongue quite as nicely, though. 

Equanimity- calmness in a stressful situation

Ex: The townsmen marveled at Hillary’s equanimity during the tornado. As a twister that reached towards the clouds visibly ravaged the town around her, sending sheets of drywall into the air and flipping over SUV’s, she sat calmly in her antique mahogany chair on the porch, reading her tattered copy of Little Women for the 20-somethingth time. The townsmen would never quite understand the spellbinding hold that that book had over women, nor were they about to read it to find out. Frankly, I don’t get it either. What the fuck is so special about Little Women!?