Ukulele, [you-kuh-lay-lee] - noun:

A small, stringed instrument native to the Hawaiian Islands, superficially resembling a guitar that has been shrunk through careless laundering.

Known to inspire playfulness in some musicians and defensiveness in others. In the case of the former, it may induce the donning of grass skirts, leis and coconut brassieres. In the event of the latter, be alert for exceptional musicianship, overblown self-respect and mislaid sense of humor.

A poet of lost origins adds additional perspective:

A girl with a wee ukulele
Plucked and picked her strings daily
She strummed and she strummed
Till she audibly hummed
And then had to lie down somewhat frailly

Plan, [plan] - noun:

An approach to achieve an objective. An indispensable and unavoidable expenditure of effort which may include, but is not limited to: lists, goals, materials, budget, discussion, haggling, Excel spreadsheets, Power Point presentations, contingencies, assumptions, getting one's head around, reaching-out-to and bouncing things off of. Plans fall into two categories: Plan A and Plan B. Plan A is a fanciful stretching of the imagination for the purpose of inflating expectations to the point that one may become bouyant, possibly causing the feet to leave the ground. Plan B is the plan that is actually executed, at least in the early stages of Plan B. In practice, it is abandoned no more than a day or two into it's execution and replaced by activities constituting the reality of achievement of the objective. Some refer to this as Plan C, while others doggedly insist upon referring to it, erroneously, as The Plan.

Though seemingly useless in hindsight, plans are, in fact, essential. Without them we would be consigned to an aimless and dark existence of things that simply occur, for no apparent reason and with no obvious intent. Furthermore, it has been empirically shown that the act of planning stimulates the same area of the brain that deals with self-esteem and ego gratification. Planning also releases endorphins. This is seen to be a necessary balance to the overused and slightly charred areas of the cortex that are responsible for putting on your pants, getting out of the house and actually getting the thing done.

Writer, [ry-ter] - noun:

One who practices a scribbling of language onto paper, or lately, digital form. In some cases, the content of said scribbling is of great value, if not of some utility, though for the most part it is neither. In the case of digital writing, especially that of blogs, a secondary writing known as comments, takes up the matter of precisely what value shall be assigned to a particular piece of writing. The comments are not writing in and of themselves, but they do determine that someone who has encountered the original writing has taken note of it to the extent that it merits an additional round of scribbling.

The toilet-stall bard Nickerson has composed a limerick describing the commitment required for quality writing:

A scribe with an intellect fine
Supposed he would write all the time
He picked up a pen
But just wrote now and then
While sipping a glass of red wine