From the word-a-day that I do subscribe to:

I think it’s funny that a disease can have a sequel, but that you call it a sequela.

But according to the 1913 edition of Webster’s dictionary, the medical definition is not the primary one:

Sequela \Se*que”la\, n.; pl. {Sequelae}. [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.]
One who, or that which, follows. Specifically:

1. An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. “Coleridge and his sequela.” – G.P. Marsh.
2. That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion. Sequelae, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. – Coleridge.
3. (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.

I think it’s interesting that, according to definition #2, sequela is the opposite of non sequitur; I would have expected sequitur to be the opposite of non sequitur.

A friend, who subscribes to a different word-a-day than I do, sent me zeugma:

His email included the following examples:

1. “He flew off the handle and straight to Rio.”
2. “He lost his hat and his temper.”
3. “Miss Nipper shook her head and a tin canister, and began, unasked, to make the tea.”
   (From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens)
4. “Councilwoman Rankin would rather press flesh than clothes.”
5. “He drove his car recklessly and his wife crazy.”

Got any others? Feel free to leave them in the comments.