Careful, you might learn something.
You probably can’t tell by the way I write (or talk), but I subscribe to a “word a day” email from wordsmith.org. This week they are doing looooong words: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, noun (NOO-muh-noh-UL-truh-MY-kruh-SKOP-ik-SIL-i-koh-VOL-kay-no-koh-NEE-o-sis, nyoo-) A lung disease caused by inhaling fine particles of silica. [From New Latin, from Greek pneumono- (lung) + Latin ultra- (beyond,extremely) + […]
With all the focus this week legalizing discrimination against fellow Americans, it’s easy to forget the hell we have unleashed on other folks. Â In fact, you might say that is exactly why we are even discussing gay marriage at this point – it certainly hasn’t been important enough to talk about for the last two […]
Let’s say you are reading blogs. Â It’s late, you’re about to go to bed, but first you are going to finish the last glass of red wine in the house. Â Because otherwise you just won’t go to sleep. And, let’s say you look at your glass and realize there is a spider or something similar […]