Monday, October 3, 2005

   there's no business like show business . . .
I am finally back at school and for whatever reason my motor skills are not what they should be and I am having trouble typing this out right now. My brain is functioning as normally as can be expected when I feel like I'm exhausted. (Even if I did get the normal 8 hours of sleep) I suppose I shouldn't have stayed up all night Saturday night, but what can truly be done against insomnia, right? Of course right. (Yentl, Yentl, Yentl . . .)

On to the more mediocre news of the day:
I got a hot pocket. Does anyone know how horribly addictive those things are? You have one and instatnyl you want another of their cheesy goodness. *sighs*
I also got to have bowl of my all time favorite cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios. It relly is better than any other. Even Coooookie Crisp.

Now, I was on yahoo's main site and this amused me to no end:


Dictionary Adds Terms Like Chick Flick

Following is a partial list of new words and their definitions being entered into this year's edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

Amuse-bouche (noun): a small complimentary appetizer offered at some restaurants.

Battle dress uniform (noun): a military uniform for field service.

DHS (abbreviation) : Department of Homeland Security.

Hazmat (noun): a material (as flammable or poisonous material) that would be a danger to life or to the environment if released without precautions.

Metadata (noun): data that provide information about other data.

Otology (noun): a science that deals with the ear and its diseases.

Retronym (noun): a term consisting of a noun and a modifier which specifies the original meaning of the noun. ("Film camera," for instance).

Tide pool (noun): a pool of salt water left (as in a rock basin) by an ebbing tide, called also tidal pool.

Wi-Fi (certification mark): used to certify the interoperability of wireless computer networking devices.

Zaibatsu (noun): a powerful financial and industrial conglomerate of Japan


Is that not utterly amusing? I thought that some of those words were already in there. *shrugs*

Final thought: What is your favorite cereal?

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