Wednesday is Word Day! February 11, 2009

I think I have a new favorite word: “disabuse.” It is used to describe the process of ridding people (or oneself) of incorrect beliefs and attitudes (e.g., “He was considering taking homeopathic remedies to avoid getting malaria, but I quickly disabused him of this notion”). I became taken with this term when I started thinking [...]

On being frangible… September 22, 2008

Oh, starting a blog… How 2006.
As with many other cultural trends, I feel like I’m getting to this party late (my friend, Mr. Keith, for instance, has been doing an online diary for six years).
In trying to find a good blog name, I was continually rebuffed by the cultural detritus of other posters… many of [...]