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Dec. 19th, 2009

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capricious: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

capricious: whimsical; changeable.

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Dec. 18th, 2009

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diaphanous: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

diaphanous: allowing light to pass through.

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Asshole

[Shortly thereafter, at a nearby bakery] ::CRASH:: ::RUMBLE:: ::VRRRRRR:: '... I don't know, officer.  It just scooped up an entire rack of scones and drove away!'

Dec. 17th, 2009

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paroxysm: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

paroxysm: an outburst; a fit.

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Dec. 16th, 2009

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doff: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

doff: to take off; to remove; also, to rid oneself of.

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Abstraction

If I'm such a god, why isn't Maru *my* cat?

Dec. 15th, 2009

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appellation: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

appellation: a name, title, or designation.

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Dec. 14th, 2009

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numinous: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

numinous: spiritual.

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Revolutionary

I mean, what's more likely -- that I have uncovered fundamental flaws in this field that no one in it has ever thought about, or that I need to read a little more?  Hint: it's the one that involves less work.

Dec. 13th, 2009

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largess: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

largess: generous giving; also, gifts of money or other valuables.

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Dec. 12th, 2009

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palliate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

palliate: to make an offense seem less serious; also, to relieve or lessen without curing.

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Dec. 11th, 2009

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recalcitrant: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

recalcitrant: stubbornly resistant to and defiant of authority or restraint.

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Natural Parenting

On one hand, every single one of my ancestors going back billions of years has managed to figure it out.  On the other hand, that's the mother of all sampling biases.

Dec. 10th, 2009

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cogitate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

cogitate: to think; to ponder.

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Dec. 9th, 2009

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ratiocination: Dictionary.com Word of the Day

ratiocination: the process of reasoning.

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