In honour of...

Paul Newman's passing, I bought some of his mango salsa at the store yesterday and let me tell you, it was delectable. Everyone that was over enjoyed it (except those that don't like tomatoes).

You should try some.

Yes, I know what you're saying....

"Not another effin WotM post... damn, get some content ffs!"

Sorry.

Vapid:

• bland: lacking taste or flavor or tang; "a bland diet"; "insipid hospital food"; "flavorless supermarket tomatoes"; "vapid beer"; "vapid tea"
  
• lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest; "a vapid conversation"; "a vapid smile"; "a bunch of vapid schoolgirls"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

WotM x 2

Apoplectic:

• pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy; "apoplectic seizure"

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Apoplexy:

• stroke: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

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Disonance:

• disagreement: a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters
• noise: the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
• disagreeable sounds

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

In light of my new WotM "thing"...

it was interesting to see this guy's rule 132:

132. If you don't know what a word means, ask. Before it's too late.

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Affectation:

• An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show; An unusual mannerism

In case you were wondering how I came across this word, I was reading a tumblr called 1001 rules for my unborn son. The author says "Let's get some things straight before I get old and uncool." Some are really neat. The one that I got this word from was:

135. Avoid affectations, lest they become habits.

We need your help!

*** Update... I jumped the gun here... actual voting starts October 4th. You can sign on and rate it now so that it gets to the top of the list and more people will hear... we'd still appreciate that!. Anyway, I'll bug y'all again in October. :) ***

Marie wrote a piece to submit to the Hockey Night In Canada anthem competition. We'd really appreciate it if you logged on and cast a vote for her. I wish I could have done it justice with regards to the production quality but I have no skills with that stuff. We did the best with what we had and I think the spirit of the piece comes through.

For those of you that may not be aware of the competition, the winner will win $100,000 CDN and their music will be used by CBC for Hockey Night In Canada. There are also royalties paid every time it's played - half are paid to the songwriter(s) and half goes to support minor hockey leagues.

Anyway, have a listen and most importantly, cast a vote for Marie's entry please!



You can sign up here to cast your vote and if you're already signed up you click the login to the right of the player (below the rating scale) to cast your vote.

Thanks everyone for you help!

g.

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Misanthrope:

• someone who dislikes people in general

Maybe I should start saving some of these for days I don't have a word.

Nah. We all know I'd never come back and look it up.

Stuff it... I'll post 'em when I get 'em.

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Eviscerate:

• resect: surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
• remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
• disembowel: remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"
• take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"
• having been disembowelled

I heard this word (actually eviscerated) in Keith Olberman's reaction to the 9-11 themed video that was shown at the RNC.

Word of the moment (WotM)

Elucidate:

• clarify: make clear and (more) comprehensible; "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"
• clear: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

This is something I feared...

with Marie and her health issues when she gave birth to Gracie.

Take a read of Matt's account of what happened to his wife.

I can't imagine how it was to feel such joy and grief at the same time.