farrago

This is a bonus word found in the same source as the previous sacofricosis entry. Unlike sacofricosis, farrago actually appears in dictionaries. I have used it myself in my photography work to name a gallery that contained a farrago of uncategorized photos. I was pleasantly surprised to see it used in such a spot-on and appropriate … Read more

sacofricosis

An op-ed piece crossed my screen today that contained an interesting word to inaugurate this posting category. The word is sacofricosis which was used thusly: …Putting caraway seeds in white bread doesn’t make it a good rye any more than putting apple juice in rubbing alcohol makes it a good scotch. It may look like it, … Read more

Reality bites-updated

This site was not up and running last year as planned, but if it had been, the present presidential sweepstakes would have been handicapped at that time. There would have been a clear prognostication that the reality distortion field bubble around Trump’s poll numbers would burst once phone polling was replaced by actual polling and the vetting process became real and consequential. I would have stated he had a snowball’s chance in hell, and that I had at least equal odds of winning it all…still do.

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