And we end where we began: "I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs." - Frederick Douglass
LEIGHANN'S WORD OF THE DAY: VADE MECUM02/27/2012 WOTD: vade mecum (vay-dee-MEE-kum) noun: a book for ready reference: manual || Darth Vader's Latin name.  LEIGHANN'S JOKE OF THE DAY02/24/2012 During dinner a mom took a call on her cell. Her toddler then put a piece of bread to her head, started talking into her toast. #lifelessons 
LEIGHANN'S WORD OF THE DAY: PALLADIUM02/24/2012 WOTD: palladium (puh-LAY-dee-uhm) noun: 1. A safeguard. 2. A rare, silvery-white metal. || A popular NYC nightclub. #youeitherrememberoryoudont 
LEIGHANN'S WORD OF THE DAY: VILIPEND 2/2402/24/2012 WOTD: vilipend (vil-UH-pend) To regard or treat as of little value or account. || Post 9/11 Constitutional rights. #theterroristswon 
THE URBAN ERMA: THE FLYING HARPIE OF LOVE02/23/2012  I'm not a nice person when I fly. From curbside to baggage claim the entire travel experience has become so hostile towards passengers that it's every traveler for themselves. If you don't carve out your own slice of sanity, it will be taken away, screened, checked, charged extra for, and probably even lost without so much as an “I’m sorry.”
LEIGHANN'S WORD OF THE DAY: ABNEGATE 2/2302/22/2012 WOTD: abnegate (AB-nih-gayt) verb: deny, renounce. || The magic word to open a closed gate. 
LEIGHANN'S WORD OF THE DAY: DIONYSIAN 2/2202/22/2012 WOTD: Dionysian: (dy-uh-NISH-uhn, -NIS-ee-uhn) adjective: Uninhibited; undisciplined; spontaneous; wild; orgiastic. || The 80s. 
LEIGHANN'S WORD OF THE DAY: GRADGRIND02/21/2012 WOTD: gradgrind: (GRAD-grynd) noun: Someone who is solely interested in cold, hard facts. || Working towards your PhD. 
ERMA BOMBECK DAY!02/21/2012 I am proud to announce that I am one of the judges of the 2012 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition! http://ow.ly/9cGfr 
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