WOTD: dilettante: (DIL-i-tahnt, dil-i-TAHNT): noun: One who takes up an activity or interest in a superficial way. || A pyscho debutante.
WOTD: mammonism \MAM-uh-niz-uhm\ noun: The greedy pursuit of riches. || When a wealthy Mormon runs for president.
Suicide May be Painless but Writing the Note is Excruciating - Don Cornelius, the creator and host of Soul Train, passed away recently. I say passed away because how he died depends on your point of view. To the general public he committed suicide. To the African-American community at large he did not. Acknowledging suicide challenges our misguided belief that black folks don’t get depressed, we just get angry. You put an “H” on your chest and just handle it, whatever it is. The slaves made it through without therapy right? WOTD: propinquity\pruh-PING-kwuh-tee\noun: nearness of blood : kinship || The propensity to think you're witty after drinking a pint.
WOTD: stiction (STIK-shun) noun: the force required to cause one body in contact with another to begin to move. || DJ Red Alert.
About 25% of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light. || This would make them very bad Jedi. #Dolightsaberscomewithkleenex |