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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.”  
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WOTD: abnegate (AB-nih-gayt) verb: deny, renounce. || The magic word to open a closed gate. 
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WOTD: Dionysian: (dy-uh-NISH-uhn, -NIS-ee-uhn) adjective: Uninhibited; undisciplined; spontaneous; wild; orgiastic. || The 80s.
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WOTD: gradgrind: (GRAD-grynd) noun: Someone who is solely interested in cold, hard facts. || Working towards your PhD. 
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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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WOTD: elixir \ih-LIK-ser\ noun: a medicinal concoction || How a British boy eats an ice cream cone.

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WOTD: dilettante: (DIL-i-tahnt, dil-i-TAHNT): noun: One who takes up an activity or interest in a superficial way. || A pyscho debutante. 
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WOTD: gamp: (gamp) noun: A large umbrella. || An elderly scamp. 
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WOTD: mammonism \MAM-uh-niz-uhm\ noun: The greedy pursuit of riches. || When a wealthy Mormon runs for president. 
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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? 
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