Archive for February, 2008

Proverbs

The other night, Mary Anne noted that the sheets for the air mattress were in the dryer, and that once they were dry, I would have to make my own...

doctor

Before I start in on today's entry, I have a little snippet of story for you to read: I walked down the hospital corridor away from my room. One of...

arb

"Arb" is apparently a short form of "arbitrage trader." The Wall Street Journal had a blog entry recently that, a couple paragraphs after referring to arbitrage traders, included the phrase...

BLEVE

On a video about an explosion, I heard an announcer use a term that sounded like "blevvies." I got curious and Googled it; turns out it's an acronym. According to...

fossicking

"Fossicking" is an Australian and Cornish (Cornwallish? Cornwallian?) term for prospecting. In Australia, it can apparently also mean "rummaging." Encountered it in a cover letter for a story submitted to...