Feast for Thought

Wordsmith, the home of A.Word.A.Day newsletter, celebrates 17 years, and featured five 17-letter words this week. To further mark the milestone, subscribers were invited to take part in a haiku contest - send in a haiku to define or illustrate each of these 17 letter words. ( What is a haiku? ) My entries - predestinarianism My will or your will Have no doubt - it is His will that has the last word! triskaidekaphobia Did thirteen say Boo? Will you fear an extra loaf in a baker’s doz contradistinguish At either end of V I B G Y O R reside Black and white laryngopharyngeal Out comes noise or sound while air water and food go their ways - up or down! perspicaciousness See, observe details read not only ‘tween the lines - but also letters That exercise was enjoyable. And I continue to look forward Wordsmith's daily doses sent to a million+ linguaphiles.

What You Can Do « The Story of Citizens United v. FEC | THE STORY OF STUFF PROJECT: SEASON 2 Here's Annie Leonard with yet another story. I wish her all success in her efforts. The sooner they - the US citizens - succeed in their efforts at reclaiming democracy from the corporates and put the people in charge, the sooner can other democracies get back to being truly of, by and for the people.