I feel a sudden urge to run to the nearest Apple Store, buy an iPod, and take tomorrow off. Must… resist… reality distortion field…
Month: January 2002
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I wish it would snow already. Gloomy skies and butt-freezing temperatures just aren’t charming and magical without the snow.
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New Apple hype: “It’s like a backstage pass to the future.” Who thinks this stuff up?
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So, I hear that good ol’ Steve Jobs is planning something ex-trey special for his Macworld Expo keynote speech on Monday. Lots o’ hype, and superlatives galore. The rumor sites have been scrambling over each other’s carcasses to be the first to be embarrased by their complete and utter wrong-ness. Apple’s own web site has […]
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So… this bottlecap from my Nantucket Nectars lemonade says “Christopher and Rebecca Sears, of Bedford, N.H., have collected hundreds of Nantucket Nectars bottlecaps.” I suppose they’d have to be as bored as I am right now. Bored enough to resort to actually posting something in my blog to pass the time. Thankfully, Lauri interrupts me to ask what effervescent means. So, I pull up m-w.com (Merriam-Webster, the best damn dictionary ever), and out comes:
Main Entry: ef·fer·vesce
Pronunciation: “e-f&r-‘ves
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -vesced; -vesc·ing
Etymology: Latin effervescere, from ex- + fervescere to begin to boil, inchoative of fervEre to boil — more at BREW
Date: 1784
1 : to bubble, hiss, and foam as gas escapes
2 : to show liveliness or exhilaration
– ef·fer·ves·cence /-‘ve-s&n(t)s/ noun
– ef·fer·ves·cent /-s&nt/ adjective
Indeed. Like I said, all bubbly an’ shit.
Mark Boszko
