Individuals in society are motivated to work by two, fundamental impetuses: survival and passion. The former explains the majority of human activity. One eats to remain biologically capable of endurance. One seeks a nubile mate for the continuation of competent genetics. Of course, such neanderthaloid desires have morphed into more modern forms of survival such … Continue reading Community and Service is Selfish
Pookability – (n.) the probability that at any given moment in time or point in space, you will see a rabbit. Example: Des Moines, Iowa has a relatively high rabbit population, and therefore maintains high pookability. While I cannot take full credit for the conception of the word (a friend formulated the lexical variation) pookability … Continue reading Pookability, and Other Neologistic Shenanigans
Erinaceous – (adj.) of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog. Indeed. Scribed ever so eloquently on page 371 in the fifth volume of the Oxford English Dictionary is a word you never knew existed. In fact, there are probably hundreds of words that you never knew existed, all of which lie between the folds of … Continue reading Side Affects of a Logolepsy Infliction
What are words? I assure you, my facetiousness is well tethered as I propose this question. It was conceived not out of humorous intent, neither, but rather out of desperate necessity to distinguish between intentional communication and gibberish. In exploration of this discernment, one ultimately finds that words defies the enfettered definition. Contrary to their fundamentality in every … Continue reading Lexicological Elements: Dissecting the Art of Communication
I often wonder what familial dynamic will ensue upon my return home. My identity now is similar to what it was before, and yet skewed, and I have developed as an individual without justifying to my family that development. It reminds me of the times my father came home unexpectedly clean shaven and baby-faced, in … Continue reading Transparency: A Social Conundrum
