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The Random Text Says: "" Audience Not Paying Attention January 23rd, 2002 - 9:38 p.m. I'm Currently Avoiding:Scoo-bee-do-bee-do, scoo-ba-de-do. Haaaaaaa...I shouldn't have watched the Cartoon Network today. I wonder if I'm practicing my impression of a procrastinating insomniac again. I hope not. Or couldn't I do this tomorrow night instead? I mean, at least then I can blow off work or stay at work late and sleep in a bit. Not have to go to class... argh. :-P Pfft. I don't even have anything to say. I don't know why I'm writing. My creativity is already on the decline and I haven't even really written anything. Oh yeah, I know why I'm updating, it's b/c this has become a compulsion and it was time. Blargh. modicum (n. MAH-dih-kum or MOE-dih-kum) : a small portion : a limited quantity What does modicum have to do with a toilet? It just so happens that modicum shares the same Latin parent as commode, which is a synonym of toilet. Modicum and commode ultimately derive from the Latin noun modus, which means measure. Modicum has been a part of the English language since the 15th century. It descends from the Latin modicus (moderate), which is itself a descendant of modus. (Logically enough, modicum refers to a small measure of something.) Modus really measures up as a Latin root -- it also gave us mode (originally a kind of musical measure), modal, model, modern, modify, and modulate. More distant relatives include mete, moderate, and modest.
You know what? I realize I haven't written much here, and I really don't care. I need this window for something else now so I must be finished. Besides, I had a little over 4 hours to write something here and I didn't so I guess this must not be that important. Not like that many people are going to pay attention and see this anyway. Feeling lucky? Choose an Entry At RANDOM! Yes. Random. Randomosity is cool...come on, you know you want to... Well, if you don't subscribe to peer pressure, then just go Back or Forward with the Dragons below:
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