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Don't bother looking these up in your Funk & Wangonal. They don't exist officially, yet. Accordionated: Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time Asphinxiation: Being sick to death of unanswerable puzzles or riddles Blogish: A variety of English that uses a large number of... Sign in to see full entry.

The first block to logical thinking that one should strive to avoid is stereotyping. Saying, or even thinking, that one blogger is of a certain opinion because she is a certain type, is stereotyping. All Christians are intolerant; all liberals are in favor of abortion; al conservatives are racist.... Sign in to see full entry.

There is no denying that this year marks the beginning of the presidental race of 2012. This November the off-year elections will be held, and whether the Democrats lose control of Congress, or there is gridlock, the one sure thing we know is that the race for president will be on. In this corner,... Sign in to see full entry.

On cable today I heard Republican Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham state that the practice of traveling to America for the sole purpose of having a baby who will automatically be an American citizen is being abused; that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution must be amended to address... Sign in to see full entry.

When you make a comment on someone's blog, you don't expect that it will really impact anyone. But sometimes you get it right. That happened to me today after reading a first-hand report of a blogger who knew a victim of the CT work place shooting yesterday. Sadly prophetic, grafitti on the bathroom... Sign in to see full entry.

One of the greatest moments in our lives occurs when two opposing sides of an argument are able to sit down and rationally discuss what their gripes are. It happened this week, quite unintended. Another blogger was banned for, let's just call it inflammatory rhetoric. So, why not jump in there with... Sign in to see full entry.

In Ken Follett's World Without End, 2007, the development of medicine and architecture are major motifs. From the use of leeches to drain the body of toxic "humors", to the building of the tallest building in all of England, the force of change struggled against the inertia of fear, reticence, and... Sign in to see full entry.

OK, I guess it falls to me to tackle the heavy lifting. Many here on Blogit have decried certain attitudes coming from some bloggers as uncomfortable. My guess is that this reaction is less "...giving them the truth and they think it's hell" as Harry Truman famously responded to shouts of 'GIVE 'EM... Sign in to see full entry.

“By the end of this month, we’ll have brought more than 90,000 of our troops home from Iraq since I took office,” Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/40539.html#ixzz0vSfC40Vr Sign in to see full entry.

Many of you never knew some of the best bloggers there ever were. One of my all-time favorites was a female cop out of Cleveland, if I remember rightly, name of Whamonator. Whammie was never number one, as I recall, but she was as popular as anyone. Seems like she was always in the top ten. She... Sign in to see full entry.