Well, spent a long weekend in LA, at least it felt longer than it was. I have not been home for a weekend in too long, and I do miss SF. Luckily I am at LAX now on my way home finally. Since I had some extra time, I was reading through the Sunday LA Times and in the Book Review, saw a review for “The Future Dictionary of America” (McSweeney’s Books, 2004) which piqued my interest since I like words and such.

Two words they highlighted I particularly liked. Spunctual which means what it sounds like it should mean (“excited, on time, and excited to be on time”), and puritangential (“a form of argument used to obfuscate an important issue by diverting attention to an irrelevant one”). Art Speigelman (of Maus fame) coined the second one, and there are segments by Diane Ackerman and Kurt Vonnegut in the book as well, so I think I may add that to my wish list.

I also need to look up the word egaltarian which I’ve been meaning to look up since I see it all the time although I suspect it means something along the lines of something with a focus towards sociopolitical betterment/ideals.