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Day 4,363: A Quick

Making it quick tonight bc I’m wiiiiped…but a good day. Rough writing-wise in that I just wasn’t that productive, but I think I might have found fresh resolve at the very end. Tomorrow will be a better day.

Night night.

Day 4,362: Ma Boi

Our fine distinction this evening is “assume” versus “presume.” A pretty clear distinction here, I think!

“Assume” means to suppose without proof.

“Presume” means to do the same, but with confidence and authority.

So, both mean to take something as fact without proof, but the former is to do so without any evidence, while the latter is done with some good evidence and reasoning that the presumption is true.

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Dare I say…the outlining is going well? I think so? I’m making progres...

Day 4,361: Joi

My favorite thing about snuggling into bed is Joy falling asleep on me. She licks my face, slides down into the crook of my shoulder and arm…and falls asleep. Like, snoring asleep. It’s magic.

A break from the fine distinctions tonight, but back tomorrow!

A very productive day. Wiped…but I did it all. Whew.

Night night.

Day 4,360: Trad

Today’s fine distinction is about espresso! Something I almost never drink, lol.

It’s a weird one. I don’t mind the taste of coffee. I quite get it, in fact, especially coffee and milk or cream. What a tasty way to start your day, and piping hot, too! But…I don’t know. I’ve just always resisted getting into it. I think I don’t want to become addicted. Which caffeine will definitely do. I don’t know. I’ve just never been a coffee guy.

But back to our distinctions: Latte vs Flat White vs Cap...

Day 4,359: I see these witches are afraid of swords

Whew. A day off. Holy crap I needed it today!

Today’s fine distinction is….

Bay vs Gulf vs Cove

A “bay” is a body of water recessed within land.

A “gulf” is a very large bay. Like…hundreds of miles.

A “cove” is a very tiny bay with a narrow inlet and sheltered by steep cliff walls. Fascinating! This last one is my favorite, especially the distinction that it needs to be sheltered by cliffs. Porco Rosso’s home was a cove, then. I love coves. They feel great.

Took a decent nap. R...

Day 4,358: Doot Doot

Today’s fine distinction is Envy vs. Jealousy.

A good one! Envy is wanting something that one does not have, something that someone else has. I envy that person’s car.

Jealousy is the desire for others not to have something (or someone) you possess. “I don’t want you to go out tonight with your friends.” “Stop being jealous!”

So…envy is the desire to possess. Jealousy is the desire to keep, to protect, to deny others from.

The book makes a note, however, that in practical usage, Jeal...

Day 4,357: Hazard

It’s already past midnight so making it a quick one, but writing was good, work was good, podcasting was good…solid day!

And here’s our fine distinction for the evening…

Great Britain vs United Kingdom

Great Britain is apparently a geographical term for the island.

The United Kingdom is a political term for the kingdoms that make up that island—England, Scotland, and Wales—plus Northern Ireland.

Fascinating 😎

Day 4,356: Alarm

Tonight’s fine distinction is “deep web” versus “dark web.”

Definitely heard of the latter and know what it is, but even though I’d heard the former, I never really thought about what it means.

The “dark web” is, of course, the type of websites you can only reach with special software that hides your identity, doesn’t come up in any sort of web search, and is mostly used for illegal activities, some of which is absolutely monstrous.

The “deep web” is any website or page without a websit...

Day 4,355: Wait For It…

Our fine distinction tonight is “symphony” vs “concerto.”

On the face it, I would have guessed that a concerto is smaller…but that would have been wrong, and probably mistaking concerto for a “chamber orchestra,” which is indeed smaller than a “symphony orchestra.”

A concerto has a full symphonic orchestra…but with a featured soloist who stands apart, and whom the piece of music is centered around—they are the focal point rather than the entire orchestra, and the piece of music is written...

Day 4,354: Fine Distinctions

I got the cutest little book today. I’m going to try using it at the beginning of my journal entries, see if I like it…but it’s called the Dicationary of Fine Distinctions, and its a compilation of words that mean almost the same thing, and in fact are often erroneously used interchangeably, but in truth mean something slightly different from the other. Sounds fun, right?

Nnnnneeeeeerrrrrrddddddd.

The first one is: Emoji vs Emoticon.

Okay, right off the bat, I think this book was probab...