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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...

Day 4,353: Stare

I got up and wrote today! Woohoo! It was a decent session, too. Need to do it again tomorrow, but today was a win.

Took a nap. Made progress on the photos project for the Kings. Took care of pups. Watched a little football. Finished my reading.

A good Sunday. I wish I had one more weekend day, but, whaddya gonna do.

Night night.

Day 4,352: Right Ear

Got my morning sports today, so it was a great day. I don’t know why morning sports are my favorite. I remember feeling that way for the longest time. I’d watch baseball at 10am when the A’s would play getaway games on the east coast, and it was always the best. Watching Wrexham in the mornings is even better because it’s earlier, right when I get up, and football games are pretty much precisely two hours. Then it’s bonus morning if there’s an F1 race.

Thinking of Lewis Hamilton today—his pup...

Day 4,351: Tommen Broder

Tommen is back! Woot. His leg is feeling better. Coops is doing well, too, his eye continues to be much improved, and Joy…well Joy is still a maniac. My best maniac. A very good lady.

Platonic is really good, by the way. Like REALLY good. Rose Byrne is astonishingly good. She’s one of the best comedic actresses on the planet, truly, watching how amazing she is in that show. I’m so impressed.

Work was insanely busy today. I’m absolutely wiped. I worked for like eleven hours today. Whew. But...

Day 4,350: I Was Watching My Kid

Miyazaki is a genius, of that there is no doubt. And seems like a good guy, if a bit grumpy and tactless…but I am definitely glad he’s not my father. Woof. And the thing is, I see it, I see what his bone to pick was with his son’s first film, but that’s not why that moment in time was so uncomfortable, you know? It wasn’t the film. It was the fact that his son didn’t know who Hayao was. He’d never been there. And he was cold. And awkward. There was resentment. All of THAT is why the moment where...