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By ad hoc (Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 11:43:48 AM EST) (all tags)

On Tuesdays, I work at my client site. On the desk I share with another consultant (who works here on Fridays) is a page-a-day calendar called "Forgotten English".

Today's word:

Ephemerist: One who keeps a journal or diary.
-- Edward Lloyd's Encylopædic Dictionary, 1895

In other news, I'm very sleepy. My dog urped on the bed at midnight last night, so I had to do an emergency laundry and bed sheet change. He went back to sleep.

ZZzzz

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Once, some years ago... by ana (4.00 / 2) #1 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 12:01:05 PM EST

I happened to get a private tour of Yerkes Observatory (now, I understand, closed) in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Then, it was the University of Chicago's baby, and had been used for astrometry (precise measurements of the positions of stars) for decades.

Anyway. The Yerkes dude took the two of us (myself, and a Greek grad student, the only two people fool enough to turn up for a scheduled joint observatory picnic on a very rainy day) through the observatory; it was a lot of fun. In the library, he pointed out the volumes in which were recorded the ephemerises of a number of veriable stars etc. He stumbled over the plural, as well he should. I have the barest smattering of Greek grammar, so I suggested ephemerides.

The native Greek speaker at my elbow laughed. "It means newspapers," he said.

So there you have it. A journalist. In the sense of somebody who writes every day.

Regular, or decaf abomination? --Kellnerin

Which begs the question: by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #2 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 04:06:16 PM EST

Do dogs catch colds? How about the flu? Measles? Mumps? Diptherian Fever?

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob

They get kennel cough and distemper and rabies by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #3 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 04:08:12 PM EST

and there are probably other canine diseases.

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And allergies by ad hoc (2.00 / 0) #4 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 04:18:54 PM EST

Lots and lots of allergies.
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Hypocrisy is the resin that holds the plywood of society together
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Which begs the question: by Bob Abooey (4.00 / 1) #5 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 04:25:07 PM EST

Why don't scientists study dogs in their quest to find a cure for the common cold. Seems to me if dogs never catch them, and they go outside without a coat or scarf or gloves ALL THE TIME, they should be the starting point for research. Maybe make some vaccine that has some dog DNA in it or something. Jeeeesus, do you know how rich we could get off this?

Warmest regards,
--Your best pal Bob
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Jeepers, do you know any dogs? by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #6 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 04:26:46 PM EST

a slobbery runny nose means a dog is in good health, how can you tell if they have a cold?

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: my constantly runny nose by LilFlightTest (4.00 / 1) #7 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 04:55:38 PM EST

seems to impart resistance to colds...probably flushes out anything bad.
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Dance On, Gir!
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They do study dogs... by toxicfur (4.00 / 1) #8 Tue Feb 27, 2007 at 07:07:26 PM EST

to understand cancer better. I imagine there's more grant funding out there to study cancer than to study the common cold. What with, you know, insurance costs and death and stuff.
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inspiritation: the effect of irritating someone so much it inspires them to do something about it. --BuggEye
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rabbits cannot puke - fact by Dr H0ffm4n (4.00 / 1) #9 Thu Mar 08, 2007 at 03:26:00 PM EST

that makes the easy to poison

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