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Word of the Day

I've seen, and been inspired by, many "photo a day" projects, so I thought I'd try one myself, with my own little grammarian spin: create a photo using a Word of the Day gadget on my Google homepage for guidance and inspiration. And what better day than January 27, my thirtieth birthday, to begin such an undertaking? (Okay, maybe new year's day, but I was too lazy to bother then.) This project is also to help keep me thinking and creating images the way DGrin's Last Photographer Standing contest has challenged me to do--a challenge I've found really enjoyable and creatively stimulating. Wish me luck (and perseverance) in this endeavor!
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    Apr. 2, 2008 (Day 67) Deus ex machina: an agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an apparently insoluble difficulty "Elementary!"Some time in high school I got addicted to murder mysteries. I remember tearing through Agatha Christie novels--but only the Hercule Poirot or "sans detective" ones, like And Then There Were None. I hated Miss Marple. I also ran through much of Lillian Jackson Braun's Cat Who series.I slowly grew away from murder mysteries and into fantasy and historical fiction novels, but before I moved away from them completely, I discovered four really nice leather-bound volumes in my parents' secretary some time in college. Each volume was a collection of stories by a specific author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy de Maupassant, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway. I loved the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. And I made it through the first three volumes of the set easily. I stopped Hemingway after the first short story because I could not stand his writing. Luckily, that story is the only one I need to know for Jeopardy questions: "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber."Funny, but this phrase is one I always translated literally whenever I've read it. I never stopped to wonder at the meaning. Now I'll likely have this image stuck in my head whenever I see the word again. :D
    Apr. 1, 2008 (Day 66) Jollification: merrymaking; revelry Classic joke. Slightly misapplied.Happy All Fools' Day!