Are you a wordy person?  Did you enjoy all the spelling tests in school?  Are you an avid reader and get the meaning of the words you read just on instinct?  Or, even if you look up the words… at least you investigate and add them to your brain file.   Words are so much fun!!  I love to figure out the roots, where they originate, or how certain terms came to be.  OH, THE FUN IT IS!!! 

So, if you’re weird like that,  go to www.freerice.com -  you can play for HOURS, and for each word you get the definition right, they donate rice to help end hunger.   For those of you who aren’t so wordy, it’s okay to pull up www.merriam-webster.com if you want to play too…

I have been a reader since my first Dr. Seuss.  I subscribe to the word of the day.  In elementary school, when we had vocabulary tests I would use the words and sentences to write a story.  (seriously!).  After a 20 year diversion into Law Enforcement, I realized I made a mistake with my major and am back in school to get my English degree.  Duh.  Anyway, a co-worker referred me to the site this morning and it brought back all the word stories I have.  Last one- I’ll never forget the time 15+ years ago, when a police captain put out a memo asking us to cut down on our “exuberant” overtime.   Overtime is appreciated, of course, but I hadn’t actually seen anyone being very exuberant about it.  Of course, there was a lot of EXORBITANT overtime. 

I still giggle about that…    

Go play and feed some hungry peoplez….