This is A Statistical Rarity, an entry originally posted on September 26, 2002 in the blog nebulose.net. In chronological order, before this was Escaperail. After this comes The Anti-Anti-Drug. If you're lost, I recommend the about page.

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A Statistical Rarity

I'm somewhat abashed to admit that I actually had a whole lot of fun doing English work tonight. The assignment was to use a number of vocabulary words in a paragraph, with extra points given for humour. Right up my alley:

Vocabulary can be a difficult subject, often requiring intense study. Progress is arduous, and impeded by a variety of factors. Some words - such as inflammable - are abstruse, by virtue of having two meanings which contradict one another. For others, like chthonic and deipnosophist, the definition is not nearly as impenetrable as the pronunciation. But no matter how futile it may seem, remember that sedulous lucubration will eventually pay off, and someday you will be able to define every word in this paragraph.

(You can guess which are the vocab words)

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I remember when I was given assignments like this I used to have an on going plot, usually with stuff like “Bob had hard homework about futility.”

Posted by Ben at October 1, 2002 9:01 PM :: Link

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