draconian |drəˈkōnēən; drā-| adjective (of laws or their application) excessively harsh and severe. Made famous recently from the Da Vinci Code, "O Draconian Devil" is an anagram for the name of "Leonardo Da Vinci"

nephew |ˈnefyoō| noun a son of one's brother or sister, or of one's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French neveu, from Latin nepos ‘grandson, nephew,’ from an Indo-European root shared by Dutch neef and German Neffe.

Photograph from the Nasher Sculpture Museum in Dallas. Just spectacular!

For those of you that know me, you are assured to get an earful about something sports related. Living in Dallas, we are spoiled by having local teams that do well and make us proud. Last night, all of that ended. There is nothing left in Dallas at the moment to ...

cyclic |ˈsīklik; ˈsik-| occurring in cycles; regularly repeated : nature is replete with cyclic processes | the cyclic pattern of the last two decades. Had the word cyclical in my head all day yesterday

placebo |pləˈsēbō| noun ( pl. -bos) a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect : his Aunt Beatrice had been kept alive on sympathy and placebos for thirty years | [as adj. ] placebo drugs. • a substance that has ...

It has been an embarrassing 7 month hiatus from this blog. Sad, I work on websites everyday and never work on my own. So, I am making a new commitment to this site. What will it get me? who knows, it will probably be a place where I can vent ...