Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Pope



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DRAT!

ABC News replaced Jeopardy with coverage of the Pope arriving in New York City, and only returned control to Alex Trebek after the first 17 minutes had been lost to posterity... and me.

DRAT, DRAT, and DOUBLE DRAT!

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I read somewhere that Lena Dunham was diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder as a child, and continues to take a low dose of an antidepressant to relieve her anxiety. Of course, I don't know if that's a fact or not.

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WORD FOR TODAY

fiat [FEE-aht]
noun
1. an authoritative decree, sanction, or order: a royal fiat.
2. a fixed form of words containing the word fiat, by which a person in authority gives sanction, or authorization.
3. an arbitrary decree or pronouncement, especially by a person or group of persons having absolute authority to enforce it:
The king ruled by fiat.
Synonyms: authorization, directive, ruling, mandate.

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