Have you ever had one of those days when you have been bizzy all day, working slowly because what you're doing is distracting and each move involves doing something else? Reminds me of one of those rules related to Parkinson's Law: "Before you do something you have to do something else." You do all remember Parkinson's Law, don't you? You also do know that I'm working with paper don't you? Paperzzz.

Well, I had some neglected letters (yes, letters!) finally written and ready for me to mail and I was going to the bank, too, to pay my income tax, and I couldn't find the form I needed to make the payment. Searching delayed me, discussing it with a nice teller called Daniel delayed me, deciding what to buy for dinner delayed me. I usually plan my meals ahead of time; I was feeling impulsive by now, pressured by these and other annoying, mundane delays. So I came home and picked up my mail and there was the tax form I needed, delivered today! Oy.

Nothing drastic. Nothing dramatic. Just - nothing. So why am I tired?

I don't think I'll write a blog tonight.

More words. (Honk if you love words.)

comity (pl. comities) formal 1 an association of nations for their mutual benefit.• (also comity of nations) [ mass noun ] the mutual recognition by nations of the laws and customs of others.2 [ mass noun ] courtesy and considerate behaviour towards others. a show of public comity in the White House. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, from ‘courteous’.

Note my italics: this is obviously an OOLD dictionary!

gaydar noun [ mass noun ] informal: the supposed ability of homosexuals to recognise one another by means of very slight indications. ORIGIN 1980s: blend of gay and radar.

I found this word in Douglas Coupland's book, BitRot. Right next to it was another word that the online dictionary didn't recognise but you will be able to: drugdar.

anaphora noun [ mass noun ]1 Grammar: the use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text or conversation, to avoid repetition, for example the pronouns he, she, it, and they and the verb: I like it and so do they. Compare with cataphora.2 Rhetoric: the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses .3 Christian Church: the part of the Eucharist which contains the consecration, anamnesis, and communion. DERIVATIVES anaphoric adjective,anaphorically adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: sense 1, sense 2 via Latin from Greek, ‘repetition’, from ana- ‘back’ + pherein ‘to bear’; sense 3 from late Greek.

malathion [ mass noun ]: a synthetic organophosphorus compound which is used as an insecticide. ORIGIN 1950s: from (diethyl) mal(eate) (see maleic acid) + thio- + -on.

WHERE did I pick up that one? I'll NEVER use it.

inerrant adjective incapable of being wrong. they believed in an inerrant scripture. DERIVATIVES inerrancy noun,inerrantist noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin inerrant- ‘fixed’, from in- ‘not’ + errant- ‘erring’ (see errant) .

But this one I will make a point of using.I will be inerrant.

anecdotage noun [ mass noun ] 1 anecdotes collectively: a number of reports cannot be dismissed as anecdotage.2 humorous old age, especially in someone who is inclined to be garrulous. it is not within many of us to emulate such a feat in our anecdotage.[from a blend of anecdote and dotage.]

I guessed chis one before I looked it up. It's a natural.

baryon Physics: a subatomic particle, such as a nucleon or hyperon, that has a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton. DERIVATIVES baryonic:adjectiveORIGIN 1950s: from Greek barus ‘heavy’ + -on.

--and also positron noun: Physics: a subatomic particle with the same mass as an electron and a numerically equal but positive charge. ORIGIN 1930s: from positive + -tron.

I have more but I'm getting tired of this and I'm sure you are, too. I have lots more scraps, but I'll save them.....