Archive for August, 2008

Just in Time for School: Sophomoric

August 19th, 2008 by TimMc 0

I hated this word when I was a sophomore in high school and then again in college. However, when I was a junior and a senior…I thoroughly enjoyed using this word when the need arose.
Sophomoric: immature, bombastic, shallow, and superficial.
“The junior scolded the tenth graders, calling their immature behavior sophomoric.”
This word is derived [...]

This Error Just Popped Up on My Screen

August 8th, 2008 by TimMc 0

My laptop ran one of its annoying updates the other day and this unsightly little dialog box appeared on my screen. My initial reaction was, “good grief, I can’t believe they missed that mistake.” My second reaction was, “hey, I need to save that for the blog!” So, I quickly did a screen capture and [...]