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		<title>Nerd Word of the Day: Flightmare</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2010/03/16/nerd-word-of-the-day-flightmare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading an article on MSNBC&#8217;s website today  - Passenger recounts 16-hour flightmare.  A 5 1/2 hour flight turned into a 15 hour nightmare? &#8230;. oh&#8230;.. sorry&#8230;.. I mean FLIGHTMARE! I like the part where they had to ration the Pringles potato chips!
Flightmare: n &#8211; An airplane flight that turns into a nightmare.
Interesting word [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-9151" title="flightmare" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/flightmare.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="308" />I was reading an article on MSNBC&#8217;s website today  - <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35892396/ns/travel-news/" title="Flightmare" target="_blank" class="liexternal">Passenger recounts 16-hour flightmare</a>.  A 5 1/2 hour flight turned into a 15 hour nightmare? &#8230;. oh&#8230;.. sorry&#8230;.. I mean FLIGHTMARE! I like the part where they had to ration the Pringles potato chips!</p>
<p><strong>Flightmare: </strong><em>n &#8211; </em>A<em>n airplane flight that turns into a nightmare.</em></p>
<p>Interesting word MSNBC!  I certainly have experienced a flightmare or two myself. Have you?</p>
<p><em>ps. I decided to pay homage to a famous actor that passed away this past week, can you figure out who by the picture on the left?</em></p>
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		<title>Nerd Werd of the Day: KTHXBAI</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2010/01/14/nerd-werd-of-the-day-kthxbai/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KTHXBAI: LOLspeak version of &#8220;OK, thanks! Bye&#8221;. 
LOLspeak is a language that I wish I could master, though I find it, perhaps, more difficult to master than English!
As an example, here is a short Greek History Lesson written in LOLspeak:
Dis hystry, srsly. Nao lissin:
In de tiem ov Haydeez, a babeh wuz bornd. He wuz strongr [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8812" title="kthxbai" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/kthxbai.jpg" alt="" width="290" height="218" />KTHXBAI: </strong><em>LOLspeak version of &#8220;OK, thanks! Bye&#8221;. </em></p>
<p>LOLspeak is a language that I wish I could master, though I find it, perhaps, more difficult to master than English!</p>
<p>As an example, here is a short Greek History Lesson written in LOLspeak:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Dis hystry, srsly. Nao lissin:</span></strong></p>
<p>In de tiem ov Haydeez, a babeh wuz bornd. He wuz strongr denz Haydeez, so Haydeez toled hiz peepz to go pwnz hims.</p>
<p>Oh, BTW the babehs nam wuz Herculeez.</p>
<p>Soz they trid 2 pwnz him, but he only lostd his strengf. Cuz him wuz part gad doz idiotz. Soz they gaved himz to hyoomin pezints. I dun wan to sai all ov himz growin upz, soz we skip to when him 16. Soz, himz noc ovr stuffs by jus barli tuchin its! He suprmin.</p>
<p>Dhen, de pplz of de town, dey tyrd of Herculeez. Soz dey r lyke, &#8220;Herculeez, u must go. u 2 powrfil. Kthxbai.&#8221; an thin, lyke, Herculeez&#8217;z mortil dad waz lyke, &#8220;NOOOOOZ PLZ STAY! I giv u cheezburgr!&#8221; but Herculeez had 2 leev. Soz den, Herculeez leftid, banishd frm tha twn. Bai Herculeez. D:</p></blockquote>
<p><em>The rest of this passage can be found at <a href="http://speaklolspeak.com/page/Grk+Hystry" title="SpeakLOLSpeak" target="_blank" class="liexternal">I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER&#8217;S SpeakLOLSpeak website.</a></em></p>
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		<title>Nerd Word of the Day: Lexadaisical</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/12/03/nerd-word-of-the-day-lexadaisical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lexadaisical: adj &#8211; Being lackadaisical with your lexicon. 
Examples of this would be your instead of you&#8217;re, its instead of it&#8217;s, or as Will Farrell said in one of his funny impersonations: &#8220;strategery.&#8221;
You gotta except it, its so common for people to be lexadaisical, if not, than I&#8217;d say your a genius!
Can you think of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8609" title="lexadaisical" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/lexadaisical1.jpg" alt="lexadaisical" width="290" height="277" /><strong>Lexadaisical:</strong> <em>adj &#8211; Being lackadaisical with your lexicon. </em></p>
<p>Examples of this would be <em>your</em> instead of <em>you&#8217;re</em>, <em>its</em> instead of <em>it&#8217;s</em>, or as Will Farrell said in one of his funny impersonations: &#8220;<em>strategery</em>.&#8221;</p>
<p>You gotta except it, its so common for people to be lexadaisical, if not, than I&#8217;d say your a genius!</p>
<p>Can you think of other examples of <em>lexadaisicalness</em>?</p>
<address>Thanks <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/07/happy-hour-appearance/comment-page-1/#comment-159112" title="Evan" target="_blank" class="liinternal">Evan Owen</a> for the suggestion!</address>
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		<title>Nerd Word of the Day.. no YEAR: Unfriend</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/11/16/nerd-word-of-the-day-no-year-unfriend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfriend: verb – To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.
The New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen this word as the 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR!
Runners up included hashtag (I like that one), intexticated (did it already   ), sexting (ditto).
Unfriend really does have a lot of meaning [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8535" title="unfriend" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/unfriend.jpg" alt="unfriend" width="290" height="242" /><strong>Unfriend: </strong>verb – <em>To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.</em></p>
<p>The New Oxford American Dictionary has chosen this word as the <strong><a href="http://blog.oup.com/2009/11/unfriend/" title="Word of the Year" target="_blank" class="liexternal">2009 WORD OF THE YEAR!</a></strong></p>
<p>Runners up included hashtag (I like that one), intexticated (<a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/04/nerd-word-of-the-day-intexticated/" title="Intexticated" target="_blank" class="liinternal">did it already</a> <img src='http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />  ), <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/03/13/sexting/" title="Sexting" target="_blank" class="liinternal">sexting</a> (ditto).</p>
<p><em>Unfriend</em> really does have a lot of meaning though, though it does seem a bit Facebook-centric, right?</p>
<p>You&#8217;d better be nice to me or else <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/10/15/nerd-words-of-the-day-imma-let-you-finish/" title="Imma" target="_blank" class="liinternal">Imma let you finish</a>, then Imma gonna <em>unfriend</em> you!</p>
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		<title>Nerd Words of the Day: Imma Let You Finish</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/10/15/nerd-words-of-the-day-imma-let-you-finish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Imma let you finish&#8221;: Phrase used to interrupt someone with no intent of letting them finish what they were going to say. 
This phrase entered the lexicon recently with the MTV Music Awards and Kanye uttering the phrase as he interrupted Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech.
I had to do this phrase after Bo Burnham [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/imma-let-you-finish.jpg" ><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8281" title="imma-let-you-finish" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/imma-let-you-finish.jpg" alt="imma-let-you-finish" width="290" height="218" /></a><strong>&#8220;Imma let you finish&#8221;:</strong><em> Phrase used to interrupt someone with no intent of letting them finish what they were going to say. </em></p>
<p>This phrase <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q8BO6z7xnY" title="Examples" target="_blank" class="liexternal">entered the lexicon</a> recently with the MTV Music Awards and Kanye uttering the phrase <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0PwqvwyG54" title="Kanye" target="_blank" class="liexternal">as he interrupted Taylor Swift</a> during her acceptance speech.</p>
<p>I had to do this phrase after Bo Burnham uttered the following statement on his Twitter tonight: <a href="http://twitter.com/boburnham" title="Bo's Twitter" target="_blank" class="liexternal">@boburnham</a> &#8220;balloon boy, imma let you finish, but the gosselin kids had two of the worst parents of all time!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Nerd Word of the Day: Idempotent</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/10/12/nerd-word-of-the-day-idempotent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idempotent: adj. f. L. idem same + potent-em powerful: Of a quantity or element a: having the property that a × a = a, where × represents multiplication or some other (specified) binary operation. Also applied to an operator or set&#8230; enough of this mumble jumble!  English please!
OK! An idempotent operation in math is one that has the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-8083" title="idempotent" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/idempotent.jpg" alt="idempotent" width="290" height="195" /><strong>Idempotent: <em><span style="font-weight: normal;">adj.</span></em><span style="font-weight: normal;"> f. L. <em>idem</em> same + <em>potent-em</em> powerful: <em>Of a quantity or element </em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>a</em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>: having the property that </em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>a</em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em> × </em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>a</em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em> = </em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>a</em></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><em>, where × represents multiplication or some other (specified) binary operation. Also applied to an operator or set&#8230; <strong>enough of this mumble jumble!  English please!</strong></em></span></strong></p>
<p>OK! An <em>idempotent</em> operation in math is one that has the same effect whether you apply it once, or more than once. For example: 1 x 1 = 1 or 1 x 1 x 1 = 1.</p>
<p>The STOP button on a VCR remote is <em>idempotent</em>, push it once and the tape stops, push it more than once and the tape remains stopped.  The Pause button, on the other hand, is not <em>idempotent</em>.. push it twice and it starts to play again.</p>
<p>Now, if they just had a cure for idempotence, oh wait.. wrong word!</p>
<p>Can you think of any other examples of idempotence?</p>
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		<title>Nerd Words of the Day: Nom de Strip</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/10/07/nerd-words-of-the-day-nom-de-strip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nom de Strip: one&#8217;s stripper name. Taken from the expression &#8220;nom de plume&#8221; for pen-name.
I was flicking through the channels and came across the Demi Moore movie &#8220;Striptease&#8221; and one of the stripper&#8217;s names was &#8220;Urbana Sprawl&#8221;, which reminded me that strippers always pick the cheesiest names, don&#8217;t they?
If you have heard a funny stripper [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7964" title="nom-de-strip" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/nom-de-strip.jpg" alt="nom-de-strip" width="290" height="194" />Nom de Strip:</strong> <em>one&#8217;s stripper name. Taken from the expression &#8220;nom de plume&#8221; for pen-name.</em></p>
<p>I was flicking through the channels and came across the Demi Moore movie &#8220;Striptease&#8221; and one of the stripper&#8217;s names was &#8220;Urbana Sprawl&#8221;, which reminded me that strippers always pick the cheesiest names, don&#8217;t they?</p>
<p>If you have heard a funny stripper name, write it below, or use the table below to determine what your stripper name should be. Mine came out to be <strong><em>Sugar Glitztush</em></strong> <img src='http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> <span id="more-7962"></span></p>
<p><strong>1. Use the third letter of your first name to determine your new first name.</strong></p>
<table cellpadding="30" cellspacing="10" summary="" border="0">
<tr>
<td>a = Chesty<br />
b = Fantasia<br />
c = Starr<br />
d = Diamond<br />
e = Montana<br />
f = Angel<br />
g = Sugar<br />
h = Mimi<br />
i = Lola</td>
<td>j = Kitty<br />
k = Roxie<br />
l = Dallas<br />
m = Princess<br />
n = Heidi<br />
o = Bambi<br />
p = Bunny<br />
q = Brandy<br />
r = Sugar</td>
<td>s = Candy<br />
t = Raquelle<br />
u = Sapphire<br />
v = Cinnamon<br />
w = Blaze<br />
x = Trixie<br />
y = Isis<br />
z = Jade</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><strong>2. Use the second letter of your last name to determine the first half of your new last name:</strong></p>
<table cellpadding="30" cellspacing="10" summary="" border="0">
<tr>
<td>a = Leather<br />
b =Dream<br />
c = Sunny<br />
d = Deep<br />
e = Heaven<br />
f = Tight<br />
g = Shimmer<br />
h = Velvet<br />
i = Lusty</td>
<td>
j = Harley<br />
k = Passion<br />
l = Dazzle<br />
m = Dixon<br />
n = Spank<br />
o = Glitter<br />
p = Razor<br />
q = Meadow<br />
r = Glitz</td>
<td>
s = Sparkle<br />
t = Sweet<br />
u = Silver<br />
v = Tickle<br />
w = Cherry<br />
x = Hard<br />
y = Night<br />
z = Amber</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><strong>3. Use the third letter of your last name to determine the second half of your new last name:</strong></p>
<table cellpadding="30" cellspacing="10" summary="" border="0">
<tr>
<td>a = hooter<br />
b = horn<br />
c = tower<br />
d = fire<br />
e = thighs<br />
f = hips<br />
g = side<br />
h = jugs<br />
i = shock</td>
<td>
j = cocker<br />
k = brook<br />
l = tush<br />
m = sizzle<br />
n = ridge<br />
o = kiss<br />
p = bomb<br />
q = cream<br />
r = thong</td>
<td>
s = heat<br />
t =whip<br />
u = cheeks<br />
v = rock<br />
w = hiney<br />
x = button<br />
y = lick<br />
z = juice</td>
</tr>
</table>
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		<title>Nerd Word of the Day: Anatidaephobia</title>
		<link>http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/08/30/nerd-word-of-the-day-anatidaephobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:04:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anatidaephobia: (n) The fear that you are being watched by a duck. From the Greek word &#8220;anatidae&#8221;, meaning ducks, geese or swans and &#8220;phobos&#8221; meaning fear.
What a strange phobia, seriously!  But that reminds me of something that just happened to me.
 I was standing by my bed, petrified, due to my clinophobia* when suddenly, out [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/anatidaephobia.jpg" ><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7453" title="anatidaephobia" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/anatidaephobia.jpg" alt="anatidaephobia" width="290" height="218" /></a>Anatidaephobia:</strong> (<em>n) The fear that you are being watched by a duck. From the Greek word &#8220;anatidae&#8221;, meaning ducks, geese or swans and &#8220;phobos&#8221; meaning fear.</em></p>
<p>What a strange phobia, seriously!  But that reminds me of something that just happened to me.</p>
<p><em> </em>I was standing by my bed, petrified, due to my <em><strong>clinophobia*</strong></em> when suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I thought I saw something move!   Or was it just my <strong><em>katsaridaphobia</em></strong><strong><em>*</em></strong> acting up?  I mean, I&#8217;m <em><strong>isolophobic*</strong></em>, but I&#8217;m destined to be alone especially after that disastrous dinner date last week, I&#8217;m sure!</p>
<p>My date was just trying to start a conversation when we sat down, but the moment his mouth opened, I screamed at the top of my lungs!  I hadn&#8217;t told him about my <em><strong>deipnophobia*</strong></em>!  Before that date, I was stranded in my own little apartment due to my <em><strong>bathmophobia*</strong></em> and my <em><strong>otisphobia*</strong></em> (I made that one up) but my date helped me leave.  But now I&#8217;m back and I can&#8217;t even order Chinese food for delivery since my <em><strong>consecotaleophobia*</strong></em><em> </em>won&#8217;t let me!<em> </em>But, all of that is beside the point&#8230; I&#8217;m sure there is a man out there somewhere who will save me some day, just as long as he&#8217;s fine with my <em><strong>genophobia* </strong><span style="font-style: normal;">and my</span></em><em> <strong>anatidaephobia</strong></em>. <img src='http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Speaking of phobias, I was going to compile a &#8230;. oh.. I can&#8217;t say it.. my <em><strong>pinaciphobia*</strong></em> won&#8217;t let me&#8230; <a href="http://www.phobialist.com/" target="_blank" class="liexternal">just click here, darn it</a>!</p>
<h5>*clinophobia -<span style="font-weight: normal;"> fear of going to bed.</span><br />
*katsaridaphobia- <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of cockroaches.</span><br />
*isolophobic &#8211; <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of being alone.</span><br />
*deipnophobia &#8211; <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of dining or dinner conversations.</span><br />
*bathmophobia &#8211; <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of stairs or steep slopes.</span><br />
*otisphobia &#8211; <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of Otis elevators (Am I the only person who has this fear?)</span><br />
*consecotaleophobia &#8211; <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of chopsticks.</span><br />
*genophobia &#8211; <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of sex.</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
</span> *pinaciphobia &#8211; <span style="font-weight: normal;">fear of lists.</span></h5>
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		<title>Nerd Word of the Day: Ridonkulous</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ridonkulous: adj. An exaggerated form of ridiculous. Most likely a blending of ridiculous and donkey.
What&#8217;s ridonkulous is that, while researching this word, I found SO many misspellings of the word ridiculous.. people were spelling it rediculous!   That&#8217;s rigoshdarneddiculous!
Thank you @animalntaz for the suggestion!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/ridonkulous.jpg" ><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7163" title="ridonkulous" src="http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-content/uploads/ridonkulous.jpg" alt="ridonkulous" width="290" height="218" /></a><strong>Ridonkulous</strong>: <em>adj. An exaggerated form of ridiculous. Most likely a blending of ridiculous and donkey.</em></p>
<p>What&#8217;s ridonkulous is that, while researching this word, I found SO many misspellings of the word ridiculous.. people were spelling it rediculous!   That&#8217;s rigoshdarneddiculous!</p>
<p>Thank you <a href="http://twitter.com/animalntaz" target="_blank" class="liexternal">@animalntaz</a> for the suggestion!</p>
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		<title>Nerd Word of the Day: Chillaxin</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chillaxin: v. A portmanteau of chillin&#8217; and relaxin&#8217;. An extreme state of contentedness.
Thanks Capman911 for the suggestion, since I am just chillaxin&#8217; next to the pool.  Actually, not even close!  I&#8217;m experiencing a lot of &#8220;stressure&#8221; with my new book coming out! 
But hey&#8230; I can still visualize the days when I was chillaxin!  [...]]]></description>
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<p><em><span style="font-style: normal;">Thanks Capman911 for the suggestion, since I am just chillaxin&#8217; next to the pool.  Actually, not even close!  I&#8217;m experiencing a lot of </span><em>&#8220;stressure&#8221;</em><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal;">with <a href="http://www.hotforwords.com/2009/08/12/come-meet-me-in-new-york/" class="liinternal">my new book coming out</a>! </span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-style: normal;">But hey&#8230; I can still visualize the days when I was chillaxin! <img src='http://www.hotforwords.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></em></p>
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