There is this book I've become enthralled with. (hmm, then again, maybe not...)  Anyway, I've been wanting this particular book ever since I can remember!  Whenever I would go to the library growing up, ore lets face it, even as an adult, I would just be fascinated by it!  The thing is HUGE... 1,560 pages to be exact!

Every time I turn around it's back in my hands... to Tyson's demise I'm sure.  To be honest, I'll probably never read the WHOLE thing, but I don't care... I just HAD to have it!

What book is this?!  Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary!!  So many words... all those beautiful letters, syllables, and definitions... looking up words that are so 'obvious', I mean everyone knows what they mean, just to find out that they aren't exactly what I thought it meant... What?!

So here is a  fascinating discovery from yesterday.  Take the word "radical" (since it's being thrown around a lot these days...)  Talk about a word with an identity crisis!.  It's like Jekyll and Hyde; a paradox on steroids!  On one hand, it means basic, on the other hand, it means extreme... Um, how exactly is a word supposed to mean the opposite of itself?  I'm sure I'll spend plenty of time trying to figure it out.

If anyone is interested in helping solve such mysteries, I got my copy at Half.com , (hard-back) for about $6 total. ($2 + S&H).  Half.com... my favorite bookstore.

Much Love & Hugs~