Dig out your thesaurus'

Today, according to my calendar, is "Thesaurus Day". It's also "Popcorn Day" according to the morning news announcer.  Not sure how those two go together but I can imagine munching popcorn while flipping through a thesaurus.  Evidently a couple of people got the memo because this morning I heard someone advertising mortgage loans promise that the application process was 'simple and easy'.  On the evening news I learned that something going on in Washington (DC that is) is 'needless and unnecessary'. Well, no surprise there.  One good bit of news - the looming government shutdown will not affect Social Security payments. I shall be able to continue consuming and ingesting food for the foreseeable future.