This will be my last blog until October 5 because I will be travelling in Italy and Greece. Beware, you will be getting another travel report, possibly more exciting even than Michigan, when I return. In the meantime, here are two entries from my page-a-day trivia calendar that made me chuckle. First, did you know that the American Kennel Club registered its first beagle in 1885? They were first brought to the US after the Civil War. That didn't make me laugh, but this did. The dog's name was Blunder. Blunder the beagle. What a great name, although not very complimentary. Second, here's an adjective to add to your vocabulary. Glabrous means smooth and is most often used to describe a surface like skin that has no hair or down. Try to work it into a conversation. "Her skin is as glabrous as a baby's bottom." "His face was so glabrous after he shaved." You get the idea. And thinking of unusual words, I read a quote recently that I really like. "If a person mispronounces a word, it's because they learned it by reading."
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