Here's the deal: If you comment on this entry, I'll give you a letter so you can come up with 10 words starting with that letter plus explanations of what each word means to you. (Yes, I was given a "U" although it was my own fault for saying I'd be willing to take one of the more "obscure" letters.)


unusual - I like to think of different ways of looking at things.

unknowable - Although I do believe in a Higher Power of some sort, I think that most attempts to constrain this into a single Religion are like three blind men trying to describe an elephant.

unique - There is only a single one of each of us -- including identical twins. I find that mindbogglingly amazing and very, very cool.

underwear - I have a dream of trying to potty train Hunter over the summer, but we'll see how Reality works out.

ululation - I love listening to the packs of coyotes calling each other across the valley at night.

untouched - I have yet to play an MMORPG of any sort.

Ustinov - Peter Ustinov was the president of the World Federalist Movement from 1991 until his death. The World Federalist Association (now the Citizens for Global Solutions), the US-based affiliate of WFM, was my introduction to international activism and, in a way, led to my first (beta) marriage.

ugly - In the mind of the beholder

ukelele - Hunter loves music, and I'm thinking of getting him a little toy ukelele to play, although I should probably wait until he moves beyond the primarily percussive method of making "music."

ultima Thule - From the online Encyclopaedia Brittanica: "in literature, the furthest possible place in the world." Did I mention that I live an hour's drive from the nearest Arby's, In-N-Out, and Yoshinoya?