K., Erik, 1977– Falling and laughing Chicago: 2007. p. : ill. (some col.); imaginary dimensions. Coarse language sometimes used. Non-fiction, except for bits fabricated by author. SUMMARY: Music-, dog-, word-besotted Chicago man discovers he enjoys talking back to the internet. Fun times ensue. SEE ALSO: SUBJECTS OCCUPATION: Lapsed librarian, current designer, aspiring flâconteur (rare minotaur-like creature that is half flâneur, half raconteur).

SUBJECTS Falling and laughing 1. Thoughts--their shape. 2. Thoughts--ones had while walking dog. 3. Thoughts--ones that made me laugh. 4. Thoughts--the kind I’ve got. 5. Spleen--its venting. 6. Japery--assorted. 7. Words. 8. Music. 9. Books. 10. Obsessions--varied. 11. Animals--facts. 12. Animals--made-up things. 13. Dogs--beloved halfling Rottweiler. 14. Birds-- the bowerbird. 15. Birds--the great bustard. 16. Illinois--Chicago--residents--lives and customs. 17. Happiness--its pursuit.

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New favorite word: MANICULE

The symbol ☞ is a punctuation mark, called an index or fist. Though rare today, this symbol was in common use between the 12th and 18th centuries in the margins of books, and was formerly included in lists of standard punctuation marks. Its typical use is as a bullet-like symbol to direct the reader’s attention to important text, having roughly the same meaning as the word “attention” or “note”… Other names for the symbol include printer’s fist, bishop’s fist, digit, manicule, mutton-fist and pointing hand. (Wikipedia)

This joins “homonculus” and “animalcule” in my growing collection of “favorite cule words.” Cule = most hilarious Latin root.

An awesomely comprehensive essay on this symbol: Toward a History of the Manicule. (Sadly, the etymology of the WTF-worthy “mutton-fist” seems to be lost.)

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THE POINTING FINGER FROM OPTIMALITY THEORY HAS A NAME!!!1ELEVEN!!! (which I will now ignore, instead calling it the...
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