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Take Me Out To The Ballgame

28th June 2005

Take Me Out To The Ballgame

posted in Lawyering and the Like, WOTWIFLI |

I survived a solid weekend of work, broken only by a brief jaunt to a white party in honor of the summer solstice, and went to my first baseball game ever yesterday.  Yes, despite living in Boston for three years, I never once saw a game in Fenway Park (please try to mask your shock and horror).  It was a firm summer outing, so we had one of those luxury boxes where you’re surrounded by large screen plasma tv’s and free food and alcohol.  For those of you who aren’t lawyers, summer events are always full of copious amounts of food and alcohol.  I think there may have been a baseball game going on below us, but I can’t vouch for this since I didn’t actually see any of it.

Also, in honor of my friend ML, I’m going to start a Word of the Week.  (Sidenote:  My college roommates and I used to do this.  — Please see above re. shock and horror.)  It’ll star slightly obscure words that I’ve come across at some point and liked enough to remember.  I’m not nearly as consistent as ML though and tend to lose interest in things quickly, so perhaps I should call it a Word of the Whenever I Feel Like It (better known by the easy to remember acronym, WOTWIFLI).  Anyways, this week’s WOTWIFLI is one of my favorites:  callipygian. 

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  1. 1 On June 28th, 2005, vitamin_g said:

    look at you teachin’ people stuff. i’d like to think i’m very callipygous… though not very smart as i am sure i used the word wrong. but none the less, i used it. i look forward to the next wotwifli!

    posted on June 28th, 2005 at 1:27 pm

  2. 2 On June 28th, 2005, ch said:

    I LOVE this WOFTWIFLI!!!

    posted on June 28th, 2005 at 6:23 pm

  3. 3 On June 28th, 2005, kq said:

    Yay! So glad you’re posting again, Y. Which reminds me that I need to as well…
    Baseball games in luxury boxes are the only way to watch a game. 😉

    posted on June 28th, 2005 at 7:18 pm

  4. 4 On June 28th, 2005, Y. said:

    Thanks all! Like I said, I love this word. =) Apparently, it’s most famously used in Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. I already have some other words in mind that I’m excited to share. Yeah, that’s how big a dork I am.

    posted on June 28th, 2005 at 10:43 pm

  5. 5 On June 28th, 2005, echan said:

    Wow, you’ve read Gravity’s Rainbow? You deserve a new pair of shoes.

    posted on June 28th, 2005 at 11:26 pm