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I’m wondering if there is a word for this…

Have you ever analyzed an email exchange or IM log for things like hidden meanings in words or phrases? Or noticed certain words that you and another person both use? (I don’t mean common words like “the” or “and” I mean uncommon or made-up words, or even words you used in a post in the last week.) Or maybe mispellings of words which give them some sort of meaning that maybe was unintended? And what exactly does that smiley ;) mean in the context of the words around it!?

So, is this a known and existing condition? Have I reached nerdvana, or whatever the opposite of nerdvana is? I’m sure some egghead somewhere has done a study on this stuff…

Do normal people deal with things like this or just us computer geeks?

The weather data I pull from the NOAA and display for my own amusement showed me this today:

The temperature is 28° F and the current conditions are best described as “Ice Crystals”

The part that says “the current conditions are best described as” is what I wrote, but when it’s put together with “Ice Crystals” it just sounds weird. Luckily I put the current conditions inside quotes for just such an occasion…

You know, I used to think that movies were usually crazy, as in, crazy things happened that didn’t normally happen in real life, or maybe the average person’s life, but the more I live, the more I’m convinced that I was wrong, really, really wrong, like maybe it’s often the opposite, because it seems that life can be pretty weird and crazy stuff can happen on a regular basis that you wouldn’t think would happen except on TV or in the movies…

I often make references to “my movie” (with apologies to JFA) in which the movie I write will have twisted outcomes to all of the standard movie plots and situations. Actually, I suppose I should start calling it “my film” because it would obviously not be commercially viable. True art rarely is.

Still, now that I firmly believe that everyday situations are just as crazy as the stuff in movies, I start to wonder if even that will be enough…

Oh man, I shouldn’t even draw attention to this – wait – I can use nofollow! See Wisconsin Realtor at blogspot.com

So wrong… So wrong… Shame on you Julia!

If only some of Google‘s/Blogger‘s bestest and brightest could put some of that brainpower towards stopping such abuse of the system…

Sad Robot