Had enough with junk mail credit card offers? Today I submitted my name and address to OptOutPreScreen.com, a site run by the major credit reporting companies where you can choose not to receive pre-approved credit or insurance offers in the mail. This ought to save some time that would be wasted reading junk mail. It reminded me of when I submitted my telephone number to the National Do Not Call Registry. Both sites will free you from their respective annoyances for up to five years with an electronic submission. If you print and mail in a form, you can opt out of the credit card offers permanently.
January 19th, 2007
While reading comments today on an online bulletin board, I noticed that the people posting there were confusing two words that sound similar but mean very different things.
voracity: the quality or state of being voracious.
voracious: having a huge appetite, or excessively eager.
To use it in a sentence: “That boy is a voracious eater.” You could then say (awkwardly) that “he eats with voracity.”
This is not to be confused with
veracity: devotion to the truth, power of conveying or perceiving truth, conformity with truth or fact, or something that is true.
To use it in a sentence: “I do not trust the president; I question his veracity.”
All definitions are from Merriam-Webster.
January 14th, 2007
Welcome to joshporter.org!
If you’ve been here before, you might notice that the format is a bit different. I’ve decided to turn my site into a blog for several reasons. My old site, a static page, was a pain to keep updated. By making it easy to add and edit content, this blog should not only facilitate more frequent updates but more interesting ones as well. Also, since you can leave comments on my blog, my web site is no longer a monologue but more of a conversation. Although the purpose of this site is still a little unclear, even to me, the possibilities here are endless!
I dedicate this blog to the pursuit of all that is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy, and, where appropriate, the exposition of what is false, ignoble, wrong, corrupt, lousy, etc.
January 12th, 2007
