Word of the Day

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a dictionary supposed to provide synonyms in order to HELP you figure out what the word means?

Today's word:
--scathing
(adjective) Bitterly denunciatory; harshly critical.
Synonyms: vituperative

Pretty sure I already knew what scathing meant, and have never used vituperative in my life. They need to reverse their Word of the Day, in my humble opinion. This will teach me not to use thefreedictionary.com when I should be using dictionary.com. Words matter.

act of weather, not terrorism

This happened Tuesday night...fortunately I saw it on the news before driving home from Shannon and Brad's apartment in Lawrence. And fortunately, I also saw it from the highway on my way home. Otherwise, when I saw the monstrous, dark cloud of smoke billowing into the sky just west of downtown on my way to work the next morning, I would've been positive that terrorists had struck.



Lightning caused this petroleum tank to catch on fire.

Tornadic weather in store tonight, perhaps. I think I missed my calling to be a storm chaser.