Word of the Week

Empirical

Source: http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/naturres.php
Sentence: I present the first two terms -- theoretical and empirical -- together because they are often contrasted with each other.
adj. 1. derived from or guided by experience or experiment. 2. depending upon experience or observation alone, without using scientific method or theory, esp. as in medicine. 3. provable or verifiable by experience or experiment.
New Sentence: The empirical data gathered from his experiements concluded that his hypothesis was wrong.

Copy Edit the World

Here is a doll that was being sold at Big Lots. It is a real doll that was being sold FOR REAL, not as a joke. Her name is Morend Girl.

This is her...


This is the top of the box. Not the best picture but it says, "Collecting and keep bestly will be best you own ,quike come to buy me ,do not miss!



The lower right hand corner of the box.... It says, "You had BETTER COLLECT and keep."



This is on the bottom of the box. "I will be best friend for you! I like to make friends with you!"



And here is the back of the box. It is a really bad picture but I will tell you what it says.



Line 1: Guide the vogue current, give you the cool to enjoy. (What?!)
Line 2: Shared the joy that beauty bring.
Line 3: Do not miss the different Vogue Current. (That one isn't so bad.)
Line 4: Do not forget to follow your friend is shared together.
Line 5: We will have a good time! (Normal)
Line 6: Have a good time! (Also normal)
Line 7: Let us own a fine recollection. (Um....okay?)

NPR Radio interview analysis

The interview I listened to was with writer Aram Roston who wrote "The Man Who Pushed America to War." The interviewer knew the background of what the book was about and the war in Iraq. Mostly the interviewer asked the interviewee to explain the situation in Iraq and what his views are on the situation. Many of the follow up questions were to expand and explain more about what he was taking about. The interviewers strategy was mostly focusing on a complex subject the interviewee was talking about and having the interviewee explain it more. She also asked the interviewee his opinion about the situation a lot and explain his reasoning. Any inadequate answers were handle by asking basically the same question again in a different way or gearing the answer into a new question that would better explain the original question. The relationship between the  interviewer and the interviewee is strictly professional. It is a serious subject they are talking about and so they are not joking or playful with each other. 

What I learned from this interview is the importance of knowing how to act during an interview. In some interviews it is okay to be more playful and joke around and in other times it is better to be more professional. Also I learned that it is important to enquire about things that the interviewer says because that can stem into a really good story or explanation. It is better to have the interviewer elaborate instead of sticking to and trying to get through the prepared questions. 

Word of the Week # 7

Parapsychological

Source: internet

Sentence: Past president (1995) and President-Elect (2002-2003) of the Parapsychological Association.

adj. beyond normal physical explanation

new sentence: There is a boy that leaves a parapsychological feeling with me every time we see each other; it is one that I can't quite explain.

Guess Who

Saturday, perhaps his favorite day of the week. No work, no church, and best of all, no thinking. He takes a seat in on the right end of the couch in front of the TV, a place he is all too familiar with. The seat is indented with an imprint of his rear which he habitually scratches before sits down. He cracks open a Bud and rests it on his oversized belly which constantly comes in handy as a personal table. He pulls out of one of his favorite foods, a doughnut. A glaze, grape jelly filled doughnut. Before he takes a bite he utters, "MMMMMM, doooouughnuuut." The first bite is oh so delicious but wait....doh! A blob of purple jelly spilled onto his white collar t-shirt and blue jeans. 

Word of the Week

Roughshod

Source: Communication Studies Reader

Sentence: Throughout the third world, large multinational corporations often ride roughshod over the interests of local people.

adj. able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering, unjustly domineering

new sentence: The managers rode roughshod over the hard-working employees; they worked for 11 cents an hour but had no other choice.