Gryphon's Word of the Day, April 11,, 2008

The word of the day for April 11, 2008 is "information" — noun — 1: the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence 2 a (1): knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction. (2): intelligence, news. (3): facts, data. b: the attribute inherent in and communicated by one of two or more alternative sequences or arrangements of something (as nucleotides in DNA or binary digits in a computer program) that produce specific effects. c (1): a signal or character (as in a communication system or computer) representing data. (2): something (as a message, experimental data, or a picture) which justifies change in a construct (as a plan or theory) that represents physical or mental experience or another construct. d: a quantitative measure of the content of information; specifically : a numerical quantity that measures the uncertainty in the outcome of an experiment to be performed. 3: the act of informing against a person. 4: a formal accusation of a crime made by a prosecuting officer as distinguished from an indictment presented by a grand jury.

I have been tagged by Jeannie of Day to Day Life in the Lakes and Sybil of Village Life. Like Sybil, I don't usually respond to tags, so if your name is on my list, don't feel obligated to participate.

RULES:

1. The rules of the game
2. Each player answers questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people, and posts their names, goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know they've been tagged.

QUESTIONS:

1. WHAT WHERE YOU DOING TEN YEARS AGO:
Much the same as I am doing now: drafting, reading, writing, taking care of my husband. The main difference is that my daughter was still in school, and we had no dog.

2. WHAT ARE 5 THINGS ON MY TO-DO LIST TODAY:
Get shoe strings, a get-well card for Martha, gasoline, crangrape juice, finish reading A. MacCaffrey's Dragon Fire

3. SNACKS I ENJOY:
I like anything chocolate (without mint or coffee, thank you). If there isn't any chocolate, I like to have butter or margarine, usually accompanied by jelly and bread.

4. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE A BILLIONAIRE?
If I suddenly became a billionaire (won the lottery) I would give to my charities first, then see my family comfortable. After making sure I wouldn't worry about money for the rest of my life, I'd grab my sister and a few other friends and travel first class all over the world. Of course, had I made the billion by my own efforts, I would hope I would have enough sense to stop and... give to my charities first, then see my family comfortable. After making sure I wouldn't worry about money for the rest of my life, I'd grab my sister and a few other friends and travel first class all over the world.

5. BAD HABITS:
I chew my fingernails, I eat way too many snacks. I am a compulsive explainer.

6. 5 PLACES I HAVE LIVED:
The first 6 years of my marriage we moved, on the average, once every three months. I have lived in such varied places as San Bernardino, California; Sumpter, South Carolina; Carolina, Puerto Rico; and Anchorville, Michigan. So why, you ask, am I living in Wichita, Kansas? I'll answer that some other time.

7. 5 JOBS I'VE HAD:
My first job regular was as a library page. I am now a drafter (although my company now insists that I am a technical designer). In between I have worked as an accounts receivable clerk/sales assistant, a sheet metal worker and a data reductionist among other things.

5 PEOPLE I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT:
Jan of Serendipity
Jeannette of Jeannette's Jottings
Mrs. T of eternity
Indigo of Raven's Lament
Sandirella, who had better get her own journal started so she can join the fun.

Our quote for the day is from Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929), French semiologist. Cool Memories, ch. 5 (1987, trans. 1990):

     Information can tell us everything. It has all the answers. But they are answers
     to questions we have not asked, and which doubtless don’t even arise.

;^) Jan

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