My mom loved pranking. For her, April Fool’s day was everyday. It may where I get my sense of whimsy and love of the absurd. Although, I am no fan of theatre of the absurd. Many, many years ago I saw the Ionescu play Rhinoceros and I felt that I was being pranked. Its a fine line between absurd and ridiculous absurdity. I’ll let you figure out your own definition and line. Sometimes, I feel like I am caught in an absurd Bermuda Triangle but then I get myself to laugh and I move on.
My mom had a love of the silly and pulling a fast one on over someone. I too love pranks. Which is why I’m not especially upset about a possible prank being pulled on me. Plus, it’s rather innocuous. Plus, I may have done this to myself.
I now, for some reason, receive a daily email with a word of the day. I may have signed up for this myself, but I do not believe so. First, I took my GREs a long time ago. It’s all downhill from there in terms of vocabulary. Second, I make up my own words. And, they are great words. So great that others use them. I should send out my own word of the day. Third, if I am to get a list of new words to learn, I want them to be “saucy”. Thus, I don’t believe I signed up for such a daily email.
I believe someone signed me up as a joke. Do I sound paranoid? Entirely possible. I mean, it’s kind of a low effort, low budget, and low impact prank. If I were to sign someone up for a list, it most certainly wouldn’t be for a smarty-pants or knowledge-building list.
This list, as a matter of fact, is more like a handsel. I’m looking at it as a good luck gift for the new paths I wish to forge. It doesn’t matter whether it was meant that way for it is the way it is meant to be. Take everything as a gift. Learn. Grow. And prank back.
psychologistmimi 
I too have recently suddenly gotten this word of the day email to one of my addresses. It’s OK but I recommend not clicking through to any of the links they offer dangling more “fun.” Methinks it is a fishing expedition and I am the prey. Still, ’tis amusing.
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Ah, yes very possibly so. Oh my all the things we have to worry about these days.
Cheers
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Thank you for the story of your mom and for reminding me that I wanted to start having a word of the day that I post. I wrote “Have a Word of the Day” somewhere, sometime ago, and lost it and forgot about it! :)Jen
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Let us know if you get your word of the day going 🙂
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I will :)Jen
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i suppose a Devil’s Advocate of Handsel
Will be Scarlet Letter
If not For that Letter
My Wife would not
Exist what A
Beautiful
Letter
Scarlet is
And Frankly
i Don’t Give a
Damn What Anyone
Thinks for where i
Am From ‘Jesus’
Would wear a
Scarlet Letter
For Loving Everyone
Welcoming All Around
the World into his Home
Meanwhile the Churches
Continue to Brick and
Mortar without
A Corner
Stone
For Love
FOR ALL
So who wears
A Scarlet letter
Now Who
Shares A
HandSell oF LoVE..:)
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For the love of scarlet letters. Lol
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Haha..;)
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I would like to receive your made up word of the day in my inbox.
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Hehe. Thanks. I might start posting some. Still one of my favorities is grossocities.. (sp?)
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I should unsubscribe (maybe I already did). The word of the day is of minor interest – but it never seems to stick, even if it is a perfect word for something. My storage system is already overwhelmed.
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I hear ya. It takes a lot to stick in my system as well 🙂
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