Today, just because I’m feeling generous, you get a double whammy. Not only do you get a reprise of one of my very first posts ever – a This Day in History from July 1945, here – but you also get two WOTDs. How lucky can one person be, eh?
FYI, when I first started out on this little enterprise, I just copied all the text from History.com for whatever day it was and – BOOM – called it good without any attribution. Now I try to write at least a bit of my own copy and provide a link – like the one here – in case you care to read the original source document. The fact that few of you actually click the link is no excuse for plagiarism, so I don’t do it that way any more. Live and learn.
Anyway, today’s WOTD from Merriam Webster is “callous.,” meaning:
1) being hardened and thickened,
2) feeling no emotion, or
3) showing no sympathy for others : hard-hearted.
And your bonus word for today is “ossify.” Be sure to click the link for the full scoop on this stone cold word before you turn into bone. Or maybe just become too callous to care much. While I’m still feeling generous. Ahem.
