This is a place for me to capture thoughts, ideas, snippets of this and bits of that, that don't seem to lend themselves to one of the more traditional item types.
When I read the word in the book, I got the basic meaning from context, but looked it up anyway. Concurrently, there was that nagging feeling that I'd just seen the word here on WDC, so a writing-time-killing search ensued. I kind of hope I remember / run across the site source, or that whole precognition thing that swept the Newsfeed a while back could present itself as an option...and that's just a bit spooky.
"Lahar is an Indonesian word describing a mudflow or debris flow that originates on the slopes of a volcano. Small debris flows are common in the Cascades, where they form during periods of heavy rainfall, rapid snow melt, and by shallow landsliding."
I'm with Robert Waltz. I don't have to learn anything else today .
Kare is probably correct. But if it was a newer post, it's possible someone was reading the same book, and decided to use their fancy new word.
Not gonna lie, I do it fairly regularly to reinforce how to use the word. This may shock some readers to their very core, but I do learn new words outside of the 'awesome swears they make up in Quebec' vocabulary.
Lahar... a word remembered from my college course in vulcanolgy. But I looked it up anyways: A pyroclastic flow is an avalanche-like cloud that is a mixture of air, hot ash, and pumice lapilli. A lahar is a very wet, ash-rich debris flow that moves in a relatively fast-moving slurry. If I remember right there were areas of the west side of Cartago in Costa Rica destroyed by lahars. Ash and tropical rains = problems.
As for here... no clue. I checked my two old blogs and elsewhere. Nothing.
You didn't 'think/see' Kalahari by any chance... it has lahar in it and comes up on searches.
Well, my wife's mother died this past Wednesday, and we seem to have inherited her cat. Caesar is... interesting. We'll see how our relationship develops.
Transparency - it's hard to do. Oh, it's easy to be transparent about some things--how often you eat more than 2 doughnuts at a time, whether or not you make a habit of obeying traffic laws (a bit of risk here, if you're not ), the kinds of books you check out at the library, and so on. True transparency, however, takes commitment and trust.
Imagine giving someone permission to wander into any and every aspect of your life--online and off, at work, at home, wherever. For your part, you have to be committed to staying "inside the lines", and you have to trust that the person to whom you've granted access sees things pretty much the same way you do or that, if a "discrepancy" arises, is willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. Pick the wrong person and, even if your conscience is clear, a misunderstanding can lead to disaster and ruin in your personal and/or professional life.
A little more than 5 1/2 years ago, I bought a 1 TB hard drive for just under $200 US. It has to be plugged into an electrical outlet and is about 7 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 2". This evening, I bought a 1 TB portable drive that plugs into a computer's USB port. It cost less than $50 and is smaller than my daughter's smartphone.
I can't believe it's been 24 years since the Loma Prieta earthquake. I remember picking up one of our twins under each arm; now, I'd be picking up one of our youngest twin's sons under each arm. My, how the time doth fly!
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), the kinds of books you check out at the library, and so on. True transparency, however, takes commitment and trust.
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