Umbrellas

I'm not a big fan of umbrellas. Actually I'm an unfan of them. It just seems ridiculous to me to wake up on a rainy day and go through all the hassle of finding your umbrella, opening it all up just to run a couple steps to your car, then shaking off the water droplets and folding the umbrella up again to drive to your class and start the whole process all over again. I tend to take the wear-a-jacket/sweatshirt-with-a-hood approach. It's so much simpler. I'm guessing my dislike of using umbrellas probably comes from the bother they present. It also might come from the fact that at home the only people to use umbrellas are tourists therefore the use of umbrellas is generally frowned upon. Of course B.C. doesn't get the drenching rain that Tennessee does, but even here I've resisted the trend to buy an umbrella even during the most rainiest of rainy weather. I've done well for my first two and a half years here and I think I just might be able to hold out another semester.

Now that I've got that off my chest, are you ready for my made-up word of the day? Here it is: Confo. Jonathan and I were discussing Southern's school/department Web site's and how bad they are in general. Then I said, "Well except for the SJ&C Web site. Ours has a lot of good confo." This word, of course, is a combination of content and info, but somehow came out as confo. I decided I liked the word, and so now all of you can use it, too. Feel free to teach your friends this new word. I won't even make you pay royalties! (*Please understand: I realize that the SJ&C's Web site is not the only Southern one containing good confo. I know there are several others, but I just can't recall any right now.)