From the video “How Many Words Do You ACTUALLY Know?” comes this quiz
VocabOwl: The Scientific Word Count,
which claims to measure how large of a vocabulary you know.
I took the quiz,
which asks for the definitions of 100 words
(twenty each from a basic list, intermediate list, advanced, export and grandmaster)
and from that,
estimates how many you know.
I missed 6 out of the 100 words
(two from the advanced category, and four from the grandmaster) and so,
according to this quiz,
my vocabulary consists of some 76,000 English words,
for what it's worth.
As my tires were being addressed at a local tire shop,
I meandered across the street to have lunch and browse at some stores to kill some time.
At a gaming store,
I came across this little fellow defending this terroritory:
He seemed very keen on keeping this corner of the store to himself.
I let him be.
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go
ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or
entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent
links to that entry only. The format for the links are
simple: Start with the base link for this site: https://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are
interested in, say 2000/08/01,
so that would make the final URL:
https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day
portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's
intentional: the “closer” the link is (relative to the
page) the “brighter” it appears. It's an experiment in
using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If
you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that
important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name,
symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a
protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its
owner(s), and acknowledgement of this status is implied.
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![[Self-portrait with a Christmas Tree] Oh Chrismtas Tree! My Christmas Tree! Rise up and hear the bells!](https://www.conman.org/people/spc/about/2025/1203.t.jpg "Oh Chrismtas Tree! My Christmas Tree! Rise up and hear the bells!")