pronuncation

OK, am I totally insane? or at least wrong (which I think might be worse...)

I had always understood that "diocese" was pronounced "DYE-uh-sis" and that it's plural "dioceses" was pronounced "DYE-uh-sees".

However, after strewing through a report on WAMU this morning that kept using what I thought was the wrong pronunciation, I got to work and Hyperdictionary told me:

DIOCESE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
Pronunciation: 'dIu`sees

So I'm all confused.

poor Chino

after everything that's happened, this is not the way to go

jazz reviews

My friend Nicholas (as opposed to my cat Nicholas) has just started a website to publish his reviews of jazz albums. If you're interested, take a look and maybe provide some feedback in his guestbook.

Various bits of news I've been reading in the Post

A real push in Pakistan against the Taliban/AQ?

Why we still haven't been able to capture or kill one man.

A long piece on the US cooperation with Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Post media notes on the presidential campaign.

News about the non-election in Iran.

And about Israel's latest attempt to create facts on the ground, a regular and depressing habit of theirs not all that far in its intent (change the reality, and it doesn't matter what happens at the negotiating table, especially if you refuse to negotiate) from the ethnic cleansing that, in the Balkans, eventually brought the US and NATO to bomb Serbia. No chance of our even speaking harshly to Israel, though.

luck and its selectivity

Audaces Fortuna juvat. The Goddess Fortune delights in those who are daring. Or, more commonly, fortune favours the bold. Or, ( reflections on different kinds of luck. )