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Connotation. 1. a. The configuration of suggestive or associative implications consitiuting the general sense of an abstract espression beyond its literal, explicit sense. b. A secondary meaning suggested by a word in addition to its literal meaning. 3. Logic The total of the attributes constituting the meaning of a term.

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Sven Bjorn Borg
Sven has been with d-con since its humble beginnings, and is responsible for punctuating, finances, guarding the office from rabid dogs and loud noises, and acting as mediator amongst the other members. Dr. Borge is well-known as the world's foremost (and perhaps only) underwater-basket-weaving expert. Sven has recently published no less than 3 books, Klingon Grammar and Vocabulary for humans, Life among the Grapes, and Escher, Bach, Gödel: A gigantic elastic bungalow. In it's copious spare time, the Sven enjoys playing the harpsichord and diagramming sentences. Sven is Chief of Staff and Director of Intelligence in the UPICN,LLC.


Dr. Bob William "The Orange" Lavoisier
a.k.a. Dr. Henry Parsons
Dr. N, as we like to call him, is officially the initiator of the Daily Connotations Company, and also holds important Offices in the VVIIPP society of America and The Department of Redundancy Department, which is a place where he holds an important office in the department of redundancy. Henry also spent a good deal of his life studying the behavior of Walruses (Walri?) in the wild, inspired by a long-running correspondence with Mr. J. Lennon, who, in fact, convinced "The Orange" that he was, in fact, a walrus. Dr. Parsons' curriculum vitae is rounded out by his extensive family history (including a brother, Alan), and double Ph.D. honors in Botany and the Study of Scandinavian Languages. Recently, Dr. Henry Parsons was elected president of the UPICN,LLC



The Doctor
a.k.a. Dr. What??
Dr. What joins us now as a member of d-Con in very good standing. It is important that the doctor not be confused with his slightly-more-popular brother, Doctor Who, who has carved a niche for himself in the field of time travel. Dr. What never developed the talent for time travel, and has the ability to visit only two distinct temporal locations: The beheading of John the Baptist and that one time when Stanley met Livingstone (or was it Livingstone met Stanley?) Consequently, he spends much of his time knitting (the scarves, natch) on the planet Gallifrey whilst (and at the same time) contemplating Nietzschean philosophies and memorizing much of Immanuel Kant's work, both in the original German.


Dr. Phelealabean
Dr. Phelealabean also uses the alias Dr. Olga Olathe Parsons-Uhlmer. Dr. Parsons-Uhlmer is a sister to Henry and Alan. She has a dual honorary doctorate in Arabian Literature and Language. She also has teaching experience at the University of Rekjavik which was held in a small grass-covered hut. She iswidowed after an incident involving her husband and abandonment which she is not allowed to discuss pending criminal charges. Now that she is alone, she enjoys spending summers with her brother, Henry, in his summer home, The Parsonon.


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8.09.2003


 

On family reunitings, Howard Dean, weblogging, Mathematical Marriages, and college viewbooks.

1. Family reunion: noun, A) A gathering of people whom are all vaguely related, arriving at staggered times throughout the day at a predisclosed location, bearing food and pictures, where they sit and eat and look and talk for hours upon end. Conversation usually focuses on the person or persons who "should be there" but aren't. B) Where I have been, the only reasonable excuse for my not-so-prolonged absence.
2. Howard Dean: noun, A) Former Vermont governor, now Democratic Presidential candidate. What the heck is it with this guy?? And why is he so dang popular? Maybe because he's the first big democrat in YEARS to be exciting (think Al Gore). I continue, however, to hold my position as a almost-completely-opinionless political junkie (is that an oxymoron), but his vitality and verve make him almost fun, to say the least. see Weblogging.
3. Weblogging, also Blogging: best typified, perhaps, as the "Jungle Drums" of the internet. Blogs show what's on people's mind. They're interesting, sometimes, and when something gets on one of the bigger blogs, it spreads like wildfire. The thing that I find most . . . interesting. . . about Howard Dean is how much his name pops up on the web. This man has given a new meaning to a grass-roots campaign. G. W. Bush may have Six Gazillion dollars, but Dean can work the web. Which is, speaking from a totally non-biased position of course :) where a growing chunk of the the consiencious voting public is looking. No betting on the campaign yet, though.
4. Mathematical Marriages: noun. See here. And you thought your Algebra class would never be worth anything!
5. College Viewbooks. I have found a use for them. Specifically: Wrapping paper. "Everything in Washington University @ St. Louis paper is from me!"

La Chaim!


--Posted by s. on Saturday, August 09, 2003.

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