Word Nerds

[wordnerds]

I love that there's actually a word for the pleasant, loamy smell when it first starts to rain ('petrichor'). I've always loved that smell, and I'm glad to know it has a name.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/02/arts/idbriefs2C.php?page=2

Ammon Shea was at a symposium I attended this evening (with Simon Winchester, who wrote The Professor and the

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[mstiehl]

The Professor and the Madman is a great book. Winchester is a gifted non-fiction writer and I keep meaning to read his other books because I loved Professor so much. I think you will too.