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So tired of it today.

Then there's a personal irritation, problematic, which does not mean full of problems, no matter how it sounds.

Merriam Webster online says:

1 a : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide b : not definite or settled : UNCERTAIN c : open to question or debate : QUESTIONABLE

2 : expressing or supporting a possibility

Isn't 1a the same as full of problems? Or does the dictionary just put in definitions based on improper usage too? I'm not trying to snark here, I'm actually curious.

Problematic means "open to doubt or debate."

Huh. Did not know that.

I also found this definition:

baffling: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"

which is a bit closer to what I would have thought, but not quite there. Complicated would have been closer.

So tired of it today.

Part of my problem is that my eyes hurt. Is it from staring at the monitor all day? I do that almost every day. Or because my glasses are dirty? Or because of cold-induced fatigue?

Clearly, if you are only just recently getting up.

Wha-huh? No, I've been busting my ass at work all day long, is all, and no time for B.org.

I need to send some e-mail and listen to my voicemail and hunt down some files I need. But maybe I'll just slack off for a few minutes before forming a raiding party to toss a coworker's office.

Isn't 1a the same as full of problems? Or does the dictionary just put in definitions based on improper usage too? I'm not trying to snark here, I'm actually curious.

Cue descriptivist v. proscriptivist debate....

Clearly, if you are only just recently getting up.

Wha-huh? No, I've been busting my ass at work all day long, is all, and no time for B.org.

I clearly need to work on my reading comprehension skillz. I somehow got the impression you'd just crawled out of bed. Nevermind.

But maybe I'll just slack off for a few minutes before forming a raiding party to toss a coworker's office.

I think this is a good plan.

Isn't 1a the same as full of problems?

Note that 1a says "a : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide," not just "posing a problem." It's one of those ticky, obsessive things that sane people probably don't care about, but "problematic" is one of those words that once had a very specific nuance of doubtful or open to debate and is now used much less precisely.

Someone had the heaviest leadfoot, paired with the worst luck:

Four speeding tickets issued within three hours

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- An Illinois man and his girlfriend received nearly $1,400 in speeding tickets within about three hours on Interstate 90 in Wisconsin, authorities say.

Piotr Pac, 21, of Prospect Heights, Ill., was cited New Year's Day for allegedly going 100 mph in Rock County at 5:59 a.m., 84 mph in Columbia County at 6:56 a.m. and 77 mph in Sauk County at 7:28 a.m., the Wisconsin State Patrol said.

His girlfriend, Emilia A. Goralczyk, 18, of Mount Prospect, Ill, was cited for allegedly driving the same 2004 Nissan Altima at 108 mph in Dane County at 9:05 a.m.

Pac said Goralczyk had called him at 4 a.m. that day, crying over a fight she had with a friend at a party, so he drove 180 miles to Wisconsin Dells to pick her up.

"I would do everything for her," he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

But Pac said he had to be home by 10 a.m. to start work, and he was 2 1/2 hours late, but had called ahead and his boss was not angry.

"You have to have an exciting life," he said, "because (otherwise) life is boring."

Pac, who faces $902 of the $1,393 in speeding tickets issued, said he had not yet decided whether to pay them or ask judges for leniency.

Huh. That's cool, Ginger. Learning what it is reminds me of when I finally wrapped my brain around moot as not meaning already settled or no longer important. When I heard how it is supposed to be used, it was a lightbulb moment.

Words are so cool. Makes me envy erinaceous her linguistic acumen.

Which reminds me, I need to request Patriot's off as coming into Boston on Marathon Monday (and there's always a big Sox day game too) is of the suck.

No, it's great! I mean, if your company closes that day anyway, because it is surrounded on 3 sides by marathon route/cooldown route. And you come in at 10 am, and read in the park, and walk up the marathon route to Kendall (this year I will go on the Fenway Park side!), and when you get to Kendall you see signs that the race organizers are holding up, to encourage the flagging runners: RED SOX WIN!

And the day is sunny and unseasonably warm, and the BU kids are grilling on their front lawns, and everybody is getting absolutely nothing done and it's great. That is my idea of a holiday.

...words are nice. I like words. I like words to be crisp and exact like extremely sharp Chex. Okay, wrong imagery.