I got locked into my dorm room in college once, after a party.

I couldn't get anyone to come open the door, so I climbed out of my window, onto the roof, and into the hallway window of the dorm next door.

ION, I'm sitting out on my balconey, with a breeze, a beer, and my wirelessly connected laptop. It's not as good as Maine, especially with the total lack of Theodosia and Nora and Tom, but it's still pretty nice.

My beer and balcony killed the thread. I'm sorry.

Me: There appears to be no such word as "tricile".

Amych: Tier. (no, seriously.)

Thanks. How long ago did the change in definition take place? Even my Websters unabridged lists no definition closer to this than something along the line of "divide in ranks or rows". Probably should have gone with the Oxford...

Ah but the word "Tierce" under it does list this as one of the meanings. Probably Oxford would explain how this was originally "Tier".

I used a babysitter for the first time tonight. I worked late at the office then went to see Ocean's 13. good times.

well, working late was not good times, but alone time was.

now to sleep.

In the biomedical sciences it is common to refer to a division into thirds as terciles: the lower tercile, the middle tercile, and the upper tercile.

But the OED has never heard of the term.

Curious.

Ooh. I think I found my happy-housewarming-to-me present. A nifty salon near the new place offers a crazy bulk discount on massage - $360 for 500 minutes. So basically ten massages for $36 each. And I 'spose I might as well throw the money around while I can, since that's gonna change soon enough.

My beer and balcony killed the thread. I'm sorry.

How many Buffistas do we have in the mid-Atlantic states? There are some in DC, I know --how about Virginia or North Carolina?

NC has smonster and amyth.

Me, lisah, and mfnlaw are in the Baltimore area. Raq's technically DC. Northern of DC, of course.