I have a Tofurky, gravy, and cranberry sauce sandwich. I hate Tofurky for the actual Thanksgiving meal, but I always buy a small package for leftover sandwiches.

I like it, Andi, but it's not quite right (and apparently I have become a game show host). It's more that the two issues conspired to interfere with my results, while proving my hyotheses at the same time.

So they aren't exactly confounding factors. Oh well, I just woke up from a dream in which someone pointed out that synergy might not be the best choice because of it's use as a dirty word. There was even a link to a definition on "dictionary69.com". Unfortunately my alarm rang before the page loaded up, so I have no idea what it was supposed to be. And now I'm off to work, so I won't be around for the meaning y'all come up with - make it a good one.

Ohh! Naomi, it's not quite it, but what about entering "juxtapositioning" somewhere in there? Socio/anthro field seriously digs this word.

Alternatives that comes to my mind and from Google: dynamic, analytic, argumentative, polemical, a posteriori argument, conditional, synthetic, pilpulistic.

Any may I suggest - when in need, turn to math/physics metaphors. Always works for me.

where did Kara pick up Fake Yiddish?

I do not know where she picked up the fake yiddish. I'd be tempted to say Star Wars: The Clone Wars because she watches it a lot, but I'm pretty sure that's not it.

They're living on the east side of Cleveland, now, right?

We're in South Euclid, which is on the east side, but not as far out/expensive as Shaker. There is a large Jewish population on this side of town, though.

David, I think consilience is the closer of the two. Hmm.

Shir, juxtaposition isn't bad either. I will play with this and some of your other ideas in sentences, and see how they all sound. I've never heard the term 'pilpulistic' before. I love how quintessentially Jewish its meaning is. Would like to be able to use maths/physics metaphors, but I am afraid of numbers.

Andi, I love the dream with dictionary69.com in it!

Would like to be able to use maths/physics metaphors, but I am afraid of numbers.

You don't need numbers to say "interaction", "matrix", or to understand and use the very first elements of Quantum Theory (which, IMHO, brought pomo to us). That's the beauty of it.

Think of what Whedon said in Equality Now speech, that equality is like gravity. That's the level of metaphors I'm talking about. They sound great, and even if you can't intellectualize them, you can feel it, understand it in some sort of level.

dictionary69.com doesn't appear to be a valid address.

Probably active in the FringeVerse...

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I refuse to believe that there isn't a valid sex dictionary, somewhere on the WWW.

... right?

ION - juxtapositioning between F.J. Turner theory on the American Frontier and Simmel's The Metropolis and Mental Life is working out great. Sadly, it might end up only as a footnote, but I hope to make a paragraph out of it.

You don't need numbers to say "interaction", "matrix", or to understand and use the very first elements of Quantum Theory (which, IMHO, brought pomo to us). That's the beauty of it.

Is true, but I don't even understand the most philosophical of mathematical concepts. I did read and even sometimes follow A Brief History of Time, but I mostly remember images of black holes and strings that I made in my head. They are very cool images, though.

ETA: Off to see this [link] now. As a French horn player, The Girl is ridiculously excited about this play.

I refuse to believe that there isn't a valid sex dictionary, somewhere on the WWW.

I'm sure there is.

It's that specific address that's up for grabs.