Words are fun. I especially like the word "oxymoron", which is a contradiction of words. I find them to range from very serious to very humorous, and all fascinating in their intent to communicate.

On the news last night, I heard the words, "military intelligence." There is nothing intelligent about sending the U.S. military to Iraq. Our military should be used for something truly intelligent, like cleaning up hurricane "war" zones.

My spouse and I each had a shrimp cocktail before dinner last night. They were jumbo shrimp. Since jumbo means very large, and shrimp means very small, I was confused, but the shrimp were delicious.

Amicable divorce is one of my favorites. No matter how magnanimous people are, I don't know of anyone whose divorce has been friendly.

How about adult male, or logical female? I'm not going into too much detail here, for fear of an amicable divorce.

If you're tired of reading those outdated magazines while waiting in the doctor's office, grab that small spiral notebook from your back pocket, along with your favorite pen, and start writing down as many oxymora as you can think of. This will keep you from calling the doctor's office staff a bunch of morons for keeping you waiting two hours because they overbooked patients.

Happy writing!