Doing a Little Good

I've been meaning to mention this for a while, but I just keep forgetting. Now I've remembered and I'm gong to post it before it gets lost in the mire of my brain...again.


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You'll see a new banner, this is for the site freerice.com. You maybe wondering what exactly this is... Spam? A sales pitch? Free rice shipped to your home? No, it's a site that works in conjunction with the United Nations a small way to help end hunger. It's pretty simple really, play a vocabulary game and for every word you get right 20 grains of rice are given to a hungry person...the more you play (and the more words you define correctly) the more rice goes to people in need. Pretty great idea.

The words are given to you based on your vocabulary level, which is established by the first few words you define/associate, you are then given some words you'll most likely know, some that will stretch your brain and some that would make a lexicographer cry with the torment of it all. It's fun, addictive, educational and best of all is a small easy way to help some one in need.

Lots of people know about this site, lots play it regularly...in fact, in Internet time, this is prehistorically old news...but maybe someone out there hasn't seen it or played or become hopelessly addicted to the triviality of keeping their score above 39 or 40 and to that person....here ya go. Go forth, vocabularize yourself and do become hopelessly addicted...it's for a good cause