Quite a few years ago, my former housemate Ken referred me to a wonderful line from Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose<\/i>: \"The list could surely go on, and there is nothing more wonderful than a list, instrument of wonderful hypotyposis.\" Ken knew how much I love lists. <\/p>\n

Since that day, I've wanted to use the word hypotyposis in some appropriate context. I've toyed with using the term in the name of my website but have hesitated -- largely because it sets the expectations too high. For how will I consistently provide \"lively description[s] of an action, event, person, condition, passion, etc. used for creating the illusion of reality?\" (following one particular definition of hypotyposis<\/a>) <\/p>\n

So to manage expectations and to use that lovely word, I've chosen to temporarily christen my personal weblog \"Hypotyposis on a Good Day\" I suspect that I'll change my name quickly enough since it's going to be darn difficult to remember, not to mention a bit stuffy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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