sometimes i get really bored with an msn name that i've thought up, but i can't think of anything satisfying enough to replace it, so i go on a Big Internet Hunt for Names or Other Cool Things that Just Might Click and Become My MSN Name.

anyway i experienced that feeling of dissatisfaction without any obvious solution today. so, i typed 'favourite words' into my google search bar, and discovered an article that at times made me giggle, laugh in disbelief, and feel a bit contradictory all at once. it's an article about the favourite words voted for in the UK. here's the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/930319.stm

somehow it seemed really redundant to state that brits "really, really love harry potter". ?!?!?!?!!! crazed potter culture, that's what it is. i'm not criticizing, just stating facts. i love harry potter just as much as the brits do.

anyhow, since one of the favourite words was serendipity, a word which apparently came from an arabian story called 'the three princes of serendip', i decided to look it up. if you want to see how 'serendipity' was coined, and the tale that inspired that coinage, click here:

http://livingheritage.org/three_princes.htm

the last deduction in particular is worth the read. i'm sorry if your tummy hurts afterwards from laughing so hard, but i think you'll agree with me when i say it's worth it :)