This, that, and your mother

A couple incredibly random things for the gambit today.

First of all, Rickey Henderson is going to sign a contract with an independent baseball team in New Jersey. I assume he plans to keep busy in case a professional team needs him later in the year. Normally I'd be yawning like crazy at this point, but there's something I didn't realize. He's 44. I had no idea. I mean, I knew he was old, but this is just crazy. We really do live in an amazing time, when we can look at a 44 year old ballplayer and think that he's still fast enough to play a professional sport. I know he's faster than me. I don't really like Rickey, but it's still cool.

Changing gears...

Vocabulary time. On the car ride to work this morning... well, I have no idea what I was thinking about, but it got to the point where I was wondering what the difference is between tantamount and paramount. If you were wondering that too (who doesnt?!), I'm here to help. Courtesy of my trusty Macintosh Dictionary:

Tantamount. (adj) Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand.
Paramount. (adj) 1. Of chief concern or importance: tending first to one's paramount needs.
2. Supreme in rank, power, or authority. See Synonyms at dominant.

And, a bonus word, since my dictionary by default gives synonyms as well:

Climacteric. (adj) A critical stage, period, or year.

Tonight's Wild game is definitely a climacteric.

Just more words that I'll pull out of my butt with correct usage, but have no idea what they mean. Kinda like gambit. I'm out.

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