Land mines

Explosive devices above or underground that detonate when they detect movement near them.

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Overeating

Consuming more food than one should.

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Deleting posts

Removing an entry from one's weblog after it is posted.

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Smile

The facial expression of happiness or other positive emotion, indicated by the mouth adopting a flat U-shape.

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Tartar sauce

A white, mayonnaise-based sauce often meant to accompany fried whitefish.

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Pig Latin

Speaking English with the first syllable of each word made the last and followed by the long "a."

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Hexagons

Six-sided shapes.

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Forgetting what has already been posted

The inability to remember whether something has been defined and evaluated on this weblog, potentially limiting the flow of new posts and risking redundant postings.

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Election

An organized system by which the sum of individual choices leads to a decision affecting everyone.

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Bill Fletcher

Bill Fletcher is a former superintendent of the Wake County Public School System.

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