Word Woman

Welcome to another mind-bending installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! Fall is nearly upon us, but don't let your brain cells wither away like so many autumn leaves. Keep your mind active with mental exercises, such as learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Nintendonitis: A chronic painful condition that affects the muscles or joints in the hand, fingers and/or forearm after playing videogames too much. -- "Mo' Urban Dictionary", Aaron Peckham, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, Kansas City, 2007.

Example: John tried passing off his nintendonitis as carpal tunnel to his boss, but she had already heard all about him getting Halo Wars for his birthday and wasn't buying it.

September is National Library Card Sign-up Month, and Missoula Public Library wants you to Think…MORE!

With the SAT coming up next weekend, Diane's son was feeling woefully unprepared. To soothe the distressed adolescent, she took him to the library to check out some books on cracking the SAT and then ran him through a practice test using the Learn-A-Test database. Soon, he was full of confidence and ready to face the big day.

Just another cool thing you can do with your library card.