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I have always been easily entertained by the sounds of words. The first time I remember hearing the word “interpolation” was in the PFAL class. My brain often does this weird “check against existing files” when I hear a new word. I thought it was related to the word “interloper” since it sounded like a word I was familiar with…anyway…It happened again this morning when I read Bolshevik’s post…so in the spirit of wash-and-wear-logic that still needs to be sent to the cleaners, I submit the following as I ask you: coincidence – or the incidence of coins in a slot machine? Either way it’s all a crapshoot. Interpolation: the insertion of something of a different nature into something else; the introduction or insertion of something spurious or foreign. Interloper: a person who becomes involved in a place or situation where they are not wanted or are considered not to belong; one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity. In the verbal atrocity of my universe interloper and interpolation seem to go together like a card shark and marked cards…maybe I should write a book: "Interlopers and Their Interpolations: Con Artists, Cult-leaders, the Contrivances of Corruption and All the $hit that does NOT belong in My Life!" maybe I could get Simon & Shyster to publish it...they'll probably tell me to shorten the title - I think Rocky works there.

Took a look around it looks interesting. The intro clip lists greed, lack of empathy, and loose morals as common motivators for con artists. I may get a subscription to look into it further, as I see similarities between con artists that span the medium they use - real estate scams or selling cult indoctrination with a lifetime of income potential.

You're probably right. I was thinking in terms of King James English when I made the joke. T-Bone pointed out other translations use the word heart. Use of "bowels" or "heart" can give a different mind picture to the modern reader . . . Which is humorous. I was also considering we feel emotions in our chest or in our gut or both. Scientifically perhaps these feelings originate and are technically in our heads. Thankfully. . . There's PLAF and a handful of simple keys to interpolation we can use to clear all this up like a hand in a glove.

Watch over your heart bowels with all diligence, For from it them flow the springs of life.

My memory of 'smores will never be the same again.