Tonight’s fine distinction is “deep web” versus “dark web.” Definitely heard of the latter and know what it is, but even though I’d heard the former, I never really thought about what it means. The “dark web” is, of course, the type of websites you can only reach with...

Our fine distinction tonight is “symphony” vs “concerto.” On the face it, I would have guessed that a concerto is smaller…but that would have been wrong, and probably mistaking concerto for a “chamber orchestra,” which is indeed smaller than a “symphony orchestra.” A...

I got the cutest little book today. I’m going to try using it at the beginning of my journal entries, see if I like it…but it’s called the Dicationary of Fine Distinctions, and its a compilation of words that mean almost the same thing, and in fact are often...