Word of the Day 5/3/13

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Exculpate (verb)
ex·cul·pate [ek-skuhl-peyt, ik-skuhl-peyt]

verb (used with object)
to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.

Can be confused:
exculpate, exonerate, inculpate.

Origin: 1650–60; < Latin exculpātus freed from blame, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + culpātus blamed (past participle of culpāre; see culpable)

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Betas

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I saw the discussion on this and meant to reply at the time, but then life happened. However, it did move me to make this post so...

I haven't seen this mentioned on the comm (I may have just missed it; I'm really good at that) and I was wondering if there is a list of beta readers. I know that I've used one probably for every fic (other than drabbles) that I've ever written. I'm my own worst critic and I'll scrap the whole damn thing if someone isn't there to stop the madness. :) But over the years, my primary beta has become swamped with work and doesn't beta anymore and my secondary beta is almost as busy and doesn't read in the fandoms I write in anymore. Now that's a not huge problem if I just want hand holding and a spell checker. It doesn't work out so well if I'm pondering canon things.

So, how do you all go about getting a beta?

Say What?

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It's Friday!  WOOHOO!  Today, I decided to look for a quote about life and death, since it's been one of those kind of weeks at our house.  I found this one from one of my all-time favourite people from one of my favourite stories:



“Yes; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid.
Well, I must say, Algernon, that I think it is high time that Mr. Bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. This shillyshallying with the question is absurd.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest