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Tuesday, February 07, 2017

Watching the news today, I remembered the time I learned the word obfuscate.

On a frustrating day many years ago, someone looking for a straight answer accused me of obfuscating. I had to look that word up. "To obfuscate something means to make it so that it isn't clear or transparent, much like dirty water makes it hard to see to the bottom of a pond." ~ Merriam Webster Dictionary. I spent some time thinking about whether I was truly obfuscating or (more innocently) my usual indecisive self. The end result was that day, I accepted the challenge to grow up a little bit. Obfuscating is something young children do, but responsible adults (and Kelly Anne Conway) should not.