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This is how it works: comment on this entry and I will give you a letter. Write ten words beginning with that letter in your journal, including an explanation of what the word means to you and why, and then pass out letters to those who want to play along.

I got the letter "I" from

dakhun:

Idiosyncratic: - What I am, at least in the eyes of most people.
Imbecilic, Idiotic, and Irritating: - The Bush administration, and especially the freedom trampling mob psychology of so-called "Homeland Security."
Insecure: - The state of our security in the hands of the above-mentioned morons.
Illiad: - The roots of Western literature, essential reading for any educated person.
Ivy on an Isolated tower of Ivory: - Symbolizes academia, the estate to which I properly belong and which is so much maligned in America today.
Illumination: - The sun of course, of which we are seeing a great deal more lately; but also an enhancement to manuscripts and printing that has always fascinated me.

I suppose it might be cheating to combine several words into a single definition, but being Improper, Irreverent, Intractable, and sometimes Injudicious can be fun. And besides, I'm huggy.