I knew full well that today was a Holiday and I was still surprised at the effect it had on traffic going in to Austin. About thirty minutes in, I figured it out, and got to my class about 45 minutes early. That is better than cutting it too closely. The sunrise view from the Interstate was nice, I left too early to catch one from the house. I made it until about 10:15 last night, and then I passed out in the blue chair. I got up at some point but decided it was too much trouble to actually go outside to see the eclipse. I did see some truly fantastic and creative photos on Facebook, though. If you stick bologna or pepperoni to the window and set the proper exposure, you cannot tell the difference between those and the real photos!Anthropomorphic -- Adjective: 1. described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes 2. ascribing human characteristics to non human things. The football team's mascot is an antrhopomorphic dog named Tackle, who performs dance routines with the cheerleaders.
Did You Know? Anthropomorphic comes from the Late Latin word anthropomorphus, which itself traces to a Greek term birthed from the roots anthrop- (meaning "human being") and -morphos (having a form"). Those ancient Greek roots have given form and personality to many English words. Anthrop- relatives include anthropic ("relating to human beings or the period of their existence on earth"), anthropocentric ("considering human beings the center of the universe"), anthropoid (an ape), and anthropology ("the study of human beings and their ancestors"). Derivatives of -morphos often end in -morphism, as in polymorphism ("the quality or state of existing in or assuming different forms"), or -morphic, as in biomorphic ("resembling the forms of living organisms").
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