Stromuhr

Ohio teen Anamika Veeramani won the Scripps National Spelling Bee Friday night with the word stromuhr, an instrument for measuring the flow of viscous substances.

"I'm really, really happy. This is one of the best moments of my life," the 14-year-old said after the annual spell-off.
(from the Raleigh Examiner)



OMG, I usually think of myself as a person who knows a lot of words--but I've never even seen that one before--nor had I seen at least half of the words the kids rattled off in the final rounds. And they were all as cool as cucumbers. It was pretty riveting. Congratulations to Anamika--she was awesome!

'There is water at the bottom of the ocean' (House, MD fic)

Title: There is water at the bottom of the ocean.
Genre: Gen, h/c
WC: ~4K
Characters: House-Wilson friendship, implied House/Cuddy, Wilson/Sam
Warnings/Spoilers: Spoilers for 6.22. Takes places a few months after the S6 finale, but no spoilers for S7 (like I would have such a thing).
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit
Summary: 'Time isn't holding us, time isn't after us'

a/n: Title and summary from that Talking Heads song. Couldn’t resist.
a/n: expert beta from debbiel66--all remaining gaffs my own.

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