The Dailies

Word of the Day

Erudite (adj., aerr-you-DIGHT)

Quite learned or having knowledge. Sagacious. S-m-r-t. Solomonic. Scholarly, with or without the collar. Informed.

Gif of the Day

Stay cool this weekend, everyone.

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Link of the Day

OpenPuppies.com

Open Puppies is a simple concept: full screen gifs of adorable puppies like this one:

To see the next one, press the space bar. To see them at any time, get the Chrome extension. Enjoy!

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Happy Friday

Stephen Colbert recounts how he met his wife

Stephen Colbert has been absolutely killing it this week with the Republican Convention. But a couple weeks ago, when asked by an audience member, he recounted how he met his wife—and it's a wonderful, nerdy, and sweet story. Go have a watch.