<div dir="ltr">So, I'm hoping this email goes through. My attempts to send email to <a href="mailto:fictionary@swarpa.net">fictionary@swarpa.net</a> keep bouncing back. <div><br></div><div>Here is the SOFTA ballot. Please assign 2 points to one option and 1 point to another option. </div><div><br></div><div>___________</div><div><br></div><div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-f80ffe44-7fff-7d7a-8c95-963afc1e449a"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, n. a dry, westerly summer wind emanating from the Monaro plateau in New South Wales, Australia</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">n. a Muslim student of sacred law and theology </span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, n. angular particles of mica-group minerals in the silt to fine sand-size classification, common in Gelisols</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, adj. [fr. Finn., softakainen] old, aged, antique</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, n. the act of overeating out of politeness, often in order to show appreciation for the food or its preparer(s)</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SOFTA, abr. (Military slang): Senior Officer Fucked Things Again</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, n. marbled bimetallic sheet metal used on ship hulls in saltwater to electrically discourage barnacle growth</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, n. armor grease made from goat fat</span></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">softa, v. in the game of coddum, to inadvertently reveal the location of the Coin</span></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Fran Poodry (she/her)</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i>Oregon, USA</i></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><i><br></i></div><div style="font-size:small"><i><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” </span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-size:14px;line-height:18px">― </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/61107.Margaret_Mead" style="color:rgb(102,102,0);text-decoration:none;font-size:14px;line-height:18px" target="_blank">Margaret Mead</a></font><br></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>