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You made it to the job interview. You answered all of those questions intelligently, you think you made a great impression on the hiring manager, and you're cautiously optimistic that you could be the next member of their team.

Now, the waiting game begins.

Rather than sit around and wait for the company to come to you (if they're interested, they'll call soon enough), there are a few things you can do to follow up with the company that will help you stand out from the rest of their job applicants.

I hope by the time you read this if you braved the crowds to go shopping yesterday, your Black Friday went well. Black Friday according to the Wikipedia originated as a term for the Friday after Thanksgiving in Philadelphia when the police coined the phrase to refer to the traffic jams and wall-to-wall traffic as shoppers crowded stores at the start of the holiday season.

I recently got out of a six-year relationship. It just wasn't working out. We had different views, and with the price of gas taking roller coaster dips, those long drives we used to enjoy became quite expensive. And while our love had started strong, it faded as the years passed. I don't blame either one of us some things just aren't meant to be.

Are you a lexophile?

No, no, that's not someone who has to register with police before he moves into a neighborhood.

A lexophile is a lover of lexicology, the science of the derivation and meaning of words.

So, that makes us all lexophiles, considering we all use thousands of words a day while communicating with our fellow human beings.

A loyal reader sent the following list for me to share with readers today. It involves some clever plays on words, which should give all us lexophiles a smile this morning. See if you can come up with some of your own lexicons.