Separate

[vaneramos]

I never remember how to spell that word. It's a life-long mind block. I must look it up every single time I use it. Several other words plague me this way, but separate is the most annoying. I try telling myself that it means to break something into a pair, but then my mind second guesses itself, and I can't remember whether separate is like pair or unlike it. If I were to add up all the times I have opened the dictionary, I would probably find I have wasted an entire day of my life on this stupid word. Including a few other troublesome spellings would extend the time by several days. I could do the lazy thing and always rely on spell checkers, but I'm determined not to let these irritating demons turn me into a dependant dependent slob. This must be a hideous joke perpetuated in my mind by a twisted second brain, degenerate but inseperable.