Alright folks, I'm going home to San Diego for Christmas. I don' t imagine I'll be spending much time here while I'm home. Actually, I may be vastly reducing my OT time in general; coming to terms with my laziness and trying to be disciplined towards the responsibilities in my life. Because for me, OT is often an outlet for laziness at work or home.

Anyway, I'm hoping that's the right answer. If it is, I'm going to post a parting riddle now. If not, you can disregard this one and stick with the last one. Bossk, I'll pm you the solution since you're a regular here, you can confirm when you or someone gets it.

And to all, a Merry Christmas, a happy future withthe memory of Star Wars past, and all that stuff.

Alright:

There is a 5 letter word in english.
If you remove the first letter, you still pronounce it the same way.
If you then remove the last letter, you can still pronounce it the same way.
If you then remove the middle letter, even then you still pronounce it the same way.
What word is it?

Bonus question:
What's the longest one-syllable word in English? (it's 8 letters plus an 's' to make it plural)