The Word of the Day for June 29 is:
pococurante \POH-koh-kyoo-RAN-tee\ adjective
: indifferent, nonchalant
Example sentence:At the ball, the snobbish debutante offended many would-be suitors by responding to their greetings in a pococurante manner.
Did you know?The French writer Voltaire carefully named his characters in Candide (1759) to create allegories. He appended the prefix "pan-," meaning "all," to "glÅssa," the Greek word for "tongue," to name his optimistic tutor "Pangloss," a sobriquet suggesting glibness and talkativeness. Then there is the apathetic Venetian Senator Pococurante, whose name appropriately means "caring little" in Italian. Voltaire's characters did not go unnoticed by later writers. Laurence Sterne used "Pococurante" in part six of Tristram Shandy, published three years after Candide, to mean "a careless person," and Irish poet Thomas Moore first employed the word as an adjective when he described Dublin as a poco-curante place in his memoirs of 1815.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Blonde Joke
Please I hope no one takes offense at this joke... it was e-mailed to me and I found it particularily funny... I myself being a brunette...
Frank walked into a bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down next to a blonde atthe bar and stared up at the TV. The 10:00 PM news was coming on. Thenews crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large buildingpreparing to jump. The blonde looked at Frank and said, 'Do you thinkhe'll jump?' Frank says, 'You know, I bet he'll jump.' The blonde replied, 'Well, I bet he won't.' Frank placed a $20 bill on the bar and said, 'You're on!' Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge dida swan dive off the building, falling to his death. The blonde was very upset, but willingly handed her $20 to Frank,saying, 'Fair's fair. Here's your money.' Frank replied, 'I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 PMnews and so I knew he would jump.' The blonde replied, 'I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again.' Frank took the money.
Frank walked into a bar around 9:58 PM. He sat down next to a blonde atthe bar and stared up at the TV. The 10:00 PM news was coming on. Thenews crew was covering a story of a man on a ledge of a large buildingpreparing to jump. The blonde looked at Frank and said, 'Do you thinkhe'll jump?' Frank says, 'You know, I bet he'll jump.' The blonde replied, 'Well, I bet he won't.' Frank placed a $20 bill on the bar and said, 'You're on!' Just as the blonde placed her money on the bar, the guy on the ledge dida swan dive off the building, falling to his death. The blonde was very upset, but willingly handed her $20 to Frank,saying, 'Fair's fair. Here's your money.' Frank replied, 'I can't take your money, I saw this earlier on the 5 PMnews and so I knew he would jump.' The blonde replied, 'I did too; but I didn't think he'd do it again.' Frank took the money.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Boy People Pillow
Well if y'all remember I posted a girl people pillow that I made last weekend. Well here is the companion boy people pillow. It is done with the correct color. I had to go buy the buff colored yarn for the doll. I did use cammo colored varigated yarn for the pants. I think it turned out very cute.
The little girl next door just loved the girl people pillow. She named it Becky because my daughter Becky gave it too her. And I understand from her dad that she wouldn't go to bed last night until she had her Becky doll with her. She carries it around calling Becky Becky Becky!!!
The magazine I got the patterns from is Crochet World. The August 2006 issue. I don't know if the pattern is available on their website or not. Their site is www.crochet-world.com. It is in the August 2006 issue on page 26.
Word of the Day
The Word of the Day :
roorback \ROOR-back\ noun
: a defamatory falsehood published for political effect
Example sentence:"The attacks on my character are nothing but roorbacks drummed up by my opponent," insisted the candidate.
Did you know?If you think dirty politics are new, think again. In the midst of the 1844 presidential campaign between James K. Polk and Henry Clay, a letter was published in a newspaper in Ithaca, New York, claiming that a reputable witness (one Baron von Roorback) had, while traveling in Tennessee, come across 43 slaves owned by Polk and branded with his initials. The letter caused an uproar that threatened to derail Polk's campaign until it was discovered that the whole thing was a hoax supposedly perpetrated by the opposing party. Baron von Roorback didn't even exist. The incident proved a political boomerang; Polk won the election and the name "roorback" became a byword for political dirty tricks.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
roorback \ROOR-back\ noun
: a defamatory falsehood published for political effect
Example sentence:"The attacks on my character are nothing but roorbacks drummed up by my opponent," insisted the candidate.
Did you know?If you think dirty politics are new, think again. In the midst of the 1844 presidential campaign between James K. Polk and Henry Clay, a letter was published in a newspaper in Ithaca, New York, claiming that a reputable witness (one Baron von Roorback) had, while traveling in Tennessee, come across 43 slaves owned by Polk and branded with his initials. The letter caused an uproar that threatened to derail Polk's campaign until it was discovered that the whole thing was a hoax supposedly perpetrated by the opposing party. Baron von Roorback didn't even exist. The incident proved a political boomerang; Polk won the election and the name "roorback" became a byword for political dirty tricks.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
It's... Sunglasses Day
Smoke tinted glasses were invented before 1430 in China.
But, they weren't for sun protection. Judges wore them in court so nobody could see their eyes and guess their opinion before a verdict was declared. Sunglasses as we know them today are a 20th century phenomenon.
In the 1930s, the military commissioned glasses that would protect pilots from sun glare.
But, they didn't become a real fad
until the 1960s when an
ad campaign said
"Who's Behind those Foster Grants?".
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Word of the Day June 27
The Word of the Day for June 27 is:
belie \bih-LYE\ verb
1 a : to give a false impression of b : to present an appearance not in agreement with2 a : to show (something) to be false or wrong b : to run counter to : contradict*3 : disguise
Example sentence:Martin's easy banter and relaxed attitude belied his nervousness.
Did you know?"What is a lie?" asked Lord Byron in Don Juan. He then answered himself: "'Tis but the truth in masquerade...." The history of "belie" illustrates a certain connection between lying and disguising. In its earliest known use, around A.D. 1000, "belie" meant "to deceive by lying." By the 1200s, it was being used to mean "to tell lies about," using a sense similar to that of the modern word "slander." Over time its meaning softened, shifting from an act of outright lying to one of mere misrepresentation, and by the early 1700s, the word was being used in the sense "to disguise or conceal." Nowadays, "belie" suggests giving an impression at variance with the facts rather than telling an intentional untruth.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
belie \bih-LYE\ verb
1 a : to give a false impression of b : to present an appearance not in agreement with2 a : to show (something) to be false or wrong b : to run counter to : contradict*3 : disguise
Example sentence:Martin's easy banter and relaxed attitude belied his nervousness.
Did you know?"What is a lie?" asked Lord Byron in Don Juan. He then answered himself: "'Tis but the truth in masquerade...." The history of "belie" illustrates a certain connection between lying and disguising. In its earliest known use, around A.D. 1000, "belie" meant "to deceive by lying." By the 1200s, it was being used to mean "to tell lies about," using a sense similar to that of the modern word "slander." Over time its meaning softened, shifting from an act of outright lying to one of mere misrepresentation, and by the early 1700s, the word was being used in the sense "to disguise or conceal." Nowadays, "belie" suggests giving an impression at variance with the facts rather than telling an intentional untruth.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
A very good productive day
It was a very good productive day today. We made our trip to "Everything But Water" the bathing suit store my step daughter Christine works at. My daughter Becky needed a new swim suit. HOLY BANK ROBBERY BATMAN!!! THE PRICES IN HERE ARE OUTRAGES. But the suits sure were cute. We were able to get a top and a pair of flip flops. She had a bottom at home that matched the top quite well.
Then this evening Becky went to her second night of VBS. She is taking a friend with her. They sure do have alot of fun. VBS lasts thru this Friday. Then on Saturday Becky is taking a trip with another friend. They are going to Florida for a week. Becky sure does have a busy summer. But that is a good thing.
Then this evening Becky went to her second night of VBS. She is taking a friend with her. They sure do have alot of fun. VBS lasts thru this Friday. Then on Saturday Becky is taking a trip with another friend. They are going to Florida for a week. Becky sure does have a busy summer. But that is a good thing.
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