This is the day...

Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 29, 2009

bumptious \BUMP-shuhs\, adjective:

Crudely, presumptuously, or loudly self-assertive.

...that I have been bumptious!

I am not a swine!

BLAHBLAHBLAH..is it not so frustrating when your Dad gets irreconcilably upset with you over a 'nothing'! And then swine flue is taking the world by storm!

Word of the Day for Sunday, April 26, 2009

somnolent \SOM-nuh-luhnt\, adjective:

1. Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep.
2. Tending to cause sleepiness or drowsiness.

I think my life is an imbruglio, but then again, I have a certainty in my love; my B-Angel.

Word of the Day for Saturday, April 25, 2009

imbroglio \im-BROHL-yoh\, noun:

1. A complicated and embarrassing state of things.
2. A confused or complicated disagreement or misunderstanding.
3. An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction.
4. A confused mass; a tangle.

Where does your cheese bind?

It really cuts to where the cheese binds when you make a peccadillo!
Beware the Ides of March; oh, we are well past march and all I can think is, "April, come she will...", a lovely song of old from Simon & Garfunkel.

Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 21, 2009

peccadillo \peck-uh-DIL-oh\, noun:

A slight offense; a petty fault.

Word of the Day for Friday, April 24, 2009

gainsay \gayn-SAY; GAYN-say\, transitive verb:

1. To deny or dispute; to declare false or invalid.
2. To oppose; to contradict.

OK, so I was just catching up with myself on the previous word, this is today's word!

Ek Bemin Jou!

My Baby, don't leave me that way...
I hardly know...no, I know everything...well that I need to know, like Brahman's are the best!
Word of the Day for Thursday, April 23, 2009

paladin \PAL-uh-din\, noun:

1. A knight-errant; a distinguished champion of a medieval king or prince; as, the paladins of Charlemagne.
2. A champion of a cause.

Et Tu Brute?

Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 22, 2009

invidious \in-VID-ee-uhs\, adjective:

1. Tending to provoke envy, resentment, or ill will.
2. Containing or implying a slight.
3. Envious.

This very word is remembered from a time, long, long ago!
The name Charmagne Bird, Beacon Isle Hotel & Plettenberg bay come to mind as well as a song; "Sand in my shoes blues"; guitar playing and all!

A lot of fun was had!

Ontario, Quebec

blah blah balah

Word of the Day for Monday, April 20, 2009

stormy petrel \STOR-mee-PET-ruhl\, noun:

1. Any of various small sea birds of the family Hydrobatidae, having dark plumage with paler underparts; also called storm petrel.
2. One who brings discord or strife, or appears at the onset of trouble.

Nibbly, Nibbly, Nibbly

Is my fate ephemeral; some might say!

Word of the Day for Friday, April 17, 2009

ephemeral \ih-FEM-er-ul\, adjective:

1. Beginning and ending in a day; existing only, or no longer than, a day; as, an ephemeral flower.
2. Short-lived; existing or continuing for a short time only.

Keep your line in the water; if you want to catch big fish!

Nnnnnnnnnnineteen...

...the average age of the Vietnam ingrates!
Well hello, and how do ya suppose I know that?
Pure, blind, unadulterated guesswork?
Do you doubt my voracity?
Eish, Boetanza is like a rough diamond that has gone bloody!
Life's Good, just enjoy it and do not point fingers - you see, I am at the waters edge!

Word of the Day for Thursday, April 16, 2009

etiolate \EE-tee-uh-layt\, transitive verb:

1. (Botany) To bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight.
2. To make pale or sickly.
3. To make weak by stunting the growth or development of.
4. (Botany) To become bleached or whitened, as when grown without sunlight.

I think there I am outre

Word of the Day for Wednesday, April 15, 2009

outré \oo-TRAY\, adjective:

Unconventional; eccentric; bizarre.

Menopause

When you pause to see the men working on your undercarriage; it is all about cars and boys under the hood!

Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 14, 2009

labile \LAY-byl\, adjective:

1. Open to change; apt or likely to change; adaptable.
2. Constantly or readily undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown; unstable.

Do unto others..

...as you would have done unto yourself!

Word of the Day for Monday, April 13, 2009

susurrus \su-SUHR-uhs\, noun:

A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.

Talk about suffering in silence; all these fooking notes are actually getting in my way and I am too busy at the most inconvenient times, like 01:17, mama mia!

First is the conversion of Fahrenheit to Celsius:
[(F'-32)/9]x5=C'
Therefore 47F'=8.33C'
Put that in your pipe! This is susurrus!

Secondly, I reacquainted myself with my Mom's piano at 13W!
AWESOME!

Thirdly, here is what Wanda the Fish has to say today:
What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming over the hill?
"The elephants are coming over the hill."
What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming over the hill wearing
sunglasses?
Nothing, he didn't recognize them"

Happy Easter!

"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it." Psalm 118:24
Happy Easter!

Word of the Day for Sunday, April 12, 2009

pulchritude \PUL-kruh-tood; -tyood\, noun:

That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness.

"Women are like fine wine - just get better with age" - that's her story and she's sticking to it!

"The greatest thing in the world is not the freedom of speech, rather the freedom to speak." -- Stephen Hawking

And I never saw the comet which portended great diaster.

Today is the first day of the rest of your life, or so they say!

Word of the Day for Saturday, April 11, 2009

portend \por-TEND\, verb:

To indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future; to foreshadow; to bode.

23:22 gosh it has got late; just a quick update...

alienastical lunatic, or so they say

Mom always puts the 'fun' in dysfunctional

Acceptance; bending with the wind

"Tomorrow's the Day that the Lord has Risen"

The Two Oceans

Cape Point - where the two oceans are reputed to meet (Complete hogwash as the oceans meet of Cape Agulhas, or so they say!)

AQnyway, I have never taken part as a competitor; just watched (for many years and many years ago) and also done some assistance in water tables (linked to my Church) ; Constantia Neck and UCT!

Helllllloooooooo

The word fo today is fantastic input from my big brother in sorting out my puter for a windows installation.

Word of the Day for Friday, April 10, 2009

frisson \free-SOH^N\, noun:

A moment of intense excitement; a shudder; an emotional thrill.

And yesterdays word ...

Word of the Day for Thursday, April 9, 2009

impugn \im-PYOON\, transitive verb:

To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay.

Ooh be dooh...

Word of the Day for Thursday, April 9, 2009

impugn \im-PYOON\, transitive verb:

To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay.

Ooh be dooh...

Word of the Day for Thursday, April 9, 2009

impugn \im-PYOON\, transitive verb:

To attack by words or arguments; to call in question; to make insinuations against; to oppose or challenge as false; to gainsay.

Windows Rocks

Rwandan Genocide is big on the news tonight.
Monday 6 April 2009. 800 000 people were killed!
1959, 1963 & 1975??? 1994 was the big one of 800 000!

Les Infant Terrible could not have been so bad, could he?

Word of the Day for Monday, April 6, 2009

aegis \EE-jis\, noun:

1. Protection; support.
2. Sponsorship; patronage.
3. Guidance, direction, or control.
4. A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Zeus.

Trevor the bombastic Grinch

And what a pompous prat!

Word of the Day for Sunday, April 5, 2009

grandiloquent \gran-DIL-uh-kwuhnt\, adjective:

Lofty in style; pompous; bombastic.

Word of the Day for Friday, April 3, 2009

longueur \long-GUR\, noun:

A dull and tedious passage in a book, play, musical composition, or the like.

Ok, so I missed a few days, what is that between friends?

yes, am I flumoxed today, ...

...it is a very flummoxing thing to say the least, to be sure, to be sure!

Word of the Day for Saturday, April 4, 2009

flummox \FLUM-uhks\, transitive verb:

To confuse; to perplex.