Word for the Day, Monday, July 11, 2005

verbivores | 7/11/05 | xs

[xsmommy]

Word For The Day, Day, Date

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

ex·co·ri·ate; tr verb

1. To tear or wear off the skin of; abrade. See Synonyms at chafe. 2. To censure strongly; denounce: an editorial that excoriated the administration for its inaction.

v 1: express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated" [syn: condemn, reprobate, decry, objurgate] 2: tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading; "This leash chafes the dog's neck" [syn: chafe]

[Middle English excoriaten, from Latin excorire, excorit- : ex-, ex- + corium, skin; see sker-1 in Indo-European Roots.]

Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.

The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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[Argh]

I used to like seeing the crocuses in Ottawa scattered around the lawns. This was especially done for some reason in a section of town called Rockcliffe.

[xsmommy]

glad to hear you are feeling better, ti. no fun being sick in summer. i was fairly oblivious to the passing of dennis, but glad to hear it wasn't so bad A++

[Slip18]

I don't forget anything. LOL and LOL and LOLing some more.

[Slip18]

"yes, as a matter of fact, class IS opening early today : )"

Class will be open tomorrow between 5:00 and 5:15 a.m. Pacific Time. That's my time zone now. I'm bringing my handy dandy handcuffs, so all y'alls better behave, well, sort of behave.

T5, when all of you saw what was going on with that crazed woman, why didn't anyone hogtie her? She's dangerous with a capital D.

[Robert A Cook PE]

"I" am too skinny to even HAVE a butt, much less have any leftover to leave behind excorriagatingly sliding down a slippery slope upun.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Who dat?

[Texan5]

Hubby and another neighbor were going to rush her, tie her up and lock her in either our barn or his, but since she had already bitten, clawed and tried to stab both the fiance and her son and now had a knife, the neighbor's wife and I vetoed that idea-people can be incredibly strong and dangerous in manic mode.

The fiance, Charles Manson Eyes is coming over to her house this evening with a deputy to get his belongings she refuses to return-the deputy paid her a visit at her office at noon and informed her that it would be to her benefit not to think of starting any nonsense. My friend with the counseling practice said a bunch of us should get together and invite her to one of our houses, hide any weapons and do an intervention. I hate to do interventions, because sometimes they get very ugly, but it may be the only way as a last resort. I know that if she starts any crap with this deputy this evening, she is on her way to the psych ward-he has thought for awhile that is where whe needs to be-I pray that she starts something...

[Texan5]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[Argh]

They're drooling like mad on the Magnum second season DVD thread. A gift for the croquettes, courtesy of Miss Salamander:

[Robert A Cook PE]

Bare?

Good looking?

Witty?

(Robt wakes up, looks around fer the new bare good-looking chicklet?)

[ValerieUSA]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *sigh
thanks

[Texan5]

Yummy-Thanks!

[Argh]

You're welcome!

[Dutchgirl]

Are we doing eye candy tonight?

I have chicken stufing, gravy and a caesar salad on the table and I am off the clock. Let the fun begin!

There's something so civilized about a tuxedo...

[gwmoore]

Why thanks!!! It will get a lot easier once I don't have to have the text enlargement turned on, and the "blobs" which appear to float in my field of vision gone ;-) Fortunately, Engineering has come to the rescue, with made to order, lens implants which are held in place by 2 curved spring wires, simultaneously centering the implant in the lens capsule, and acting as a framework for the body to permanently hold them in place. Supposedly, one's vision comes back to near perfect (I get measured tomorrow for the aforementioned implants). I did, however ask the MD why cataracts at my age, as I consider myself rather young to get them, and his response was "because" LOL...evidently these things can happen at just about any age, and they can go from nothing to bad in a really short time, as happened to me. What is most irritating is the stupid disorientation which comes because of the vast difference in sight between the eyes, and the difference in signals between the eyes and ears, not to mention the problems working with computers, or even reading... Yes I know that they will soon be gone with a couple of 15-20 min procedures, and my sight will be even better than before (kind of a "gimme" from the MD, who knows that for a former Comml pilot and Aeronautical Engineer, one is kind of vain about one's vision [vain, evil grin] and even though this won't give me my FAA medical back, it will allow me to discharge the various examples of extraordinary Design Engineering, tooland die making, machining, heat treating, and metal finishing previously d3monstrated by several Northeast Military Armories, without worry as to any embarrassment as to their accuracy caused by gwmoore ;-). This is good enough for me, and should keep me out of trouble for an indefinite period, as said examples require repairs, unobtrusive modifications ( for accuracy's sake, natchz), and the custom reloading of ammunition to cause to best possible accuracy. Since I have a duplicate of some of these examples, some machine work will be required, and once I can see, it will be time to demonstrate my dormant skills with the lathe, drill press, and Bridgeport Mill, as learned from various skilled tool and die men and modelmakers in aerospace....(who wants just one caliber, eh?)...... besides, I want to build one FINE bench rest example, caliber yet to be determined.....a lot of machining will be required.

Anyhow, my new fine sight will be well used, and since I already have a place which happens to possess the machine tools above, the future looks great ;-).......

Thanks, Rob't for welcoming me back, I will attempt to keep up with this as long as my eyes hold out and the screen mag works.. it's only 2 weeks until eye one (L) so I figure I can put up with the problem that long..

Keep the Faith for Freedom

Greg the Merciless

[Dutchgirl]

I know lens implants are supposed to be all the rage...but I just don't have the faith yet to go under the knife...

Let me know how it turns out?

[gwmoore]

No problem, will post the result ( I expect great results, and really don't have much choice,) these aren't for either cosmetic or vain reasons, heck, I can just about see at this point, so the implant is a necessity, the natural lenses having become cloudy. From the literature and from word of mouth, I have heard nothing but good about implants, and frankly, anything is better than seeing "blobs" hanging in front of both eyes LOL) When one can't read or post on FR without drastic measures, it's time for extraordinary procedures!!!!!

Greg

[Dutchgirl]

When one can't read or post on FR

Yes, my opthamologist is always very regular with his assessments year after year..."I've never seen someone so young with such consistent degeneration..."

Somehow FR by brailee will lose alot of nuance...

[patton]

nyuk nyuk.

[Gabz]

I hOpe your prayers are answered...........