Word for the Day, Friday, November 16, 2007 - Perspicacious

Merriam Webster OnLine ^

[tioga]

---

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".

Perspicacious

Adjective

of acute mental vision or discernment : keen

synonyms see shrewd
— per·spi·ca·cious·ly adverb
— per·spi·ca·cious·ness noun
— per·spi·cac·i·ty \-ˈka-sə-tē\ noun

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....

---

Review Threads:

Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate

WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!

[Slip18]

So very young for this to happen. May God rest his soul.

[secret garden]

I’ll bet there are some happy folks at your house tonight! Way to beat Oklahoma!

[Slip18]

It is. And if you really want to be laid back, you can even buy the meatballs premade, and the yellow, red and green peppers cut to the right size in the freezer aisle. Canned chunk pineapple works better than fresh, too.

So all you have to do is cut onions to the correct bite size. Throw everything in a crockpot in the morning, then just make rice when you get home. Voila! Dinner ready in about a half an hour.

If you’re a vegetarian (I know most of us in here aren’t), you can use tofu squares instead of meat balls. I’ve tasted tofu, but have never used it in this recipe. Does it melt? I don’t know. You might have to brown it in some canola oil, then at the end add it to the rest of the stuff.

[Slip18]

I think TD has the correct answer. LOL!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Hillary got new Hsu’s - after the first set was recalled to jail.

[Slip18]

I’ve never bought a Starbuck’s coffee in my life. I did have one on an Alaskan Airlines flight, though. It was okay. Nothing to write home about.

[Robert A Cook PE]

We have a Starbucks in the Barnes & Noble bookstore near our place.

It bugs them when I walk in - if I don’t already have a cup of coffee from the van - and order a “A cup of coffee.... With a creamer.”

[Slip18]

I agree with both of you. Who the heck cares.

[Slip18]

We have succumbed to the AZ weather. Dishwasher, sinks in the kitchen and washing machine are backing up. Our plumber comes out on Monday. We think it’s a tree root. Just dang. The rest of the house in unaffected.

Another reason for home delivery. Gosh, I keep saying that.

[Slip18]

Well, you’re a youngster...

[Slip18]

It’s hysterical. Last night we watched “Cars.” I had never seen it before. It’s animated. Just dang funny and sad and happy.

[Slip18]

I loved Uggs. When I left CA, I gave them to my mom and sister. I had green ones and black ones. They are so comfy. It’s kind of like walking barefoot on a bunch of sheep.

[Slip18]

Good one! I’m laughing loudly here.

[Slip18]

Those are like the priest, rabbi and (I’m sorry) attorney jokes. LOL!

[Slip18]

Hehehehehehehe!

Joke night I see. LOL!

[Slip18]

I know about the heat. I used to go to Palm Springs and Las Vegas a lot, so I thought I knew about the heat. I found out I knew diddly squat about the heat until I moved here. I lived here for one year when I was 11 or 12. I didn’t remember the heat. It’s like a little kid all bundled in in a snowsuit in the winter. It didn’t matter to me.

I can’t go outside for very long because for six months a year it’s gets to 10 UV rays in ten minutes and a bad sunburn to boot. So you go from home to garage to grocery store (or wherever else you need to go), but you can only make two stops on any given day. It’s too hot in the car even when the A/C is on full blast. I’ve burned my fingers on the steering wheel. That hot.

But right now, it is perfect.

50 degrees during the day is not bad, though. I could still wear light-weight clothing. I’m used to the cold, but Cyber hates it. I mean he’s from Michigan. He froze to death there.

So we’re having a problem with where we will move when we retire. I still want to live in AZ for a lot of reasons, but I want higher elevation so I get at least some rain and a spot or two of snow.

The town “I” want to live in is Prescott (pronounced “Prez’ cut). There’s a whole bunch of tunnels under the town. Maybe a ghost or two. The Chinese lived under the town in well-built deep basements. Ooooooh, that would be so much fun to discover one. I already know the name of my “ghost child.” I’ve got the whole thing planned. My imagination gets the best of me sometimes.

Cyber says I got the name from Edgar Allen Poe.

[Slip18]

I saw it on the Weather Channel. Chilllllly.

[Slip18]

That’s me, except for I like iced coffee. I had coffee today for the first time in months. I get way too hyper when I drink it. ZOOOOOOOOOM!

[secret garden]

Now you’ve got me wanting to vacation in Prescott, to go exploring.

[secret garden]

I have a great story for the class. We had an unbelievable evening here. The guys went downtown, hoping to find someone willing to sell a ticket to a concert for 4 bands(Christian rock at Michael W. Smith's teen club Rockettown)and no luck. One guy stood out in the street and yelled he’d pay $45 for a ticket(they were $18 ahead of time) and one kid finally agreed to sell his.
They went for a walk around the block to see if things cooled down, price wise, since the line to get inside snaked around for almost 2 blocks and then they were standing with a couple of other kids hoping to find someone selling tickets.
A guy came up to them and asked if they were trying to buy a ticket and they said yes. He said "I’m with the band and we’re allowed so many guests. Would you like to be our guest tonight and save your $ for T-shirts instead?" He typed their names into his blackberry and put them on the band’s guest list. My kiddo just about came out of his skin. He got in free, after seeing his friends arrive and go in earlier, with their prepaid tickets.
I called him and asked if he was having any luck finding tickets and he said "No Mom, but it turns out I don’t need a ticket" and I screamed “I know! Your dad just called and told me! How cool is that!”