Posted on 04/16/2013 5:12:42 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, April 16, 2013
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".
verdant [vur-dnt]
-adj
1. green with vegetation; covered with growing plants or grass
2. of the color green:
3. inexperienced; unsophisticated
[1575–85; verd(ure) + -ant ]
My mileage should pick up now that I no longer have to warm up the car in the morning while I take a shower.
Thank you - I wish the senators would pick up on that idea. I have no problem proving who I am at any time asked.... and would find it a good tradeoff to show ID to purchase a gun if EVERYONE had to show ID to vote.
excellent!
In my humble opinion, social justice Catholics choose not to really understand what the church teaches. Being a good Christian didn’t include trying to be God, last time I looked...
From the Lefty Bible, the Lible.
Barack is my shepard
All I do is want
He maketh me lay down in verdant pastures
While I collect my mothly check.
Moths do like wool.
Clearly, it's one of the seven deadly sins...pride....satan's downfall.
So, what is the sppropriate measure of justice for animals that blow up an 8 year old.
Lethal njection aint it,
Evisceration with rusty dental implements, is where I come down.
Death. By bawumba.
I just started a mileage check in the truck yesterday-put in gas, clear the running mileage, etc. It has a V6-the Chevy beast had a V8-so I know it will be better-I just don’t know how much better...
When times are bad, and I’ve got just myself to depend on, I return to what feels and works best-for me that is jeans, boots, truck and manual labor. Don’t know why-it just works best, somehow...
We have cut back quite a bit in the last few years. Of course having our daughter graduate from college helped. Paying off a few vehicles and NOT getting new ones helped too. But in general we cut back.
I think he meant “trees,” but the subject is verdant enough:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3008648/posts
I like the way you think. Did you see the lovely picture of a smiling, now dead, young grad student? I have nieces who are grad students. Who is the 3rd victim? Anyone know?
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