Word For The Day, Monday, August 18, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/18/03 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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stolid \STAH-luhd\, adjective:
stolidity, stolidness; noun
stolidly; adverb

1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
2. Not easily aroused or excited
3. Dull; impassive.

He destroys the public for historical work by convincing it that history is synonymous with heavy, stolid prosing.
--Allan Nevins, "What's the Matter With History?"

Etymology: [Latin stolidus, stupid. See stel- in Indo-European Roots.]

[Bella_Bru]

(((((((((((((((((((VRWCmember))))))))))))))))))))

There's your hug!

And muchas smooches for ya!

[VRWCmember]

Back atcha, beautiful!

[Argh]

Watch out, I may inflict my liszt of musical puns on you. I'm not sure you could handel them, they might drive you into haydn. I don't know how our classmates will stand it vivaldi's puns being made. ("with all these puns being made"? Well, I didn't say they were good puns...)

:^)

[VRWCmember]

[VRWCmember]

[Bella_Bru]

Dang....missed me a little, eh? :-D

I missed you too!

[Agnes Heep]

It's actually genuine music from the sixteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries. Those were pretty ugly times in terms of technology and creature comforts, but they atoned for it by their art, which is beautiful beyond compare. I know there's a tendency for us modern types to think of anything old as simplistic, but believe me, there's nothing simplistic about it. For a complete rundown you really need to ask someone like lostinacademe. All I can tell you is that this body of music is like nothing else you've heard before. If you're into harmonic and contrapuntal devices, strong thematic content and good taste, you'll like it. On the other hand, if your notion of music is two or three naked savages beating on a tom-tom, it's not for you!

[Conspiracy Guy]

I hate Celine. I hate most modern Jazz. I like Fusion. If you can get your hands on any "Weather Report" from early 70's great fusion and they though some calipso in for flavor.

[Conspiracy Guy]

LOTS OF STRINGS, STRINGS ROCK, that's why I like a lot of country and blue grass.

[VRWCmember]

Dang....missed me a little, eh? :-D
I missed you too!

I'm sure I'm not the only one here who missed you terribly, but I'm a little more demonstrative than some of our classmates. (just ask xs.)

[PoorMuttly]

The stolid stolidity of its stolidness is stiltifying.

I think.

[Laura Earl]

I'm rocking on out of here and headed for home.

[VRWCmember]

Dang....missed me a little, eh?

You have no idea!

[Argh]

Where does the "rock" part come in? Would this include Monteverdi and maybe Cavalli?

[VRWCmember]

[Argh]

I like real calypso music, by which I mean I can take it very briefly in small doses.

[Argh]

Miss Bella!!!!!!!

[TheGrimReaper]

Hey, teach...
I see all the TX teachers are whining 'cause they don't even KNOW the Texas Pledge...

"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one and indivisible."

[Argh]

HAH!!!

[Conspiracy Guy]

The Calypso in their music was like a pinch of salt and pepper on gumbo. They only did it on one of their albums all of which I lost in divorce #1. What do you think of Zydico (sp).