Word For The Day, Wednesday, August 20, 2003

The Verbivores | 8/20/03 | 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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apathy; \Ap"a*thy\noun:
apathies; noun, plural
apathetic, apathetical; adjective
apathetically; adverb

1. Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference.
2. Lack of emotion or feeling; impassiveness.
3. Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent.
4. Feeling or showing little or no emotion; unresponsive.

According to the Stoics, apathy meant the extinction of the passions by the ascendency of reason.
--Fleming.

Etymology: [Latin apath a, from Greek apatheia, from apath s, without feeling : a-, without; see a-1 + pathos, feeling; see kwent(h)- in Indo-European Roots.]

[gas_dr]

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/967279/posts what do you all think? Bin Laden Captured?

[Gabz]

don't get me wrong - we had a lot of fun and laughed a lot and got really drunk!!!!!!!

We were all about half drunk when we showed up in the capitol late that afternoon.

It was the last day of the regular legislative session and we were all lobbyists!!!

[Texan5]

I like that !

[gas_dr]

I have been teed off since this morning when the coquettes were ignoring me. Even flurry noted you all had move my desk way over to the side...

[Texan5]

Are you going to be able to go watch?

[xsmommy]

you're awfully peckish today, sweetie pie!

[VRWCmember]

Here is another one since the mods ate my homework:

Universal was not apathetic
Toward a man's lost leg (a prosthetic)
Dueling Dragons he rode
Til his hip threw its load
Perhaps we should summon a medic.

Theme park ends search for man's leg

The way I see it, he got off pretty easy. My last family vacation to Universal Studios Orlando cost me an arm and a leg!

[gas_dr]

sorry, just moping around...had a lousy day yesterday!

[Robert A Cook PE]

AC here would be a bit tricky, since we've got 1600 sq ft upstairs (exposed to sun only in the mid-afternoon (12:00 - 3:30) due the tall trees east, south and west of the house) but 1500 sq ftt downstairs with half of those walls below grade as a finished basement with bath, bedroom, TV room, washroom, walk-in closet and workroom.

So in winter the downstairs gets a little too cool (unless TV room door is closed) while the upstairs gets teh heat, then in summer the downstairs is comfortable while the upstairs (as before) gets too hot - particularly in the room where the PC's are.

So I'm figuring that (when the AC and furnace gets replaced) we'd need to spring for a new set of ducts leading into the upstairs (which is really ground level!) for a dual control/dual compressor unit.

Winter weather is so moderate here in the lower Appalachians that we rarely get below 20-25 degrees, most of the time staying well above 30 for all but 10 days a year. That might be good for a dual fuel heat pump, but then we'd still have to pay for the overhead charges of the gas company through the summer - 15.00 to 20.00 per month just for hot water!

Electric bills (since I've overinsualted the acttic) are remaining below 120.00 a month - even with Ronnie and Jean re-setting the Ac to 74!

[xsmommy]

nah, i don't do golf! i doubt there are spectators for this, it is just kind of the culmination of the summer camps. the kids have their tourney today and tomorrow, and then Sat is the parent-child one. xshub had xsboy will be each blaming the other if they don't do well!

[Texan5]

I think bin laden bin taking a dirt nap since Tora Bora, actually.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I just know how many things I put off for later. Well at 40 I decided later was here. At 50 which is this winter I'll decide its here real bad. I'm going out with a pile of debt someday.

[xsmommy]

good one, vast! that guy got off easy with just losing a leg. i heard that some longhaired amusement park operator was killed when he was greasing the tracks and his long flowing locks got caught up in the ride (*darwin candidate for not waiting til the ride was out of service*)and it lifted him up into the air and then he fell onto the fence. he croaked.

[xsmommy]

you are much more hunky than Guinea, POE. i love you!

[Conspiracy Guy]

It is a good likeness of me.

[xsmommy]

aw poor thing. hope you didn't have anyone go down the drain....

[Conspiracy Guy]

No I was trying to figure out who's desk you were under. I think it was xsmommy's but she was in the computer lab kicking hobbes.

[Conspiracy Guy]

LE and I caught the VH1 Anna Nicole Smith's family thing this weekend. It was truly a hoot.

[xsmommy]

hobbes asked for it.

[xsmommy]

oh good! i knew you would like it! HIGHlarious!