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.]

[Argh]

I never saw that.

[Argh]

You've never tried me...

[Argh]

You're just figuring that out??

It takes Tex a little longer than most...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

The biggest regret of your life........ lol

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Gabz, I've known that about him for a very long time...... I just like to remind him once in awhile........

Argh not everyone thinks "quick" is better........ lol

[Argh]

HAH! It's the biggest RELIEF of my life...

[Argh]

With you, the quicker, the better. :^)

[Argh]

Quicker is better right aboot now if I'm going to catch the next bus!

[Concerto in D]

What a HUNK! (Beethoven, I mean. Well, maybe you, too.)

[SeaDragon]

But you don't have a problem with your power supply gettin' unpowered like gabz duz.
So we don't need to look under your desk today...
(At least not to fix your power supply.)

You were requesting pictures, what does that have to do with Gabz being unpowered??

And what do you think you are going to fix under my desk??

[RikaStrom]

You know, California is turning into quite the amusement!

A+

[RikaStrom]

Apathetically apathetic apathies cause apathy.

You are doing wonderful, I wonder what you will do with tomorrow'w WFTD. If you do manage to tie your tongue in a knot, take pictures! ;-)

[RikaStrom]

This is why I never graduated from college.

I'm six courses away from my degree, I hope it doesn't take me another year and a half to finish them. LOL

[RikaStrom]

Somehow I am not surprised. THey are not our allies you know, I don't care what the government claims.

A+

[NeoCaveman]

Somehow I am not surprised.

I'm not suprised either

THey are not our allies you know, I don't care what the government claims.

I loathe western Europe. Russia is on probation for me.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Oy way!

'Tis a long story, m'lady.....

Gabz complained about her pooch turning off her PC. (So naturally, me and argh and flurry and maxwell and hobbes and hegewish and just another joe wanted to help her out....)

But we needed to know the paramaters of the problems, so we decied we needed a good clear photo of the problem area - which of course, just happened to to be under her desk.... And we couldn't get the camera to fit so we all had to crawl under ask gabz to move her feet out of the way

So we had to kick her pooch out from under the desk, and crawl under and get the photo's of her ....

So she decided to give us a photo of a rock (which she previously claimed was concrete evidence of her gabzgamsgate scandal) ... and which joe had seen before, but what I thought was a rock.

But I understand you only have problems with waxing whales in Canada and not with PC's gettin' unplugged ....

See?

Perfectly explainable....

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Going to stick around? I think they are planning on burning down the school again.

Oh, my! We never had such fun in school. My teacher did once stomp out a burning origami house - a science project gone awry.

Thank you so much for the warm welcome...and for correcting me on my run on sentence...a bad habit...I know. {^;

[secret garden]

A right-handed artist. How aytpical.

[SeaDragon]

But I understand you only have problems with waxing whales in Canada and not with PC's gettin' unplugged ....

Well I am still not sure about waxing whales but I do know that I am leaving tomorrow night and headed for a spot just 11 miles north of Cuba.

As I recall, Gabz and dogs have had power problems before.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Is Sea's beaver finished in Canada yet?

http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.adp?picture_id=11174

Or will her fortunes be smelling like a rose north of Cuba?

http://www.strangecosmos.com/view.adp?picture_id=10653

(Brings a hole new meaning to "Thar She Blows!" doesn't it?)