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Word of the Day #17: Arachnoleptic fit
Arachnoleptic fit: The wild fit you throw right after you walk through a spider web. Arachnoleptic fit is a made-up word. My mom sent it to me. It’s a useful made-up word though. I nearly wiped out once after biking through a spider web. I threw an arachnoleptic...
Word of the Day #16: Laconic
Laconic: using few words; terse; concise. Laconic means brief. Laconic comes from the Greek region Laconia, land of the ancient Spartans. The Spartans were famous for their blunt speech. King Phillip of Macedon once threatened to invade Spartan territory. “If I...
Tip of the Week #249: It’s Not the End of the World as We Know It
A few months ago on a long summer road trip, I listened to the audiobook Apocalypse Never by Michael Shellenberger. The subtitle says it all. Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts us All. Mr. Shellenberger's book is a cry in the wilderness these days. As climate change...
Word of the Day# 15: Criterion
Criterion: a standard of judging or making a decision; any established law, rule, principle or fact by which correct judgment may be formed. A model or test. We also speak of meeting the criterion, as in “She met the criterion for the position and we hired her.” If,...
Word of the Day #14: Debonair
Debonair: charming and carefree; suave; gracious; urbane; nonchalant; having sophisticated charm We all admired the dinner guest with his laid-back, debonair attitude. Debonair comes from the old French phrase de bon aire. De bon aire in old French means “of a good...
How I discovered goal-setting
This year, I wrote another book. A book on goal-setting. Right now, I am in the process of editing. I am guessing it will take me a few weeks. As I edit, I will post sections as blog posts. As for the title, I am still tossing some ideas around. For now, I will...
Word of the Day #13: Largess
Largess: Generosity in giving. The opposite of avarice, greed, or stinginess. As an adjective, largess is generosity with money. Often, largess is a rather showy generosity. The giver wants everyone to notice. As a noun, largess is the money or gift itself. ...
Tip of the Week #248: How to Boost your Vocabulary
Inspired by all the swearing showing up in goal-setting books these days, I wrote a book on goals. How to set them. How to hit them. All that. Minus the swearing. Now, I am editing my way through the book. I am eliminating passive sentences, throwing out the word...
Word of the Day #12: Mulct
Mulct: As a noun, a mulct is a fine, a tax, or a penalty. As a verb, to mulct is to take something of value by fraud or deceit. Mulct is from the Latin word for penalty: mulcta. Got mulcted? If so, someone took your money. And, the money they took? That’s also...
Goals: Forward
This year, I wrote another book. A book on goal-setting. Right now, I am in the process of editing. I am guessing it will take me a few weeks. As I edit, I will post sections as blog posts. As for the title, I am still tossing some ideas around. For now, I will...
Tip of the Week #247: How to Send an Email Without Typos
Evidently, the tip of the week I sent out last week contained quite a few typos. My wife read it and asked me, “Did you speak your tip of the week into your computer this week? Did you check for typos?” So, I read the tip again. Sure enough, there were quite a few...
Word of the Day #11: Obviate
Obviate: to make unnecessary; to eliminate the need for something; to do away with; to prevent by effective measures. Diet, exercise, sunshine and water obviate the need for most pharmaceutical drugs. Obviate comes from the Latin word obviare “to block, to...
Tonight’s meeting starts in just over an hour.
In preparation for a trip to France, I will be hosting a question and answer meeting in a just over an hour, on Thursday, October 20. Here is the information and the link to join the meeting: Topic: Trip to France Time: Oct 20, 2022 07:00 PM Central Time (US and...
Word of the Day #10: Bode
Bode: to portend; to foreshadow; to forecast; to indicate the future by signs When something bodes ill, watch out. Trouble is on the way. But, bode isn’t always negative. If something bodes well, then future events will be good. Anglo Saxon beer commercials...
A student had a question about Visual Latin, Lesson 11.
I received this question: Maybe there's a place to ask questions, if so, could you direct me there? I have a couple kids using Vsual Latin 1. They've had some latin and I'm using this as some review. In chapter 11B - the translation portion, number 13 says "animalia...
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