Beautiful Day in Bellevue!
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Driving the Cupcake!
I waited until after I saw two movies to eat this cupcake! I saw Broken Flowers and the 40 Year Old Virgin.
Sign for the movies I went to on Sunday Night!
I saw Broken Flowers and than I went to see the 40 Year Old Virgin.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Blue Sky with Clouds against Bronze Building with Reflection Clouds!
Blue Sky with Clouds against Bronze Building with Reflection Clouds!
Originally uploaded by taminsea1.
Word of the Day for Tuesday August 30, 2005
evanescent \ev-uh-NES-uhnt\, adjective:
Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; fleeting.
The Pen which gives. . . permanence to the evanescent
thought of a moment.
--Horace Smith, Tin Trumpet
Every tornado is a little different, and they are all
capricious, evanescent and hard to get a fix on.
--"Oklahoma Tornado Offers Hints of How a Killer Storm Is
Born," [1]New York Times, May 11, 1999
The accidentally famous. . . may write books, appear on
talk shows, and, in so doing, attract even greater public
attention. This type of celebrity status, of course, is
brittle and evanescent.
--Lawrence M. Friedman, [2]The Horizontal Society
_________________________________________________________
Evanescent is from Latin evanescere, "to vanish," from e-,
"from, out of" + vanescere, "to disappear," from vanus,
"empty."
Liable to vanish or pass away like vapor; fleeting.
The Pen which gives. . . permanence to the evanescent
thought of a moment.
--Horace Smith, Tin Trumpet
Every tornado is a little different, and they are all
capricious, evanescent and hard to get a fix on.
--"Oklahoma Tornado Offers Hints of How a Killer Storm Is
Born," [1]New York Times, May 11, 1999
The accidentally famous. . . may write books, appear on
talk shows, and, in so doing, attract even greater public
attention. This type of celebrity status, of course, is
brittle and evanescent.
--Lawrence M. Friedman, [2]The Horizontal Society
_________________________________________________________
Evanescent is from Latin evanescere, "to vanish," from e-,
"from, out of" + vanescere, "to disappear," from vanus,
"empty."
Sun Reflecting on the Bronze building in Bellevue, WA.
Sun Reflecting on the Bronze building in Bellevue, WA.
Cupcake in the Jeep!
I like this photograph, a Black & White Cupcake from New York Cupcakes taken in my Jeep!
Monday, August 29, 2005
Word of the Day for Monday August 29, 2005
unctuous \UNGK-choo-us\, adjective:
1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty;
oily; greasy.
2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
3. Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner
or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or
agreeableness.
A warmed, crusty French roll arrives split, lightly smeared
with unctuous chopped liver.
--John Kessler, "Meals To Go: Break from the routine with
Hong," [1]Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 22, 1998
She recalled being offended by the "phoniness" that stemmed
from the contradiction between her mother's charming, even
unctuous public manner and her anger in private.
--Daniel Horowitz, [2]Betty Friedan And the Making of 'The
Feminine Mystique'
He approached Sean wearing a smile so unctuous it seemed
about to slide right off his face.
--Naeem Murr, [3]The Boy
_________________________________________________________
Unctuous is from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus,
"anointed, besmeared, greasy," past participle of unguere, "to
anoint, to besmear."
1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty;
oily; greasy.
2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
3. Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner
or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or
agreeableness.
A warmed, crusty French roll arrives split, lightly smeared
with unctuous chopped liver.
--John Kessler, "Meals To Go: Break from the routine with
Hong," [1]Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 22, 1998
She recalled being offended by the "phoniness" that stemmed
from the contradiction between her mother's charming, even
unctuous public manner and her anger in private.
--Daniel Horowitz, [2]Betty Friedan And the Making of 'The
Feminine Mystique'
He approached Sean wearing a smile so unctuous it seemed
about to slide right off his face.
--Naeem Murr, [3]The Boy
_________________________________________________________
Unctuous is from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus,
"anointed, besmeared, greasy," past participle of unguere, "to
anoint, to besmear."
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Annie, Nick and Victor!
Annie my Cousin Suzie's Daughter & her Son Nick with Victor my Cousin Kimberly's Son.
Word of the Day for Sunday August 28, 2005
canorous \kuh-NOR-uhs; KAN-or-uhs\, adjective:
Richly melodious; pleasant sounding; musical.
I felt a deep contentment listening to the meadowlark's
complex melody as he sat on his bragging post calling for a
mate, and the soft canorous whistle of the bobwhite as he
whistled his name with intermittent lulls.
--Donna R. La Plante, "Remember When: The prairie after a
spring rain," [1]Kansas City Star, March 16, 2003
But birds that are canorous and whose notes we most
commend, are of little throats, and short necks, as
Nightingales, Finches, Linnets, Canary birds and Larks.
--Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
_________________________________________________________
Canorous comes from the Latin canor, "melody," from canere,
"to sing." It is related to chant, from French chanter, "to
sing," ultimately from Latin canere.
Richly melodious; pleasant sounding; musical.
I felt a deep contentment listening to the meadowlark's
complex melody as he sat on his bragging post calling for a
mate, and the soft canorous whistle of the bobwhite as he
whistled his name with intermittent lulls.
--Donna R. La Plante, "Remember When: The prairie after a
spring rain," [1]Kansas City Star, March 16, 2003
But birds that are canorous and whose notes we most
commend, are of little throats, and short necks, as
Nightingales, Finches, Linnets, Canary birds and Larks.
--Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
_________________________________________________________
Canorous comes from the Latin canor, "melody," from canere,
"to sing." It is related to chant, from French chanter, "to
sing," ultimately from Latin canere.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)