I liked this chocolate shop in the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace!
Originally uploaded by taminsea1.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
I liked this chocolate shop in the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace!
I liked this chocolate shop in the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace!
Originally uploaded by taminsea1.
Lion Sleeping!
This Lion looked like a giant baby sleeping on this rock near the waterfall at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas!
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Word of the Day for Thursday August 11, 2005
nugatory \NOO-guh-tor-ee; NYOO-\, adjective:
1. Trifling; insignificant; inconsequential.
2. Having no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
Tygiel's forte as a historian is his eye for what may
appear nugatory or marginal but, when focused upon,
illuminates the temper of a given moment.
--Roberto Gonzlez Echevarria, "From Ruth to Rotisserie,"
[1]New York Times, July 2, 2000
Jacoby's offense was no offense -- or an error so nugatory
as to demand no more than a one-sentence explanation.
--Lance Morrow, "In Boston, a Foolish Consistency of Little
Minds," [2]Time, July 19, 2000
Socialism no longer restrains; trade unions do so much less
than they did; moral inhibitions over the acquisition and
display of wealth are nugatory.
--John Lloyd, "If not socialism, what will persuade the
rich willingly to pay more taxes to help the poor and
preserve a decent society?" [3]New Statesman, August 2,
1996
_________________________________________________________
Nugatory comes from Latin nugatorius, from nugari, "to
trifle," from nugae, "jests, trifles."
1. Trifling; insignificant; inconsequential.
2. Having no force; inoperative; ineffectual.
Tygiel's forte as a historian is his eye for what may
appear nugatory or marginal but, when focused upon,
illuminates the temper of a given moment.
--Roberto Gonzlez Echevarria, "From Ruth to Rotisserie,"
[1]New York Times, July 2, 2000
Jacoby's offense was no offense -- or an error so nugatory
as to demand no more than a one-sentence explanation.
--Lance Morrow, "In Boston, a Foolish Consistency of Little
Minds," [2]Time, July 19, 2000
Socialism no longer restrains; trade unions do so much less
than they did; moral inhibitions over the acquisition and
display of wealth are nugatory.
--John Lloyd, "If not socialism, what will persuade the
rich willingly to pay more taxes to help the poor and
preserve a decent society?" [3]New Statesman, August 2,
1996
_________________________________________________________
Nugatory comes from Latin nugatorius, from nugari, "to
trifle," from nugae, "jests, trifles."
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Word of the Day for Wednesday August 10, 2005
sojourn \SOH-juhrn; so-JURN\, intransitive verb:
To stay as a temporary resident; to dwell for a time.
noun:
A temporary stay.
Though he has sojourned in Southwold, wandered in
Walberswick, dabbled in Dunwich, ambled through Aldeburgh
and blundered through Blythburgh, Smallweed has never set
foot in Orford.
--Smallweed, "The trouble with hope," [1]The Guardian,
April 14, 2001
Yet he is now an accomplished student and speaker of
English, a literary editor and television producer, someone
who has sojourned in Paris and attended the International
Writing Program at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
--William H. Gass, "Family and Fable in Galilee," [2]New
York Times, April 17, 1988
As chance would have it, Degas's five-month sojourn in New
Orleans coincided with an extraordinarily contentious
period in the stormy political history of the city.
--Christopher Benfey, [3]Degas in New Orleans
During that long sojourn in Sligo, from 1870 to 1874, he
had lessons from a much loved nursemaid, Ellie Connolly;
later he received coaching in spelling and dictation from
Esther Merrick, a neighbour who lived in the Sexton's house
by St John's, and who read him quantities of verse.
--R. F. Foster, [4]W.B. Yeats: A Life
_________________________________________________________
Sojourn comes from Old French sojorner, from (assumed) Vulgar
Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub-, "under, a little over" +
Late Latin diurnus, "lasting for a day," from Latin dies,
"day."
To stay as a temporary resident; to dwell for a time.
noun:
A temporary stay.
Though he has sojourned in Southwold, wandered in
Walberswick, dabbled in Dunwich, ambled through Aldeburgh
and blundered through Blythburgh, Smallweed has never set
foot in Orford.
--Smallweed, "The trouble with hope," [1]The Guardian,
April 14, 2001
Yet he is now an accomplished student and speaker of
English, a literary editor and television producer, someone
who has sojourned in Paris and attended the International
Writing Program at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
--William H. Gass, "Family and Fable in Galilee," [2]New
York Times, April 17, 1988
As chance would have it, Degas's five-month sojourn in New
Orleans coincided with an extraordinarily contentious
period in the stormy political history of the city.
--Christopher Benfey, [3]Degas in New Orleans
During that long sojourn in Sligo, from 1870 to 1874, he
had lessons from a much loved nursemaid, Ellie Connolly;
later he received coaching in spelling and dictation from
Esther Merrick, a neighbour who lived in the Sexton's house
by St John's, and who read him quantities of verse.
--R. F. Foster, [4]W.B. Yeats: A Life
_________________________________________________________
Sojourn comes from Old French sojorner, from (assumed) Vulgar
Latin subdiurnare, from Latin sub-, "under, a little over" +
Late Latin diurnus, "lasting for a day," from Latin dies,
"day."
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Word of the Day for Tuesday August 9, 2005
captious \KAP-shuhs\, adjective:
1. Marked by a disposition to find fault or raise objections.
2. Calculated to entrap or confuse, as in an argument.
The most common among those are captious individuals who
can find nothing wrong with their own actions but
everything wrong with the actions of everybody else.
--"In-Closet Hypocrites," [1]Atlanta Inquirer, August 15,
1998
Mr Bowman had, I think, been keeping Christmas Eve, and was
a little inclined to be captious: at least, he was not on
foot very early, and to judge from what I could hear,
neither men nor maids could do anything to please him.
--M. R. James, [2]The Haunted Dolls' House and Other
Stories
Most authors would prefer readers such as Roiphe over
captious academic critics.
--Steven Moore, "Old Flames," [3]Washington Post, November
26, 2000
With the imperturbablest bland clearness, he, for five
hours long, keeps answering the incessant volley of fiery
captious questions.
--Thomas Carlyle, [4]The French Revolution
_________________________________________________________
Captious is derived from Latin captiosus, "sophistical,
captious, insidious," from captio, "a taking, a fallacy,
sophism," from capere, "to take, to seize."
1. Marked by a disposition to find fault or raise objections.
2. Calculated to entrap or confuse, as in an argument.
The most common among those are captious individuals who
can find nothing wrong with their own actions but
everything wrong with the actions of everybody else.
--"In-Closet Hypocrites," [1]Atlanta Inquirer, August 15,
1998
Mr Bowman had, I think, been keeping Christmas Eve, and was
a little inclined to be captious: at least, he was not on
foot very early, and to judge from what I could hear,
neither men nor maids could do anything to please him.
--M. R. James, [2]The Haunted Dolls' House and Other
Stories
Most authors would prefer readers such as Roiphe over
captious academic critics.
--Steven Moore, "Old Flames," [3]Washington Post, November
26, 2000
With the imperturbablest bland clearness, he, for five
hours long, keeps answering the incessant volley of fiery
captious questions.
--Thomas Carlyle, [4]The French Revolution
_________________________________________________________
Captious is derived from Latin captiosus, "sophistical,
captious, insidious," from captio, "a taking, a fallacy,
sophism," from capere, "to take, to seize."
Monday, August 08, 2005
Word of the Day for Monday August 8, 2005
somniferous \som-NIF-uhr-uhs\, adjective:
Causing or inducing sleep.
He has gone outside the usual channels of stodgy academic
journals and somniferous lectures.
--David Gibson, "Separating Christ from Christianity,"
[1]The Record (Bergen County, NJ), June 9, 1996
And some cities are [2]eschewing the somniferous art museum
to invent newer, hipper institutions that honor our
fascination with contemporary culture: technology, space
flight, and even rock 'n' roll.
--Heidi Landecker, "Art Transplant," [3]Architecture, March
1998
Filmed on location in England and using quotes from letters
and other documents of Pilgrim leaders, this video is rich
in detail and information. Its major drawback--and one that
may affect its effectiveness with its intended student
audience--is that it's as dull as dillweed, primarily due
to a somniferous narration.
--J. Carlson, "The Mayflower Pilgrims," [4]Video Librarian,
November 11, 1996
_________________________________________________________
Somniferous comes from Latin somnifer, "sleep-bringing," from
somnus, "sleep" + ferre, "to bring."
Causing or inducing sleep.
He has gone outside the usual channels of stodgy academic
journals and somniferous lectures.
--David Gibson, "Separating Christ from Christianity,"
[1]The Record (Bergen County, NJ), June 9, 1996
And some cities are [2]eschewing the somniferous art museum
to invent newer, hipper institutions that honor our
fascination with contemporary culture: technology, space
flight, and even rock 'n' roll.
--Heidi Landecker, "Art Transplant," [3]Architecture, March
1998
Filmed on location in England and using quotes from letters
and other documents of Pilgrim leaders, this video is rich
in detail and information. Its major drawback--and one that
may affect its effectiveness with its intended student
audience--is that it's as dull as dillweed, primarily due
to a somniferous narration.
--J. Carlson, "The Mayflower Pilgrims," [4]Video Librarian,
November 11, 1996
_________________________________________________________
Somniferous comes from Latin somnifer, "sleep-bringing," from
somnus, "sleep" + ferre, "to bring."
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Word of the Day for Sunday August 7, 2005
Word of the Day for Sunday August 7, 2005
castigate \KAS-tuh-gayt\, transitive verb:
To punish severely; also, to chastise verbally; to rebuke; to
criticize severely.
It was not good enough to castigate him for his sins.
--Frank Deford, "Knight is too easy a target," [1]Sports
Illustrated, May 25, 2000
Out in the world they marvelled that they were found
acceptable to others, after years of being castigated as
unsatisfactory, disappointing.
--Anita Brookner, [2]Falling Slowly
Though castigated by the Catholic Church, illegitimacy was
scarcely an unusual feature of Austrian country life.
--Ian Kershaw, [3]Hitler: 1889-1936: Hubris
For my lack of missionary zeal, I have been castigated by a
few militant atheists, who are irritated by my
disinclination to try persuading people to abandon their
faith that God exists (while some religious people regard
me as a militant atheist intent on promoting worship of
unspecified "secular idols").
--Wendy Kaminer, [4]Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials
_________________________________________________________
Castigate comes from Latin castigare, "to purify, to correct,
to punish," from castus, "pure."
Synonyms: punish, chastise, rebuke, reprove, reprimand.
castigate \KAS-tuh-gayt\, transitive verb:
To punish severely; also, to chastise verbally; to rebuke; to
criticize severely.
It was not good enough to castigate him for his sins.
--Frank Deford, "Knight is too easy a target," [1]Sports
Illustrated, May 25, 2000
Out in the world they marvelled that they were found
acceptable to others, after years of being castigated as
unsatisfactory, disappointing.
--Anita Brookner, [2]Falling Slowly
Though castigated by the Catholic Church, illegitimacy was
scarcely an unusual feature of Austrian country life.
--Ian Kershaw, [3]Hitler: 1889-1936: Hubris
For my lack of missionary zeal, I have been castigated by a
few militant atheists, who are irritated by my
disinclination to try persuading people to abandon their
faith that God exists (while some religious people regard
me as a militant atheist intent on promoting worship of
unspecified "secular idols").
--Wendy Kaminer, [4]Sleeping With Extra-Terrestrials
_________________________________________________________
Castigate comes from Latin castigare, "to purify, to correct,
to punish," from castus, "pure."
Synonyms: punish, chastise, rebuke, reprove, reprimand.
Word of the Day for Saturday August 6, 2005
waylay \WAY-lay\, transitive verb:
1. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
2. To approach or stop (someone) unexpectedly.
When his mother praised certain well-behaved and neatly
dressed boys in the village, Jung was filled with hate for
them, and would waylay and beat them up.
--Frank McLynn, [1]Carl Gustav Jung
He returned to her night after night, until his brother,
Frank, waylaid him one evening outside Harriet's cabin and
beat him bloody.
--Lynne Olson, [2]Freedom's Daughters
Furious and humiliated, the boy waylaid Martha after
school.
--Julian Barnes, [3]England, England
The women, who hold wicker baskets filled with flowers and
incense, are out to waylay tourists and to entice them into
buying the blooms and scents.
--Jacob Heilbrunn, "Mao More Than Ever," [4]New Republic,
April 21, 1997
_________________________________________________________
Waylay comes from way (from Old English weg) + lay (from Old
English lecgan).
Synonyms: ambush, assail, bushwhack, set upon. [5]Find more at
Thesaurus.com.
1. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
2. To approach or stop (someone) unexpectedly.
When his mother praised certain well-behaved and neatly
dressed boys in the village, Jung was filled with hate for
them, and would waylay and beat them up.
--Frank McLynn, [1]Carl Gustav Jung
He returned to her night after night, until his brother,
Frank, waylaid him one evening outside Harriet's cabin and
beat him bloody.
--Lynne Olson, [2]Freedom's Daughters
Furious and humiliated, the boy waylaid Martha after
school.
--Julian Barnes, [3]England, England
The women, who hold wicker baskets filled with flowers and
incense, are out to waylay tourists and to entice them into
buying the blooms and scents.
--Jacob Heilbrunn, "Mao More Than Ever," [4]New Republic,
April 21, 1997
_________________________________________________________
Waylay comes from way (from Old English weg) + lay (from Old
English lecgan).
Synonyms: ambush, assail, bushwhack, set upon. [5]Find more at
Thesaurus.com.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Word of the Day for Wednesday August 3, 2005
affable \AF-uh-buhl\, adjective:
1. Easy to speak to; receiving others kindly and conversing
with them in a free and friendly manner.
2. Gracious; benign.
Nonetheless, in view of the fact that Leon stated in the
warrant that I was good-looking, cheerful and affable, they
exhorted me to make myself appear to be taciturn,
melancholy and ugly.
--Susana Rotker (Editor), [1]The Memoirs of Fray Servando
Teresa De Mier
Johnny's father, while strict with his children, usually
was affable and relaxed.
--Paul C. Nagel, [2]John Quincy Adams
There was even more joking than usual Saturday afternoon;
he seemed to be in a particularly affable mood.
--"Presley Treats Fans to His Best," [3]New York Times,
July 21, 1975
_________________________________________________________
Affable is from Latin affabilis, from affari, "to speak to,"
from ad-, "to" + fari, "to speak."
1. Easy to speak to; receiving others kindly and conversing
with them in a free and friendly manner.
2. Gracious; benign.
Nonetheless, in view of the fact that Leon stated in the
warrant that I was good-looking, cheerful and affable, they
exhorted me to make myself appear to be taciturn,
melancholy and ugly.
--Susana Rotker (Editor), [1]The Memoirs of Fray Servando
Teresa De Mier
Johnny's father, while strict with his children, usually
was affable and relaxed.
--Paul C. Nagel, [2]John Quincy Adams
There was even more joking than usual Saturday afternoon;
he seemed to be in a particularly affable mood.
--"Presley Treats Fans to His Best," [3]New York Times,
July 21, 1975
_________________________________________________________
Affable is from Latin affabilis, from affari, "to speak to,"
from ad-, "to" + fari, "to speak."
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Word of the Day for Tuesday August 2, 2005
Zeitgeist \TSYT-guyst; ZYT-guyst\, noun:
[Often capitalized] The spirit of the time; the general
intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any
period of time.
The best writers of that predawn era were originals who had
the zeitgeist by the tail.
--Gary Giddins, [1]Visions of Jazz: The First Century
As most critics and all professors of cultural theory note,
Madonna is nothing if not a skilled reader of the
zeitgeist.
--Techno 'rave' just the same old Madonna, [2]Chicago
Sun-Times, March 3, 1998
Besides, the zeitgeist seems to be working against any hope
of Hormel officials to limit...the usage of [the word]
'spam' on the Web.
--Gracious Concession on Internet 'Spam', [3]New York
Times, August 17, 1998
Like other figures who seem, in retrospect, to have been
precociously representative of their times, Kerouac was not
simply responding to the Zeitgeist, but to the peculiarly
twisted facts of his own upbringing.
--Jack Kerouac: The Beat Goes On, [4]New York Times,
December 30, 1979
_________________________________________________________
Zeitgeist is from the German: Zeit, "time" + Geist, "spirit."
[Often capitalized] The spirit of the time; the general
intellectual and moral state or temper characteristic of any
period of time.
The best writers of that predawn era were originals who had
the zeitgeist by the tail.
--Gary Giddins, [1]Visions of Jazz: The First Century
As most critics and all professors of cultural theory note,
Madonna is nothing if not a skilled reader of the
zeitgeist.
--Techno 'rave' just the same old Madonna, [2]Chicago
Sun-Times, March 3, 1998
Besides, the zeitgeist seems to be working against any hope
of Hormel officials to limit...the usage of [the word]
'spam' on the Web.
--Gracious Concession on Internet 'Spam', [3]New York
Times, August 17, 1998
Like other figures who seem, in retrospect, to have been
precociously representative of their times, Kerouac was not
simply responding to the Zeitgeist, but to the peculiarly
twisted facts of his own upbringing.
--Jack Kerouac: The Beat Goes On, [4]New York Times,
December 30, 1979
_________________________________________________________
Zeitgeist is from the German: Zeit, "time" + Geist, "spirit."
Monday, August 01, 2005
Word of the Day for Monday August 1, 2005
circumlocution \sir-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn\, noun:
The use of many words to express an idea that might be
expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language.
Dickens gave us the classic picture of official
heartlessness: the government Circumlocution Office, burial
ground of hope in "Little Dorrit."
--"'Balance of Hardships,'" [1]New York Times, September
28, 1999
In a delightful circumlocution, the Fed chairman said that
"investors are probably revisiting expectations of domestic
earnings growth".
--"US exuberance is proven 'irrational,'" [2]Irish Times,
October 31, 1997
Courtesies and circumlocutions are out of place, where the
morals, health, lives of thousands are at stake.
--Charles Kingsley, Letters
Prefer the single word to the circumlocution.
--H.W. Fowler, [3]The King's English
_________________________________________________________
Circumlocution comes from Latin circumlocutio,
circumlocution-, from circum, "around" + loquor, loqui, "to
speak."
Circumlocution office is a term of ridicule for a governmental
office where business is delayed by passing through the hands
of different officials. It comes from Dickens' Little Dorrit:
Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office
was beforehand with all the public departments in the art
of perceiving--How not to do it.
The use of many words to express an idea that might be
expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language.
Dickens gave us the classic picture of official
heartlessness: the government Circumlocution Office, burial
ground of hope in "Little Dorrit."
--"'Balance of Hardships,'" [1]New York Times, September
28, 1999
In a delightful circumlocution, the Fed chairman said that
"investors are probably revisiting expectations of domestic
earnings growth".
--"US exuberance is proven 'irrational,'" [2]Irish Times,
October 31, 1997
Courtesies and circumlocutions are out of place, where the
morals, health, lives of thousands are at stake.
--Charles Kingsley, Letters
Prefer the single word to the circumlocution.
--H.W. Fowler, [3]The King's English
_________________________________________________________
Circumlocution comes from Latin circumlocutio,
circumlocution-, from circum, "around" + loquor, loqui, "to
speak."
Circumlocution office is a term of ridicule for a governmental
office where business is delayed by passing through the hands
of different officials. It comes from Dickens' Little Dorrit:
Whatever was required to be done, the Circumlocution Office
was beforehand with all the public departments in the art
of perceiving--How not to do it.
Gingerbread Cupcake with Carmel Glaze!
Layla cupcakequeen's dog on flickr is gazing longingly at the cupcake!
Amy Sedaris' cupcakes
Photographed by candiedyams when she stopped by the Renegade Craft Fair's mixer and got one of these cupcakes.
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Word of the Day for Saturday July 30, 2005
caesura \sih-ZHUR-uh; -ZUR-\, noun;
plural caesuras or caesurae \sih-ZHUR-ee; -ZUR-ee\:
1. A break or pause in a line of verse, usually occurring in
the middle of a line, and indicated in scanning by a double
vertical line; for example, "The proper study || of mankind is
man" [Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man].
2. Any break, pause, or interruption.
After an inconclusive day spent discussing the caesura of
"Sonnet"'s opening line, Luke and his colleagues went for
cocktails at Strabismus.
--Martin Amis, [1]Heavy Water and Other Stories
The crucial event of the Robedaux family occurs offscreen,
in a narrative caesura between the film's two "acts."
--Richard Corliss, "The Patter of Little Footes," [2]Time,
May 13, 1985
Say her name today in the right circles and you'll notice a
sudden intake of breath, a caesura of pure awe.
--Michael Dirda, "In which our intrepid columnist visits
the Modern Language Association convention and reflects on
what he found there," [3]Washington Post, January 28, 2001
During the historical caesura between the total destruction
of Aquileia and the seventh-century foundation of the city
of Heraclea as the first political capital of the second
Venice, the refugees lived on Grado and the other islands,
just as Cassiodorus had seen them: humbly, simply, and by
the toil of their hands.
--Patricia Fortini Brown, [4]Venice and Antiquity
_________________________________________________________
Caesura comes from Latin caesura, "a cutting off, a division,
a stop," from the past participle of caedere, "to cut."
plural caesuras or caesurae \sih-ZHUR-ee; -ZUR-ee\:
1. A break or pause in a line of verse, usually occurring in
the middle of a line, and indicated in scanning by a double
vertical line; for example, "The proper study || of mankind is
man" [Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man].
2. Any break, pause, or interruption.
After an inconclusive day spent discussing the caesura of
"Sonnet"'s opening line, Luke and his colleagues went for
cocktails at Strabismus.
--Martin Amis, [1]Heavy Water and Other Stories
The crucial event of the Robedaux family occurs offscreen,
in a narrative caesura between the film's two "acts."
--Richard Corliss, "The Patter of Little Footes," [2]Time,
May 13, 1985
Say her name today in the right circles and you'll notice a
sudden intake of breath, a caesura of pure awe.
--Michael Dirda, "In which our intrepid columnist visits
the Modern Language Association convention and reflects on
what he found there," [3]Washington Post, January 28, 2001
During the historical caesura between the total destruction
of Aquileia and the seventh-century foundation of the city
of Heraclea as the first political capital of the second
Venice, the refugees lived on Grado and the other islands,
just as Cassiodorus had seen them: humbly, simply, and by
the toil of their hands.
--Patricia Fortini Brown, [4]Venice and Antiquity
_________________________________________________________
Caesura comes from Latin caesura, "a cutting off, a division,
a stop," from the past participle of caedere, "to cut."
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Nicky Hilton
I love her Hello Kitty tank top. Hello Kitty was my favorite when I was a kid. Nicky Hilton is very beautiful and a talented designer of clothing and handbags!!!
Paris Hilton
I have been a fan of Paris Hilton, since she starred in Celebrities Uncensored. She loves to be photographed and it shows. I think she is beautiful and smarter than most people even know. I love her show Simple Life 1 and the sequels. Her new commercial for Carl's Jr. is controversial, but I think if you got it flaunt it. I think she is suffering form overexposure from the media, but I like her sense of her self and her sense of style. She has kept her sense of humor through all of her problems. Keep entertaining us Paris, but stay away from amateur home movies and save your talent for television and the big screen.
Tami
Tami
Katie Holmes
The better half of Tom Cruise!!! I grew up with Tom Cruise movies, but now he is pushing Scientology and is against medications that help people. Personally, I think Tom is acting Psychotic and Manic and belongs in a mental hospital.
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