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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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jenova_silver
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Watched the space station go by this evening. I wish I had some binoculars or a telescope.
More of the bean field is being harvested. as long as it isn't the middle of the night, I'm alright with it. I think the combine has a two-way radio because it interferes with some of the tv channels.
Fire truck went onto the gravel road this afternoon. Lights and siren.
Time for bed. *hugs*
Seeing the sights and sounds of the park exhilarated her.
Word of the Day for Wednesday November 11, 2009
exhilarate • \ig-ZIL-uh-rayt\ • verb
1 a : to make cheerful and excited
b : enliven, excite
2 : refresh, stimulate
Did you know?
Many people find "exhilarate" a difficult word to spell. It's easy to forget that silent "h" in there, and is it an "er" or "ar" after the "l"? It may be easier to remember the spelling if you know that "exhilarate" is ultimately derived from the Latin adjective "hilarus," meaning "cheerful." (This also explains why the earliest meaning of "exhilarate" is "to make cheerful.") "Exhilarate" comes from "exhilaratus," the past participle of "exhilarare," which is formed by combining "ex-" and "hilarare," a verb that derives from "hilarus" and means "to cheer or gladden." If "hilarus" looks familiar, that may be because it's also the source of "hilarious" and "hilarity" (as well as "hilariously" and "hilariousness," of course).
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 For my dad (USAF), step-dad (USCG), Uncle Charles (Army), Uncle Byron (USMC), Jon (USMC), Big Danny T (USMC), Samantha (Army), James (Army), Daniel (Army) and everyone else I know who has served/had family serve/knows someone who serves! ~C~ |
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Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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jenova_silver
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Laundry Day. Went to Ellendale's laundry. On the way up, around New Richland, there was this awful smell from a pile of what Mom thought was old silage or pea silage.
Farmer has stared harvesting the soy bean fields around us. about time. Don't know how long this nice weather will last.
Time for bed. *hugs*
Are you going rectify the situation or just let it go?
Word of the Day for Tuesday November 10, 2009
rectify • \REK-tuh-fye\ • verb
1 : to set right : remedy
2 : to purify (as alcohol) especially by repeated or fractional distillation
3 : to correct by removing errors : adjust
Did you know?
Which of the following words does not share its ancestry with "rectify"?
1) direct 2) regimen 3) obstruct 4) correct 5) resurrection
Like "rectify," four of these words ultimately come from Latin "regere," which can mean "to lead straight," "to direct," or "to rule." "Correct" and "direct" come from "regere" via Latin "corrigere" and "dirigere," respectively. "Resurrection" comes from Latin "resurgere," whose stem "surgere," meaning "to rise," is a combination of "sub-" and "regere." "Regimen" is from Latin "regimen" ("position of authority," "direction," "set of rules"), itself from "regere." And "rectify" is from "regere" by way of Latin "rectus" ("right"). "Obstruct" is the only one of the set above that has no relation to "rectify." It traces back to Latin "struere," meaning "to build" or "to heap up."
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And I'm already ready for the day to be over. *Grumps*
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
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jenova_silver
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Gas Price in Owatonna: $2.58/gallon
Mom and I went to Mills Fleet Farm to pick up dog food. Got new snow boots too. Hopefully these won't disintegrate like my last pair. (They split open on the waterproof part at the bottom, maybe because of the way I walk.)
Unseasonably warm today. Windy too. Saw lots of steam coming off of silos with grain dryers. Lots of farmers are in the fields harvesting.
Dad's back to work.
Time for bed. *hugs*
The teachers hoped that the students would be docile.
Word of the Day for Monday November 9, 2009
docile • \DAH-sul\ • adjective
1 : easily taught
2 : easily led or managed
Did you know?
Docile students can make teaching a lot easier. Nowadays, calling students "docile" indicates they aren't trouble-makers. But there's more than just good behavior connecting docility to teachability. The original meaning of "docile" is more to the point: "readily absorbing something taught." "The docile mind may soon thy precepts know," rendered Ben Jonson, for example, in a 17th-century translation of the Roman poet Horace. "Docile" comes from Latin "docēre," which means "to teach." Other descendants of "docēre" include "doctrine" (which can mean "something that is taught"), "document" (the earliest meaning of which was "instruction"), and "doctor" and "docent" (both of which can refer to college teachers).
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So this is the part where I say goodbye forever to my 20s. Yee-haw. For my birthday, I would like an income and a drivers side rear brake light, please. Oh, and sushi. Mmm sushi.
I've recently discovered the joys of a magical manga series about cooking called Oishinbo. I don't generally get into manga for some reason, but this one is particularly exciting. Probably because it makes me really hungry, the food in it is drawn particularly well. Apparently they made it into an anime back in the 80s, but it was never translated into English. The manga started being published again this year, so maybe enough American types will get into the manga to make it financially viable to translate the anime into English (I'd be happy with either dub or sub).
Watched the Passion of Joan of Arc, which was made back in the late 20's, complete with intertitles and orchestra for sound. It was really good, and caused me to sit and read the entire Joan of Arc wikipedia entry afterwards. It also caused me to look up the history of breastfeeding. See, I found it interesting that, in the film at one point, there is a closeup of a baby being breastfed, nipple and all. And I'm not too knowledgeable about older movies, but as far as I knew, they didn't go in for nudity and such back then. So after a cursory glance on the internet, it seems that breastfeeding in public was pretty normal up through the 1940s or so, and then at some point after that it became seen as scandalous or something. It's generally considered legal to do now, but you can still get harassed by random people and asked to cover up and such. My brief poking encountered a case where someone was asked to leave a theme park for doing it in public, and another commented on the fact that she was breastfeeding in an area where children are present. Which is weird, since as children and all, it wasn't that long since they themselves were probably breastfed. And if you're gonna have your kids exposed to nudity, wouldn't that be a good way to do it? Since the kids are more likely then not already learning via semi-nudity from advertising and media and such that breasts are sexual, it seems good to also include opportunities for your kids to learn that they're functional?
And speaking of breasts, I've been having a fabulous last several months, in that the vast majority of my bras fit. As long as I don't get glued to the front of this computer for the duration of the winter, I will hopefully continue that trend. It's kinda useful to be really new to a place and not know much of anyone, well, useful in the lack of Christmas junk food being slogged at me, which I am generally more then happy to eat because it is delicious.
And on a final note, Nanowrimo is going more or less ok. Am at 13126 words right now, need to get to 15,000 by tomorrow night.
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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jenova_silver
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So, we worked on trim. Ran out of one width of trim board. So we have a bit to do yet.
Dad goes back to work tomorrow, so progress will have to be made on the weekend.
Lots of harvesting going on in the area. Trying to get it done before any more precipitation muds up the fields again. Windy and dry.
Saw a couple of deer hunters this morning, in the corn field northwest of us. Easy to see them in their bright orange coats. That and the bean field doesn't obscure anything.
Time for bed. *hugs*
The pastor didn't act sacerdotal according to the gossip brigade.
Word of the Day for Sunday November 8, 2009
sacerdotal • \sass-er-DOH-tul\ • adjective
1 : of or relating to priests or a priesthood : priestly
2 : of, relating to, or suggesting religious belief emphasizing the powers of priests as essential mediators between God and mankind
Did you know?
"Sacerdotal" is one of a host of English words derived from the Latin adjective "sacer," meaning "sacred." Other words derived from "sacer" include "desecrate," "sacrifice," "sacrilege," "consecrate," "sacrament," and even "execrable" (developed from the Latin word "exsecrari," meaning "to put under a curse"). One unlikely "sacer" descendant is "sacrum," referring to the series of five vertebrae in the lower back connected to the pelvis. In Latin this bone was called the "os sacrum," or "holy bone," a translation of the Greek "hieron osteon."
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visioluxus
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I think I really need to go out in the world and take pictures with no people in them. I'm forgetting how. All my recent photos look like fashion ads. I also think I need to live near a carnival...from the 1800's.
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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jenova_silver
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No progress today. We had to get supplies, but Dad didn't get motivated until after lunch. Now we have trim boards, hinges, more screws, and finish nails. Tomorrow will have to be a blitz.
Time for bed. *hugs*
They pretended to be a bastion of sweetness and light, but were doing dirty deeds dirt cheap in back alleys.
Word of the Day for Saturday November 7, 2009
bastion • \BAS-chun\ • noun
1 : a projecting part of a fortification
2 : a fortified area or position
3 a : a place of security or survival
b : a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic
Did you know?
"Bastion" is constructed of etymological building blocks that are very similar to those of "bastille" (a word now used as a general term for a prison, but probably best known as the name of the Parisian fortress-turned-prison stormed by an angry mob at the start of the French Revolution). The history of "bastion" can be traced through Middle French to the Old Italian verb "bastire," which means "to build." "Bastille" descends from the Old Occitan verb "bastir," which also means "to build." "Bastir" and "bastire" are themselves of Germanic origin and akin to the Old High German word "besten," meaning "to patch."
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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Worked on the pens inside the dog house. Setting them up for having outside pens. Head scratching, then making decisions before some construction. We need to get trim boards so we can work more on the outside. That and to make a jamb for the door.
Weather stayed pleasant for November. Sunny and windy again today.
Dad is doing more and more everyday. He goes back to work on Monday, and I hope that it won't be too much for him.
Time for bed. *hugs*
Am I a nudnik in your friends lists?
Word of the Day for Friday November 6, 2009
nudnik • \NOOD-nik (the "OO" is as in "good")\ • noun
: a person who is a bore or nuisance
Did you know?
The suffix "-nik" came to English through Yiddish (and ultimately from Polish and Ukrainian). It means "one connected with or characterized by being." You might be familiar with "beatnik," "computernik," or "neatnik," but what about "no-goodnik" or "allrightnik"? The suffix "-nik" is frequently used in English to create nonce words that are often jocular or slightly derogatory. Some theorize that the popularity of the suffix was enhanced by Russian "Sputnik," as well as Al Capp's frequent use of "-nik" words in his "L'il Abner" cartoons. The "nud-" of the Yiddish borrowing "nudnik" ultimately comes from the Polish word "nuda," meaning "boredom."
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Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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chibimun
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Sydney, spammer of links and wares. I really am trying to get a few things off the ground, hopefully this will help. If you like what you see, feel free to pass on the links to others that might like it. Every little bit helps. Thanks again <3
My Etsy Store
Ive got cute jewelry, magnets, bookmarks, stickers, various things, and hopefully more as I'm able to make them.
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Some of you are probably familiar with it, but its a great outlet if any of you are artists/writers or art collecters if you don't have an account already.
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Thank you guys for taking time out to read this. Any help is welcomed <3
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
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Major update in my Etsy Store, new product and the pendants are now all double sided.
I am planning on including the Tarort Series that Phillip and I collaborated on ages ago at some point as well.
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
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jenova_silver
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Those wanting xmas cards from me, I need to have your current address by the end of the month. Mom picked up a bunch of cheap cards. Each one will have some sort of doodle in it by me.
Breezy today, off and on cloudy too.
Lots of head scratching before we got some semblance of how to do the partitions inside the dog house. Though I'm not entirely sure how the finished pens will look like. Inside is very dark, we ran a extension cord and a light and that helps. Hopefully by next spring we can afford to frame in and install a stock window. Dad is going to recycle some metal siding that we used in the lean-to interior to prevent the horses from chewing the studs. I'm concerned that the siding has holes in it from their installation. That and cutting openings for dog doors to the eventual outside pens will be troublesome.
PSO: a Delsaber dropped an arm. I have that squirreled away in the check room. The ruins quests are a pain, several times I get close to complete and the NPC I'm with dies. *sighs*
WotD with their example sentence. I'm feeling lazy.
Matched only the Powerball last night.
TIme for bed. *hugs*
Word of the Day for Thursday November 5, 2009
maugre • \MAW-gur\ • preposition
archaic : in spite of
Example sentence:
"I love thee so that, maugre all thy pride, / Nor wit nor reason can my passion hide." (Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene i)
Did you know?
"Maugre" is now quite rare, but having served the English language for more than 700 years, it's due whatever rest it's currently enjoying. Although it may not be a word worth incorporating into your expressive vocabulary, being familiar with it will be helpful in reading the works of such authors as Shakespeare, Scott, Milton, and, as in this quote from his Essays, First Series, Emerson: "By virtue of this inevitable nature, private will is overpowered, and, maugre our efforts or our imperfections, your genius will speak from you, and mine from me." The word is Anglo-French in origin, coming from "mal" or "mau," meaning "evil," and "gré," meaning "grace, favor."
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Worldwide news agencies are reporting that seven people have been killed and another 12 wounded at Fort Hood, Texas, today. The Army public affairs office there isn't responding to the media, so news agencies are getting their information from Congressman John Carter.
According to news reports, the two shooters were in uniform. One has been arrested, but the other is still at large and is rumored to be in possession of a high-powered sniper rifle.
Please keep the people at Fort Hood in your thoughts.
ETA (1405 MST): The Pentagon is now putting the number of wounded at 20. This story's rapidly developing, so I'll make edits as I receive more information.
ETA (1502 MST): Fox News now reports 12 dead and as many as 30 wounded. Officials don't have a motive, but the FBI says it doesn't suspect the incident was terrorism-related.
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About "honor" killings.
 "When I heard the tragic news this week that a beautiful young Muslim woman, Noor Almaleki, 20, had died after allegedly being run over by her Iraqi-American father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki, for being too 'Westernized,' I returned to a moment five years ago when I sat on the carpeted floor of my hometown mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia, just a block from the McDonald’s. "As I listened in horror, an Egyptian-American professor of engineering railed against the 'dark path' of the West."
Read More on The Daily Beast.
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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jenova_silver
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Dog house roof complete. Left to do: the door, siding, interior partitions.
Weather cooperated somewhat. it was chilly all day. Breezy and cloudy too.
Time for bed. *hugs*
He used invectives that demeaned his opponent and destroyed his credibility.
Word of the Day for Wednesday November 4, 2009
invective • \in-VEK-tiv\ • noun
1 : an abusive expression or speech
2 : insulting or abusive language : vituperation
Did you know?
"Invective" began life in the 15th century as an adjective meaning "of, relating to, or characterized by insult or abuse." In 1523, it appeared in print as a noun meaning "an example of abusive speech." Eventually, the noun developed a second sense applying to abusive language as a whole. "Invective" comes to us from the Middle French word "invectif," which in turn derives from Latin "invectivus," meaning "reproachful, abusive." ("Invectivus" comes from Latin "invectus," past participle of the verb "invehere," one form of which means "to assail with words.") "Invective" is similar to "abuse," but it tends to suggest not only anger and vehemence, but also verbal and rhetorical skill. It sometimes implies public denunciation, as in "blistering political invective."
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What's funny is that Dex and I both have this shirt. *Laughs* What's even funnier is that, as I type this, I'm fixing the spare laptop that we loaned Dex as a backup for the desktop computer we loaned her, which is also less than functional at the moment.
The good news is that the only problem with the laptop is that the Windows XP registry got corrupted. And while the fix for that is fairly technical, it's not too hard and doesn't require me to wipe and reinstall Windows. The bad news is, if it breaks again, or if any other computer in the house breaks within 20 feet of Dexy, I think she's going to swear off technology altogether.
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Will I ever make a "regular" LJ entry again? Maybe. Why? Do you care??? Have some pictures!  ( MOAR! )~C~
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UK size 8 veggie leather DM boots on Ebay...
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