Archive for August, 2008

• Acquiesce

  Sunday, August 31st, 2008

  Word Of The Day
  ac·qui·esce - Dictionary.com

  to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.

  Picture Of The Day

  Although this is not me today it is basically the look on my face after the long day I have had. I am tired, and generally pooped. [...]

• Acouasm

  Thursday, August 28th, 2008

  Word Of The Day
  a·cou·asm - Dictionary.com

  a nonverbal auditory hallucination, as a ringing or hissing.

  Photo Of The Day

  I made pancakes for breakfast a few days ago and this is what it looked like after being cut then having syrup added. The picture makes it look burnt and it actually wasn’t. They came out yummy [...]

• Acolyte

  Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

  Word Of The Day
  ac·o·lyte

  an altar attendant in public worship.
  Roman Catholic Church.
  a. a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor orders.
  b. the order itself.
  any attendant, assistant, or follower.

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  Photo Of The Day

  I call this my Legal Mouse Pad. Why? Well, that’s a legal pad with my to-do list written on it and I also [...]

• Achromatophsia

  Sunday, August 24th, 2008

  Word Of The Day
  a·chro·ma·top·si·a

  Color Blindness

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  Photo Of The Day

  Since I am going to back out of the product review feature I had been doing, I just had to make it my photo of the day at the very least. The coffee pictured here is the Signature Blend found at the very top of this page. [...]

• Acheron

  Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

  Word Of The Day
  Ach·er·on

  Classical Mythology. a river in Hades over which Charon ferried the souls of the dead.
  the infernal regions; hell; Hades.

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  Photo Of The Day

  As you already know, I love good deals. If you can’t tell, these are supposed to be flash drives that are the size of a credit card with pictures on [...]

• Achene

  Friday, August 22nd, 2008

  Today’s Word
  a·chene
  any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
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  Today’s Photo

  This is a nice piece of advice from my $2 Goodwill shirt. You should heed it’s meaning, because it’s true.
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  Mod Note
  I just wanted to warn everyone that because we are still in the clean out process of the old place I most likely will [...]

• Acetarious

  Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

  Today’s Word
  Ac`e*ta”ri*ous
  Used in salads; as, acetarious plants.
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  Today’s Photo

  I took Aubree outside to play today and we came across this frog. Isn’t he cute? I could hardly believe that he sat there and let me put my phone so close to him so I could get this picture.
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  Mod Note
  As a work at home mom [...]

• Acetabulum

  Sunday, August 17th, 2008

  Today’s Word
  ac·e·tab·u·lum

  1. Anatomy. the socket in the hipbone that receives the head of the thighbone.
  2. Zoology. any of the suction appendages of a leech, octopus, etc.

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  Today’s Photo

  I am pretty sure this is poison ivy with something growing on it. So sure, in fact, that I think this is the reason why I caught poison ivy when [...]

• Accouterments

  Thursday, August 7th, 2008

  Word Of The Day
  ac·cou·ter·ment
  1. An accessory item of equipment or dress. Often used in the plural.
  2. Military equipment other than uniforms and weapons. Often used in the plural.
  3. accouterments or accoutrements Outward forms of recognition; trappings: cathedral ceilings, heated swimming pools, and other accoutrements signaling great [...]

• Accidence

  Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

  Word Nerd
  “accidence is the part of grammar that deals with the variable forms of words, like inflections; a grammar book or the fundamentals of a subject is an accidence“
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  Today’s Photo

  No real fun pictures today, sorry. So you will just have to settle for the keyboard of my Acer Aspire laptop. I really, really, [...]