Posted on 01/28/2003 12:59:51 AM PST by Bella_Bru
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....
obdurate\OB-du-rit; OB-dyu-rit\, adjective:
1. Hardened in feelings, especially against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.
Etymology: Obdurate is from Latin obduratus, past participle of obduro, obdurare, to be hard against, from ob-, intensive prefix + durus, hard.
Synonyms: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible.
Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as, "a callous conscience." Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, "hardened in vice." Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will against the pleadings of compassion and humanity.
Good Morning Class. Welcome to School!
The weather is so beautiful right now. We're in the mid to high 70s. I just can't keep my seat to the chair. Have to be out with ol' sol!
And I've been cooking up a storm. Trying to fatten that Liberty guy up! He's now quit smoking, and still losing weight. Sheesh! He says it's because he doesn't eat pizza every night. And I do so love to cook.
The other night we had Chicken a l'orange en croute, if I'm spelling that correctly. Dang, it was good. I don't know how many batches of cookies I've made.
I found this by accident just now, but was looking for it earlier.
The wife of a Southern Baptist preacher talks to her Sunday school class about a wonderful religious experience that she had last week:
The other day I went up to the local Christian book store where I saw a "Honk if you love Jesus" bumper sticker. I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance at Church, so I bought the bumper sticker and put it on the back bumper of my car. And I am really glad that I did, too. What an uplifting experience followed.
I was stopped at the light of a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord, and I did not notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus or I may never have noticed that the light had changed. But then I found that a lot of people love Jesus, too. Why, the guy behind me started to honk like crazy and then he leaned out his window and screamed "For the love of GOD, Go!....Go!
Everyone was honking also, so I leaned out my window and waved and smiled to all those loving people and I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love. There must have been a man from Florida back there because I could hear him yelling something about a sunny beach.
I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage son in the back seat what this meant, he replied "It is nothing, probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something." Well, I have never even met a person from Hawaii, so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My son burst into laughter, why, even he was enjoying the love of this religious experience.
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and were walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what Church I attended, but when I noticed that the light had changed, I waved one more time to my loving brothers and sisters and drove through the intersection.
I was the only car that got across the intersection before the light changed again and I felt kind of bad that I had to leave them and all that love that we had shared so I slowed the car down, leaned out of the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one more time as I drove away.
Praise the LORD for such wonderful folks.!
But first, you and all LOTR fans must go read this Dave Barry column. I almost hurt myself laughing at a couple of the lines from it!
For only $.99 American, I will read your fortune for you. I'll put my thinking hat on now, if you like. This is my current thinking hat. When I make more money from my fortune-telling, I'll get a better one.
Maybe I'll get a more comfortable chair, too!
I missed every battle except the tree battle, because, come on, that really couldn't happen.
OK, she's irritating as hell, but I ask you.... do you realize this cretin is now into her 3rd year as a United States Senator (albeit from NY), and...
this spawn of Satan has NEVER held a single un-scripted press conference in her entire miserable life??
Ok, I'm done...... lol.....kind of out of character for me, huh? lol
Little??!?
BWAAAAAHAHAHAHAhahahaha....
That thing gets uglier and uglier every day, and she never started out much better.
Shallow end of the gene pool.
Father: Satan
Mother: A vampire bat
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