Posted on 08/13/2013 5:07:05 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, August 13, 2013
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".
Precocious [pri-koh-shuhs]]
-adj
1. unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development
2. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
3. of or pertaining to premature development.
4. Botany
a. flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit.
b. bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants.
c. appearing before leaves, as flowers.
[1640–50; Latin praecoci-, stem of praecox (see precocity) + -ous]
meant to tell you guys that i am reading the JKRowling writing as Robert Galbraith mystery and find it quite enjoyable. it’s totally diff, obv, than the potter series, but well done and engrossing.
It was well done, but nothing on the level of the potter series. Not even close.
well obv not. But i do hope she continues writing in this genre. i am so idiosyncratic in my reading taste and find it difficult to find things i really like to read.
I read too much, often times reading CRAP...while searching out the next great author.
I just found a book outside of Sam’s Club. I looked at the pic on the cover and said...”gee, he looks familiar”. Sure enough, I graduated from high school with him. It’s his autobiography. Never knew he played baseball...after all, he had polio and grew up with leg braces. Never grew to full height, either. so far it is interesting. Still only on the first chapter.
If you used an electric stove and didn’t live so far away, I’d send you mine when I sell the house-I’m a very neat cook, so it still looks brand new. It was nice when the kids lived close and there was a lot of cooking done, but if I need more than 2 burners these days, it is rare.
Thanks! Whoever buys your house will hopegully appreciate the pristine condition youre leaving it in!
I pre-ordered “Pagan Lord”, the new Bernard Cornwell novel about the times of Alfred the Great and his son Edward from Amazon UK-it will be sent in October.
The narrator is a cynical nobleman and war leader, who has a very British and wicked sense of humor, is a master battle strategist, and a squish at home with wife and kids. He was widowed in the last novel, and resisting the King’s attempts to award him with another suitable wife-it sounded like he wanted to let his 3 kids choose one instead.
I have thoroughly enjoyed all 6 of the previous novels in the series, because the character makes me laugh. Not much in the way of romance, the sex is graphic, lots of bloody battles, and political intrigues and murders-but the history is accurate, and the murders and intrigues are fun to try and solve. I’d recommend the books for a swashbuckling good read with medieval detective work...
Dont thnk ive replaced more rhan 3 lights in 3 years, minus the bathrooms.
Did have to replace a lightswitch..
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