Posted on 12/19/2013 4:34:52 AM PST by secret garden
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".
importune (im-pawr-TOON, im-pawr-TYOON, im-PAWR-chuhn) \ tr. verb
To ask someone, repeatedly or annoyingly, to do something.
Example sentence:
"José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spain's prime minister, has cast dignity aside and importuned all and sundry with a request to be invited to a conference."
---After the Fiesta; The Economist (London, UK); Nov 6, 2008.
Etymology:
From Latin importunus, from in- (not) + portus (port, refuge). Ultimately from the Indo-European root per- (to lead, pass over), which also gave us support, comport, petroleum, sport, passport, petrify, colporteur (a peddler of religious books), Swedish fartlek (a training technique), Norwegian fjord(bay), and Sanskrit parvat (mountain). Earliest documented use: 1530.
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....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Don’t you think it is because Kasich goes back and forth so much they can’t really pin him down as having good conservative policies? A+ for you.
It would for me. I find shows of that nature to be not distasteful, but painful to watch.
Maybe I'm stuck up, but I aspire to a life with more élan and panache.
Thats fucked up. Saw that on the news this am
Here’s an apple.
I don’t have a late note. Please contact my router, lol
Thank you.
I think they know he’s a conservative, just one who sold out to the hospital lobby.
At the end of the day all the top tier opponents didn’t step up and the Dems have to try to win this off year election as if it was an Obama year: scare women and blacks into turning out huge.
We’ll see.
Is it on Netflix?
I’m going to have to start watching. Except live ones unless they bring him back.
You can get a lot of it on OnDemand if you have Comcast/Infinity. Our Tivo account ran out and we refuse to pay the cable company for DVR service.
I’m dropping Cable.
I figure between Netflix (already have), Hulu, and the ITunes store (if there is anything we really have to watch. I’ll still come out ahead of the cable subscription.
Sometimes not by much depending on how much ITunes store we use in the Apple TV.
Cable is a pain.
But I’ve decided to go Billy Jeff.
I’m dropping trou.....lol
Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal:
“Phil Robertson and his family are great citizens of the state of Louisiana. The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with.” Jindal said in a statement. “…. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended.”
Well said Governor!
it’s free on my kindle
Your demand was importune because I was working on my Christmas cards. But, as punishment for being late to class, I’ll share an old family recipe. Wink, wink.
Once again this year, I’ve had requests for my Tequila Christmas Cake recipe so here goes: Please keep in your files as I am beginning to get tired of typing this up every year!
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking powder
1 cup water
1 tsp. salt
1 cup brown sugar
Lemon juice
4 large eggs
Nuts
1 bottle tequila
2 cups dried fruit
Sample the tequila to check quality. Take a large bowl; check the tequila again to be sure it is of the highest quality. Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point, it is best to make sure the tequila is still OK. Try another cup just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck iin the cup of dried fruit. Pick the fruit up off the floor. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit getas stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver. Sample the tequila to meytest for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something. Check the tequila. Now shift the lemon ice strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 s and try not to fall over. Don’t forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the window. Finish the tequila and wipe the counter with the cat.
Cherry Mristmas
I’ve never seen the show either, but I’d like to point out that the Bureau of Prisons in NM forbids A & E programming to be broadcast within its walls — that’s how bad most of their programming is. My son in law’s mother used to work there as a teacher.
When we first got cable, my daughter predicted that I’d love A & E, and I used to enjoy their offerings such as “The Crossing”, etc. But, about 10 years ago they changed their programming to all of these anti-social reality type shows — drugs, hoarding, tatoos, etc. I NEVER watch A & E.
Obama’s minions have no manners-
They will promote in every way
With those feckless commercials
Guaranteed to ruin your day-
Is some geeky guy in jammies
All that likely to really sell
Obamacare to the young and jobless
Who probably wish him into hell?
It seems that some Obama worshippers
May have seen the blinding lights-
Now that THEIR wallets are targeted
They suddenly demand their rights...
Duck Dynasty is about a family that has a biz making duck whistles. They hunt, fish and pray. They are rednecks with long beards and long hair, classy wives and great kids. They work hard and play hard. They like to eat their own game...squirrels, frogs...ducks. Phil Robertson, the father, does public speaking on Christian values. Just watched one on the internet last night. Good people, just rednecks. I LOVE that show. No tatoos, no whoring, no sex....just good old Christian boys.
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