Actually, it is the heat. Hot outdoor wedding. Hot softball games at 3:30 and 4:30 in the afternoon. Hot burled-wood steering wheel in my hot (as in "that's so hot") black car. It's not blog inducing, which is a shame because I'm not really doing anything at work but napping and occasionally washing myself.
6.23.2008
6.10.2008
Word of the Day: nimiety
The Word of the Day for June 10 is:
nimiety \nih-MYE-uh-tee\ noun
: excess, redundancy
Example sentence:
"To avoid receiving a nimiety of kitchenware," advised the bridal guide, "be sure to register for a wide range of gifts for your guests to choose from."
Did you know?
There's no scarcity of English words used for too much of a good thing -- words like overkill, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, and preponderance, to name a few. In fact, you might just feel that "nimiety" itself is a bit superfluous. And it's true -- we've never used the word excessively, though it has been part of our language for nearly 450 years. (We borrowed it from Late Latin "nimietas," a noun taken, in turn, from the Latin adjective "nimius," meaning "excessive.") Superfluous or not, "nimiety" still turns up occasionally. For example, in his 1991 book Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction, about "the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire and consume books in excess," author Tom Raabe blames one bookstore's "nimiety of overstuffed chairs" for exacerbating this condition.
nimiety \nih-MYE-uh-tee\ noun
: excess, redundancy
Example sentence:
"To avoid receiving a nimiety of kitchenware," advised the bridal guide, "be sure to register for a wide range of gifts for your guests to choose from."
Did you know?
There's no scarcity of English words used for too much of a good thing -- words like overkill, plethora, superfluity, surfeit, surplus, and preponderance, to name a few. In fact, you might just feel that "nimiety" itself is a bit superfluous. And it's true -- we've never used the word excessively, though it has been part of our language for nearly 450 years. (We borrowed it from Late Latin "nimietas," a noun taken, in turn, from the Latin adjective "nimius," meaning "excessive.") Superfluous or not, "nimiety" still turns up occasionally. For example, in his 1991 book Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction, about "the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire and consume books in excess," author Tom Raabe blames one bookstore's "nimiety of overstuffed chairs" for exacerbating this condition.
6.08.2008
Art Ball XII
We wanted to buy this neat piece of art by Austin artist Shawn Camp at the AMOA Art Ball this weekend, but we were outbid at the last moment. So sad.
Among the Live Auction items was the opportunity to hang out with Lance Armstrong and see his neighbor's art collection. Tasteless joke of the night: for the extra high rollers Lance would let you see his art ball.
6.04.2008
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