Rident
I am going to work on improving my vocabulary and I think you should join me. So, what I am going to try and do (don't hold me to this) is post a word as my title and then the definition/usage in the first part of my message.
rident (RYD-uhnt) adjective
Laughing; cheerful.
[From Latin ridere (to laugh) which is also the source of ridiculous, deride, and risible.]
"Mamma was gracious and happy. Hetty was radiant and rident." William Makepeace Thackeray; The Virginians; 1859.
Yeah school has started back. I am currently between classes and had nothing better to do. I have worked from campus burning up my cell phone minutes and digesting my lunch and yet I still have almost an hour before my next class starts. I got out early from my first class otherwise the wait would have only been about an hour. Anyways, so far I will be busting my ass learning the stuff I have forgotten from Calculus four years ago. Basically my Numerical Analysis class teaches us how to program some of the complex mathematical formulas such as derivatives and logarithmic. My other class Intro to Software Engineering should be a rehashed version of all my CISE classes so far. More to come on these as the semester rolls on.
I got very little accomplished this weekend. It was nice! I did go and talk to my insurance people. Almost $2000 in damages. Luckily I do not have a deductible! I cleaned my room, got everything ready for the semester ahead since when it starts I don't usually stop. Sunday was cool, went and got my textbooks, cooked dinner and ginger bread cookies. Ruth and Andy stopped by to pick her car up, but unfortunately it wouldn't start. Poor Ruth.
Monday came and the flooring people finally showed up. It looks great. I am glad to see it has finally happened. Now Heather will leave me alone about it. =) They got finished and then it was time to get ready for work. I am working all this week and possibly next 1800 - 0200. Sucks when you have stuff to do during a despite like communicate with normal business people, but there is NO brass what so ever there that late.
In other news...
For those of you who don't know I broke up with Janet the other day. Not the best of separations I have had and something I could have controlled but it is done and over now.
Karma...
1. The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.
2. The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
If you read this it has very little to do with how one event leads to another. Cause and effect type situation which a lot of people use as the definition. But Karma is actually a long term cause and effect not because you did this mean/bad thing then the next mean/bad thing that happens to you was a direct result of the mean/bad thing you did.
Sorry, about the aside. I heard someone use it the other day and of coarse it was used incorrectly. So now we all know the official (Dictionary.com) definition and can use the word correctly.
Still have half an hour but I have run out things to type about. So, until next time.
- Larry
rident (RYD-uhnt) adjective
Laughing; cheerful.
[From Latin ridere (to laugh) which is also the source of ridiculous, deride, and risible.]
"Mamma was gracious and happy. Hetty was radiant and rident." William Makepeace Thackeray; The Virginians; 1859.
Yeah school has started back. I am currently between classes and had nothing better to do. I have worked from campus burning up my cell phone minutes and digesting my lunch and yet I still have almost an hour before my next class starts. I got out early from my first class otherwise the wait would have only been about an hour. Anyways, so far I will be busting my ass learning the stuff I have forgotten from Calculus four years ago. Basically my Numerical Analysis class teaches us how to program some of the complex mathematical formulas such as derivatives and logarithmic. My other class Intro to Software Engineering should be a rehashed version of all my CISE classes so far. More to come on these as the semester rolls on.
I got very little accomplished this weekend. It was nice! I did go and talk to my insurance people. Almost $2000 in damages. Luckily I do not have a deductible! I cleaned my room, got everything ready for the semester ahead since when it starts I don't usually stop. Sunday was cool, went and got my textbooks, cooked dinner and ginger bread cookies. Ruth and Andy stopped by to pick her car up, but unfortunately it wouldn't start. Poor Ruth.
Monday came and the flooring people finally showed up. It looks great. I am glad to see it has finally happened. Now Heather will leave me alone about it. =) They got finished and then it was time to get ready for work. I am working all this week and possibly next 1800 - 0200. Sucks when you have stuff to do during a despite like communicate with normal business people, but there is NO brass what so ever there that late.
In other news...
For those of you who don't know I broke up with Janet the other day. Not the best of separations I have had and something I could have controlled but it is done and over now.
Karma...
1. The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence, regarded as determining the person's destiny.
2. The effects of a person's actions that determine his destiny in his next incarnation
If you read this it has very little to do with how one event leads to another. Cause and effect type situation which a lot of people use as the definition. But Karma is actually a long term cause and effect not because you did this mean/bad thing then the next mean/bad thing that happens to you was a direct result of the mean/bad thing you did.
Sorry, about the aside. I heard someone use it the other day and of coarse it was used incorrectly. So now we all know the official (Dictionary.com) definition and can use the word correctly.
Still have half an hour but I have run out things to type about. So, until next time.
- Larry
| 14:33 
So hitting a deer, had nothing to do with your decision to break up with that girl later that day? wow...
Posted by
shes_a_sprite |
January 12, 2006 10:44 AM