Sorry, Larry .... too late. Hubris is
MINE 
timber
is that a redback, Larry?
Dunno, he says, after googling "redback." Just picked it up off an avatar site, after no one seemed to like "David Bowie Staring Upwards."
The Redback Spider
"There was a Redback on the toilet seat when I was there last night.
I didn't see him in the dark but, boy, I felt his bite.
The Redback on the Toilet Seat, Slim Newton, 1972.
"The Redback Spider is one of Australia's most famous, or infamous, spiders. It has earned this reputation through its widespread distribution and nasty bite.
More than 200 Redback Spider bites requiring antivenom are reported every year. Contrary to Slim Newton's famous song, the female is generally the offender.
As the Redback's bite is potentially dangerous to humans, it pays to know a little about this surprisingly common spider's habits and behaviour."
Larryiam the Librarian love the new avatar and it covers all your interests.
Thanks - intended to be temporary, but it fits so well, maybe I'll keep it. I have searched everywhere for the right avatar, but nothing has rung a bell yet.
prudential
prudential (proo-DEN-shuhl) adjective
1. Of or relating to prudence.
2. Exercising good judgment, common sense, forethought, caution, etc.
[From Middle English prudence, from Middle French, from Latin prudentia, contraction of providentia, from provident-, present participle stem of providere (to provide). The words improvise, provide, provident, proviso, purvey, all derive from the same root.]
"When every artless bosom throbs with truth, Untaught by worldly wisdom how to feign And check each impulse with prudential rein." George Gordon Byron; Childish Recollections.
"Prudential reasons can be mounted on either side of the argument, although there are persuasive reasons not to go to war against Iraq: breaking the coalition, generating dissent in America, sidelining Israel/Palestine peace efforts, destabilizing several governments in the Middle East, undertaking a difficult and costly military campaign." Richard Falk; In Defense of 'Just War' Thinking; The Nation (New York); Dec 24, 2001.
This week's theme: what does that company name mean?
© 2003 Wordsmith.
Sorry JD, but I have to post this one..... Gives a whole new meaning to eating and drinking anything from the Super 8.
suppurate (SUHP-yuh-rayt) verb intr.
To produce or secrete pus.
Great word littlek and you should not be sorry. Everyone is welcome to post the word of the day.
Every member of A2k is invited to post a word for the day why I believe we could have more than one word a day. Hmmm
maybe the name of this topic should be changed to words of the day. There are so many of them.
JD - I know you are getting the same mailing and had a thing going with it. Do you know of Super 8s?
Nope nada just assumed it was like 7/11 or camera film.
It's a motel chain. For some reason, when I posted I was thinking it was a 7/11 type thing...
daedal (DEED-al) adjective
1. Ingenious and complex in design or function; intricate.
2. Finely or skillfully made or employed; artistic.
[Latin daedalus, from Greek daidalos.]
"I sang of the dancing stars,
I sang of the daedal earth,
And of heaven, and the giant wars,
And love, and death, and birth."
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, Hymn Of Pan.
I used the search on poetry.com and they did not have this word listed???
clerisy (KLER-i-see) noun
Educated people considered as a group; the literati.
[German Klerisei, clergy, from Medieval Latin clericia, from Late Latin
clericus, priest.]
"The artist, the scholar, and, in general, the clerisy win their way
up into these places, and get represented here, somewhat on this
footing of conquest."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, Manners: An Essay: Manners - Part II.
