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AWAD: Ataraxia
ataraxia (at-uh-RAK-see-uh) also ataraxy, noun
A state of freedom from disturbance of mind.
[From Greek ataraktos (not disturbed), from tarassein (to disturb).]
Today’s word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=ataraxia
-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
“Once ataraxia has been achieved, happiness cannot be augmented,
either by more accomplishments or by a longer life.”
David Voron; When Death Comes Knockin’ Who Ya Gonna Call?;
Skeptic (Altadena, California); Jan 2005.
AWAD: Compossible
compossible (kom-POS-uh-buhl) adjective
Compatible; possible along with something else.
[From Latin com- (with) + possibilis (that may be done), from posse
(to be able). Ultimately from the Indo-European root poti- (powerful,
lord) that is also the source of power, potent, possess, and pasha.]
“I also argue that the presence of compossible options is a precondition of political toleration.”
Peter Jones; Making Sense of Political Toleration; British Journal of Political Science (Cambridge, UK); Jul 2007.
AWAD: Moiety
moiety (MOI-i-tee) noun
1. A half.
2. A portion.
[From Latin medius (middle). Ultimately from the Indo-European root
medhyo- (middle) that’s also the source of middle, mean, medium,
medal (originally a coin worth a halfpenny), mezzanine, and mediocre.]
About the Awthor
Too rock ‘n roll to be corporate, too corporate to be rock ‘n roll. I floss with abandon, drive on the razor sharp edge between speed and control, and have never once been to Sweden. I’m laid back, easy to get along with, guaranteed to make you smile, and I have a mean tennis serve. […]
AWAD: Guttle
I guess I had it coming really.
I don’t like sports too much, and I’m not a big fan of parties and hanging out. I like books really. Small books and big books and fat books and thin books. Some might say that I’m a bookworm, others that I’m the bookish type. People might shake […]
AWAD: Galen
The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. -Albert Einstein, physicist, Nobel laureate (1879-1955)
To think we reached so high and yet fell so short. It’s been twenty-two years today - twenty-two long and hard years - since Lorraine walked out the […]
AWAD: Proceleusmatic
“God… he was so… what’s the word?”
Sandra and I are going through old photos from when we were kids. She hasn’t lost an ounce of cute but I’ve sure gained a few pounds of middle. We’re looking at a black and white with scalloped edges of her grandad, standing on a big rock, shading the […]
AWAD: Scrabble
“Have you heard the story about how Lance and I met? Oh it’s such a great story! Lance tells it better than me. Lance! Lancey! Tell Terry how we met.”
Lance comes over, wine in hand.
“Terry doesn’t really want to hear this old story.” he says, obviously settling in to a practiced routine. I feel […]
AWAD: Plashy
Oh!
Oooooooooooooooh!
Rain rain rain rain rain! Want to play in the yard! Want to splash! Walk time walk time walk time!
Oooooooooooooooh!
Lookitthepuddles! The yard’s all plashy! Want to play want to play want to play!
Huh? Whassat?
Dinner! Dinner dinner dinnnnnnnner!
Oooooooooooooooh!
Feedmefeedmefeedme.
Mmmmmmm.
Wait! Whassat?! Whoosit?! Oh!
Oooooooooooooooh!
Rain rain rain rain rain!
(The life of a dog)
AWAD: Aphotic
I wasn’t always a vampire.
None of us where, really. Once upon a time, before the need to be aphotic and the Thirst, we were all just normal people like you. People who rode the subway while the sun was still high and who didn’t fetishly watch necks walking by and necks sitting on patios and […]