[One more story from Dave, while he is recuperating and recovering and healing ~ Jeanie] Good evening, Netizens and friends... As a writer and journalist, I strive each year to create vivid characters that reach out to your imagination, to indwell in your consciousness and…
[Another installment of one of Dave's Christmas stories. (He is recuperating very well, prayers for continued healing and recovery are very much appreciated.) ~ Jeanie] Good morning, Netizens... Like other Christmas stories I have written over the years, this is an excerpt from what I…
[Another entry of Dave Laird's Christmas stories, this one entitled "The Christmas Present." Dave is improving daily, but very slowly. He is in his second week at North Idaho Advanced Care Hospital in Post Falls. Visitors are welcome. Please send a card to Dave Laird,…
[From co-blogmeister Jeanie: While Dave is recovering from a heart attack and bypass surgery and several other ailments, I am posting some of his Christmas Stories for your enjoyment. The following is from December 18, 2012.] The China Doll Written by Dave Laird November 22,…
This is a prayer request for Dave Laird. I count Dave as one of my best friends. If you are lucky enough to have him as a friend, you will always be respected, loved, and valued. He is gregarious, eccentric, boisterous, and he beats to…
Good morning, Netizens.... Depending upon where you live, last night's thunderstorm/severe thunderstorm may have been an anti-climax. Of course if you have ever lived in the Midwest or portions of the Deep South, perhaps you already have a good first-hand knowledge of what a severe…
How I broke my back and survived to tell the tale, the short version .I slipped in the shower and fell on my patjunkus, and unbeknown to me, I had serious and advanced oteoporosis which how I came to shatter one of my lumbar vertebrae…
Good Evening, Netizens and all the populace of Dave Laird's Virtual Ballroom. Dave has had a really rough 12 months - the final piece of this roller coaster ride is culminating in a procedure to fuse a vertebrae that he somehow broke a couple months…
Good afternoon Netizens... July 13, 2013 Word of the Day fungible \FUN-juh-bul\ DEFINITION adjective 1 : being of such a nature that one part or quantity may be replaced by another equal part or quantity in the satisfaction of an obligation 2 : interchangeable 3…
Good morning Netizens... July 12, 2013 thwart \THWORT\ DEFINITION verb 1 a : to run counter to so as to effectively oppose or baffle b : to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of 2 : to pass through or across EXAMPLES At…
Good morning Netizens... I have been absent without leave for some time now, partially because my health hasn't been up to the standards set by Clark Kent during his brief sojourn as a journalist while leaping over tall buildings. In fact, I'm still trying to…
Good evening Netizens...] May 15, 2013 Word of the Day down \DOWN\ DEFINITION noun 1 : an undulating generally treeless upland with sparse soil — usually used in plural b plural and often capitalized : treeless chalk uplands along the south and southeast coast of…
Good evening, Netizens... April 23, 2013 Word of the Day lamia \LAY-mee-uh\ DEFINITION noun : a female demon EXAMPLES In this campy horror film, the men of a college campus are attacked and killed by a seductive lamia who slips into their dorm rooms at…
Good evening, Netizens.... It is with great sadness that I heard that singer/songwriter/poet Richie Havens died today of a heart attack at age 72, and suddenly my world drew a deep introspective breath and held it a long time before letting it go. My God,…
Good evening Netizens... April 22, 2013 Word of the Day transpire \tran-SPYRE\ DEFINITION verb 1 : to give off vaporous material; specifically : to give off or exude watery vapor especially from the surfaces of leaves 2 : to become known or apparent : develop…
Good evening Netizens... April 21, 2013 Word of the Day demulcent \dih-MULL-sunt\ DEFINITION adjective : soothing EXAMPLES Honey has a demulcent property that is thought to be effective in relieving sore throats and coughs. "Chickweed (Stellaria media) has a demulcent effect on the stomach, which…
Good afternoon Netizens,,, April 20, 2013 Word of the Day xenophobia \zen-uh-FOH-bee-uh\ DEFINITION noun : fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign EXAMPLES "A Labour MP has been accused of xenophobia after complaining about the Polish staff…
Good Afternoon Netizens... April 19, 2013 Word of the Day admonish \ad-MAH-nish\ DEFINITION verb 1 a : to indicate duties or obligations to b : to express warning or disapproval to especially in a gentle, earnest, or solicitous manner 2 : to give friendly earnest…
Good morning Netizens... April 18, 2013 Word of the Day milieu \meel-YOO\ DEFINITION noun : the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment EXAMPLES The quiet suburban neighborhood was within walking distance of the elementary school and provided the perfect…
Go0od morning, Netizens... April 17, 2013 Word of the Day surd \SERD\ DEFINITION adjective 1 : lacking sense : irrational 2 : voiceless — used of speech sounds EXAMPLES The artist is known for creating videos in which well-known speeches with surd utterances scattered throughout…
Good morning, Netizens... April 16, 2013 Word of the Day verbiage \VER-bee-ij\ DEFINITION noun 1 : a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content 2 : manner of expressing oneself in words : diction EXAMPLES The newspaper editor said that he would have…
Good morning Netizens... April 15, 2013 Word of the Day heinous \HAY-nus\ DEFINITION adjective : hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable EXAMPLES The former dictator will have to stand trial for the role he played in his government's heinous treatment of political dissidents. "Oz so…
Good morning, Netizens.... April 14, 2013 Word of the Day Mirandize \muh-RAN-dyze\ DEFINITION verb : to recite the Miranda warnings to (a person under arrest) EXAMPLES In accordance with police procedures, the officers had to Mirandize the suspect to make sure that he was aware…
Good afternoon Netizens.,,, April 13, 2013 Word of the Day contentious \kun-TEN-shuss\ DEFINITION adjective 1 : likely to cause disagreement or argument 2 : exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes EXAMPLES Although she is very pleasant in person, Katie has…
Good evening Netizens... April 12, 2013 Word of the Day nepenthe \nuh-PENTH-ee\ DEFINITION noun 1 : a potion used by the ancients to induce forgetfulness of pain or sorrow 2 : something capable of causing oblivion of grief or suffering EXAMPLES "Once barely sipping at…
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