so it begins

You didn’t think that when I introduced a word-of-the-day that it would mean I literally post a word every day, did you? If you did, my friend, I’m afraid you were mistaken. What I meant by word-of-the-day was that I would include a word each day that I have time to make a blog post. I hope this clears things up for anyone who was eagerly awaiting the next word… not that any such a person exists, anyway. I know this is true because WordPress’ blog stats reflect only one visitor to this blog in the last month. That’s okay, though, since I’m actually writing this for my own benefit. It’s like an old-fashioned pen-and-paper journal, written for the sake of writing and not for the sake of reading.

And now, on to today’s word. Today’s word is consanguineous. Cosanguineous is an adjective that describes a blood relation.

This weekend I will have consanguineous visitors.

The new semester is off to a smooth start. I believe I’ll thoroughly enjoy all of my classes that I’ve thus far attended. The only class I have yet to attend is my philosophy 101 class, which meets only once a week on Thursday evening, and since classes started last Friday, this Thursday will be the first meeting of that class.

Once I’ve been to all of my classes I’ll post my impressions and expectations of each. In the meanwhile, I have studying to do if I hope to stay ahead.

new semester’s eve

Tomorrow marks the official beginning of my last semester as an undergraduate. Yay!

As for today, we shall skip the pleasantries and get straight to the word of the day: quotidian. Quotidian is an adjective which refers to something that is found in the course of ordinary events; that which is ordinary or commonplace.

This day has been quotidian in every way.

Although I did have a conversation that resulted in some food for thought…

Husband and I were discussing computers and microchips and transistors. Before long the conversation had moved to digital vs. analog computing. The interesting conclusions reached were (1) I am an analog computer, and (2) digital technology represents one of those revolutions that will forever change the way humans exist.

Both of these ideas demand further consideration and investigation.

making progress

In an effort to prepare myself for the vocab section of the GRE I’m going to begin posting a word-of-the-day for the next several weeks. The words I’ll post first are words I encountered and did not know while reading Mysteries of Sex: Tracing Women and Men Through American History.

Today’s word is: augur. Augur is most commonly used as a verb, in which form it has two meanings: (1) to indicate by signs, and (2) to predict from an omen. As a noun, augur describes a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy in Ancient Rome. Closely related is the word augury which is a noun that describes an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

My score on the GRE will augur my grad school fate.

This morning I spent some time wandering around campus taking care of new-semester business. Now I’m all set and ready to begin classes on Friday. Yay!