- Munificent (Generous)
- Expectorate (To Spit)
- Tintinnabulation (Ringing)
- Piscivorous (Fish eating - and thinking of a dirty joke, non?)
I love words.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
I am addicted...
... to that free rice vocabulary site. Discovering (or re-discovering as the case may be) some wonderful new words, such as:
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
New Year, new resolutions
Today is the first of the 365 days of 2008. As many people nursing hangovers around the world wake up, they will get to thinking about their resolutions. Not surprisingly, a popular one is to "drink less." That usually lasts until everyone has enough money again to get together on the weekend and have a big bender.
Myself? Well, last year I made a long list of resolutions that I didn't keep. Why? Well, one tends to make resolutions that are a bit too un-realistic. Or they make realistic resolutions, but fail to make the plans to put them into place. Despite my failures in meeting my myriad resolutions from last year, I don't feel bad. Why? Because I have made some amazing achievements in the last year. I finally got the diagnosis for my bipolar disorder. I found a job that I enjoy. I've made a big move interstate. I have done battle with the demon that is depression (it's a bit like Amanda Vanstone with fangs and black wings). In the spirit of change, my only resolution this year is that I want to continue to change. I want to keep my house cleaner. I want to eat food that is better for my body and mind. I want to feed my mind with intellectual fodder, and exercise my ability to think. I want to be kinder to others.
There will be times when I will fail to do these things. And yet, I won't let failure prevent me from continuing the journey of change. Today is 01 January 2008. When that clock struck midnight, it was but a moment. Moments form into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, and so forth. It only takes a moment to commit to change, and it doesn't have to be 12:01 a.m. on New Years' Day. There will be millions of opportunities throughout 2008 for improving myself and my life.
Myself? Well, last year I made a long list of resolutions that I didn't keep. Why? Well, one tends to make resolutions that are a bit too un-realistic. Or they make realistic resolutions, but fail to make the plans to put them into place. Despite my failures in meeting my myriad resolutions from last year, I don't feel bad. Why? Because I have made some amazing achievements in the last year. I finally got the diagnosis for my bipolar disorder. I found a job that I enjoy. I've made a big move interstate. I have done battle with the demon that is depression (it's a bit like Amanda Vanstone with fangs and black wings). In the spirit of change, my only resolution this year is that I want to continue to change. I want to keep my house cleaner. I want to eat food that is better for my body and mind. I want to feed my mind with intellectual fodder, and exercise my ability to think. I want to be kinder to others.
There will be times when I will fail to do these things. And yet, I won't let failure prevent me from continuing the journey of change. Today is 01 January 2008. When that clock struck midnight, it was but a moment. Moments form into hours, hours into days, days into weeks, and so forth. It only takes a moment to commit to change, and it doesn't have to be 12:01 a.m. on New Years' Day. There will be millions of opportunities throughout 2008 for improving myself and my life.
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