TODAY'S WORD

MACHIAVEL

A person who acts on principles recommended, or supposed
to have been recommended, by Machiavelli in his treatise on
statecraft; an intriguer or schemer.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality,
it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.

-Jesse Owens, American Athlete (1913-1980)

TODAY'S WORD

SENTENTIOUS

1. Using pompous language.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.

-Peter Marshall, American Leader (b. 1930)

WEEKEND

FRIDAY

Son of a Pony!
Featured poets and the best open mike in NYC
5:45pm sign up-limited spaces

The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street bet. W4th/Bleeker

$7 Tel. 212-989-9319

SATURDAY

I Speak of the City:A Celebration of New York Poems

Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowey @Bleeker

F train to 2nd Avenue 6 train to Bleeker

TODAY'S WORD

DESCRY

CATCH SIGHT OF

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT SPELLING

Complement; compliment
Currant;current
Wood; would
Way:weigh

TODAY'S WORD

QUIP

Makes a clever remark--often used with "at".


FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Be as smart as you can, but it is better to be wise
than to be smart.

-Alan Alda, American Actor (b.1936)

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

You can't help getting older,
but you don't have to get old.

-George Burns, American Comedian (1896-1996)


TODAY'S WORD

BANAL
Ordinary and uninteresting;commonplace, trivial, petty, trite.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A POET DOESN'T INVENT. HE LISTENS.

-Jean Cocteau, French Director (1889-1963)


PLACES TO GO

Son of a Pony
@ Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street bet. Bleeker & w.4th
6pm

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A government that is bid enough to give you all you want
is big enough to take it all away.

-Barry Goldwater, American Politician (1909-1998)


TODAY'S WORD

EFFICACIOUS, adverb

1. That produces, or is certain to produce, the intended or appropriate effect;
effective.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

There is nothing on this earth more to be prized
than true friendship.

-Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italian theologian (1225-1274)

TODAY'S WORD

VENERABLE

1. Deserving of respect

TODAY'S WORD

TODAY'S WORD

MORPHEME

Meaningful linguistic unit that contains
no smaller meaningful parts.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Just because something is not discussed does not mean
that it has not happened or does not exist.

EAST VILLAGE

FRIDAY NIGHT @10PM

NUYORICAN POET'S CAFE
236 EAST 3RD STREET

POETRY SLAM

TODAY'S WORD

LAMENT

1. Mourn
2. Express sorrow for

TODAY'S WORD

PEDANTIC

One who is too concerned with or shows off his learning.



FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A great story teller is someone who makes you feel that you are one of the characters in it.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

-W.H. Auden, English Poet (1907-1973)

Anything Goes

MAD HATTERS REVIEW
@ KGB BAR
85 EAST 4TH STREET

7PM

TODAY'S WORD

ASIDE

1. A private remark especailly of an actor to the audience.