FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Writing is an elixir for me. It helps me to feel better about my craft and myself.
When the storms of life try to overwhelm me, I write to release the pent up emotions that I may feel. When my heart is bursting to say something, pen and paper provide the backdrop to which I can craft word pictures.

TODAY'S WORDS

AFFECT
To act on; produce a change in; to influence; to pretend

EFFECT
A result; a consequence to bring about; accomplish

TODAY'S WORDS

BAIL
Money to release a prisoner; to remove water.

BALE
A large, bound package, as of hay.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

DID YOU PAY ANYONE A COMPLEMENT FOR A JOB WELL DONE?

TODAY'S WORDS

CALLOUS

Unfeeling, emotionally hardened.

CALLUS

A thickening of the horny layer of the skin.

TODAY'S WORDS

BLANTANT

Offensively noisy or loud; brazenly obvious.

FLAGRANT

Disgraceful; monstrous; shockingly evident.

TODAY'S WORDS

ABSORB

Assimilate;consume;soak up.

ADSORB

Gather a substace on a surface.

TODAY'S WORDS

COMPLEAT

Highly skilled and accomplished in all aspects.

COMPLETE

Finished;ended; having all parts or elements.

TODAY'S WORDS

EARTHLY

Earthbound; worldly; mortal; mundane.

EARTHY

Unrefined; realistic; practical; lusty

TODAY'S WORDS

FAUN

A woodland deity.

FAWN

1. A young deer.
2. To court favor.

TODAY'S WORDS

ACCEPT

To take or receive; to agree to; acknowledge.

EXCEPT

Leave out; exclude; to object to

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

You will know that forgiveness has begun
when you recall those who hurt you and feel
the power to wish them well.

-Lewis B.Smedes


TODAY'S WORD

-CIDE
The killing of a person, animal, etc.
Ex. homicide, fratricide, parracide, regicide, genocide

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)