The word of the day* for March 4, 2007 is “perilous”— adjective : full of or involving danger or risk <a perilous journey>.
It’s Claudia’s birthday. We had to send her present to her. Somehow one feels the mail will go through even when civilians don’t dare. I suppose it’s rather cavalier to not worry about the delivery people, but as Super Chicken used to say, “You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.”
One thing we sent to Claudia was not really a birthday present. It is a pair of rubber pliers that will take broken light bulbs out of the socket safely. She has had a non-functioning bulb in the dining room chandelier for some time, not wanting to break the bulb completely for fear of electrical repercussion. This little tool is supposed to take care of all that. I expect a full report soon.
The quote† for today is from Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), “Wealth,” The Conduct of Life (1860).
The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous
aid, and the power and empire that follow it.... “Beware of
me,” it says, “but if you can hold me, I am the key to all the lands.”
;^) Jan
* Unless otherwise attributed, the definition is from either Merriam-Webster Online, 10th Edition or The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition and is used by permission.
† Unless otherwise attributed, the quote is from either Bartleby: Great Books on Line or The Quotation Pages and is used by permission.
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