Gryphon's Word of the Day, April 12,2008

The word of the day for April 12, 2008 is "embed" — transitive verb — 1 a: to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix [fossils embedded in stone]. b: to make something an integral part of [the prejudices embedded in our language]. c: to prepare (a microscopy specimen) for sectioning by infiltrating with and enclosing in a supporting substance. 2: to surround closely [a sweet pulp embeds the plum seed]. — intransitive verb — : to become embedded.

Mainly, this is an experiment. I wanted to embed a video of our Kansas sky to see how well it works. My camera takes these short clips, but the number of pixels is low, so don't expect Academy Award quality.

The subject is a wind-ruffled cardinal, who was singing his heart out this morning as Bubbles and I went for our walk.

Our quote for the day is from Peter Beaumont, foreign affairs editor, The Observer, Sunday November 21 2004:

     For embedding, too often, is a pact made with the devil, where the freedom
     to report on any aspect of what you are seeing is partially surrendered in
     exchange for access to the battlefield.

;^) Jan

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