caravel noun a small Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel of the Middle Ages and later, ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

Fascinating! From Wiki: The caravel (Portuguese: caravela, IPA: [kɐɾɐˈvɛlɐ]) is a small maneuverable sailing ship used in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African coast and into the Atlantic Ocean. The lateen sails gave it speed and the capacity for sailing windward (beating). Caravels were used by the Portuguese and Castilians for the oceanic exploration voyages during the 15th and 16th centuries, during the Age of Discovery. Etymology Its English name derives from the Portuguese caravela, which in turn may derive from the Latin carabus or κάραβος in Greek, perhaps indicating some continuity of its carvel build through the ages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravel

Jim Jordan is an unserious dipshit and even Fox News won't air his stupid hearings By Jeff ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

I cry for this nation if this is the best we can do.

There once was a cat by the name of Tombili (a common Turkish name that is given to chubby pets) who...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

That was one sassy kitty!

This is one very dedicated pasta machine! [agnostic.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

No bio, no pictures. Gender says other but the name is feminine.

Anorchia: a disorder of sex development in which a person with XY karyotype, which corresponds to ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

It is like the child is born a eunuch. That child will need hormone treatment to make up for the lost testosterone production, and they can get prosthetic implants to make it look like they have man parts.

Planet of the howler monkeys.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

She is such a piece of work.

New Rule: Ditch Your Dating App | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - YouTube

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

He has some really good points!

Muahahahahaha...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

How did they get the cat in that pose?

Saturday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 11, 2023:

S/he is supremely regal!

same nother [agnostic.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

Soooo, what makes you think he's a scammer. He's not my cup of tea, but nothing screams at me.

So it seems that stone tools were more widely made than by merely the ancestors of homo sapiens.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

Way cool!

The time has come to mock Mike Pence for having classified material at home: [bbc.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

I hope Mikey gets lots of excitement from this... he liable to be meeting some new friends!

Same M.O. - different name and photo… [agnostic.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

She is selling it hard.

QUID PRO QUO.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

This one I am very familiar with, I think every woman may have heard a variation of this.

Who wore it better?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

It would look so much better without that yaller bleached crap being stuck to it.

The Q-Anon mating call ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

They deserve each other, and what ever other little friends and germs they bring along.

45's influence.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 10, 2023:

Perfect!!

Florida: where reason goes to die.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 9, 2023:

Reason and snowbirds go there to die.

MTG Leads Race to Bottom

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 9, 2023:

She is a piece of work, definitely a swamp dwelling bottom feeding stain on humanity.

CopyPasta Monster strikes again… [agnostic.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 9, 2023:

I'm not seeing anything screaming scam, but time will tell.

Thursday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 9, 2023:

Keeping an eye on the neighborhood, good kitty.

Black beauties!

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 9, 2023:

I have a pure black grandkitty, she is adorable, and wicked as all kittens are.

PENCHANT.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 9, 2023:

I have a strong penchant for chocolate...

Horrifying!

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 9, 2023:

That is perfect!!

I'll always be suspicious when people can't spell their own name! [agnostic.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 8, 2023:

A typo isn't sufficient reason to take any action, but worth keeping an eye on because of the religious bent. I have made typos that are legendary, so I'm willing to cut anyone some slack.

@Toyasexy anyone?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 8, 2023:

Well, she does mention being blessed, but not anything else that looks overtly religious. She is pretty enough, but not glaring plastic surgery and breast implants type of look. I'm all for giving her enough rope to see what she does with it.

Rasorial adjective Ggiven to scratching the ground for food, as is the habit of chickens and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 8, 2023:

So there are two new words for me in there, I had no idea that Gallinaceous was a word, and the same for Rasorial. I know some people that have chickens, hopefully one day I can show off my new vocab words.

Not just a waiting line but of Manchu origin, queue, which is a hairstyle with a long braided ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

this is called the Manchu Queue. the last 4 letters of queue are redundant.

In medias res adverb in the middle of things.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

From Britannica: in medias res, (Latin: “in the midst of things”) the practice of beginning an epic or other narrative by plunging into a crucial situation that is part of a related chain of events; the situation is an extension of previous events and will be developed in later action. The narrative then goes directly forward, and exposition of earlier events is supplied by flashbacks. The principle of in medias res is based on the practice of Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The Iliad, for example, begins dramatically with the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon during the Trojan War. In his Ars poetica, the Latin poet and critic Horace pointed out the immediate interest created by this opening in contrast to beginning the story ab ovo (“from the egg”)—i.e., from the birth of Achilles, which is the story’s earliest chronological point. Though its roots are in ancient epic poems, in medias res can be found today across numerous fiction and nonfiction narrative forms.

It's Tea Time.. [facebook.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

Love it!

Just updating my last post here.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

Glad you're back up to speed. And when you/if you get old, you're going to do just what you did just now. You're going to rely on help from your friends.

Manumit: release from slavery; set free.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

Manumission is release from slavery. Manumission refers to the legal release of enslaved people at a time when slavery is sanctioned by law, as opposed to emancipation, which follows abolition and releases all people formerly enslaved.

Emphasis on "morons."

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

Sadly we are overrun with morons of all sorts.

He never read Fahrenheit 451?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

Talk about witchcraft.

Why there is a teacher shortage:

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

I have friends who are teachers. I have the utmost respect for them, but seriously it is a hard job that modern times have made 100 times harder than it needs to be.

Cat memes du jour…

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

Good ones!

Chinese balloons…

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 7, 2023:

The Chinese spy balloon was in the air more than SouthWest Airlines has been in the past two months.

MARTINET.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 6, 2023:

I have known a few martinets, both in and out of the military.

[youtu.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 6, 2023:

Remember, you're only 50% responsible for the breakup, but 100% responsible for your response. It wasn't the right relationship, don't settle. Don't ever settle. There are far worse things than being alone, and being in the wrong relationship is one of those worse things.

Dear Bible thumpers,...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 6, 2023:

That is plain speaking.

Costermonger supposedly British but my friend raised in Tennessee used it in conversation today.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 5, 2023:

The current costermongers are usually fear mongering, Faux News comes to mind. Fear sells, as they have discovered and exploit.

Alluvion noun A gradual increase of land on a shore or a river bank by the action of water,...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 5, 2023:

First I thought that was how the Dutch have grown the Netherlands. But the key word being gradual, the Dutch didn't wait for it to happen. They made it happen.

Gardening isn't easy ...but it is worth it!

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2023:

It is definitely well worth it. How hard can it be always is a kicker.

Woohoo! Tomato seeds are sprouting! I can taste them now! Bush Early Girl hybrid, Micro Tom, and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2023:

My favorite part of spring is planting the tomatoes. My favorite parts of summer and fall are harvesting those tomatoes and cooking/eating them. My now 6 year old granddaughter loves to harvest the tomatoes as well. Not as many come in the house when she helps.

words zoopharmacognosy: is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2023:

way cool! I had read that explorers would watch what the animals were eating to get an idea if it was something they could eat or not. And yes hibernation would create a set of problems humans don't usually have. When you don't eat or drink something for a long time, digestion slows way down...

Santos, or whatever his name is, has amended his campaign funding disclosure document.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2023:

I am hoping for a dramatic, and speedy shrinking.

Many Republicans are sick of Trumpty Dumpty.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2023:

Good questions!

Baking Soda is a Miracle for the garden [thegardenbeds.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2023:

good stuff.

Jumping to the wrong conclusion.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 4, 2023:

Sadly they are all quite on point. What a week it has been.

I'm really hoping that he is indicted soon, by everyone, Georgia, New York, US, EVERYONE, and let ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2023:

Good ones!

Maybe it's just a waiting game, eventually the skies will be filled with buzzards.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2023:

Funny, my ex is a Richard and is an ardent fan of Faux News. I figure he's been brain dead about 25 years.

How can we help Mediterranean herbs survive the winter on a windowsill?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2023:

I have cats, and not many windows that the cats can have access to. So I only grow herbs outside in the spring/summer/fall.

Eruct verb To belch, as gas from the stomach.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2023:

It's a med term, I have known it and used it. I used it just to show off, but that's how I roll.

At least six more months, but where are the arrests?

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2023:

that has to be fotoshopped, but it looks amazing!

JABOT.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 3, 2023:

Knowing where the word comes from, I will likely never wear a jabot again, lol! However, I'm familiar with this word, I'm sure I've sewn a jabot or two back in the day I was making lots of clothing. And I might even be able to find a lace jabot from days of yore when I actually tried to be slightly fashionable. Those days are long gone.

Some places are worse than others.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2023:

I lived in and around St. Louis a few years ago. My ex's family lived in Webster Groves and I lived in Belleville, IL for about a year in 1992-1993. Nothing would ever make me want to settle there permanently, and this ruling just confirmed that.

Some places are worse than others.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2023:

I lived in and around St Louis more than a few years ago, my ex's family lived in Webster Groves. There was nothing about Missouri that ever made me want to move back there. And this just confirmed that I was right.

Repristinate verb To restore to the first or original state or condition.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2023:

Interesting, new one for me.

words Sepulchral: adjective 1. relating to a tomb or interment: "sepulchral monuments"

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2023:

It is a delightfully creepy word!!

Thursday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2023:

Yummy ears!

Careful y'all, the dates are getting litigious! Man sues woman for $2.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 2, 2023:

What a spoiled little mama's boy. GTFU and take it like a man! I'd sue his butt for wasting my time and energy with counseling and frivolous lawsuits.

Grow more flavorful tomatoes. [thegardenbeds.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2023:

I love to grow tomatoes, and one of my grands loves to help me harvest them. Well, she loves to pick and eat them, I guess that is harvesting.

Tenacious adjective Holding together; not easily pulled asunder; tough.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2023:

I have been described as tenacious.

Peri noun One of a large group of beautiful, fairylike beings of Persian mythology, ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2023:

new one for me

HARANGUE.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2023:

OMG! I remember some epic harangues from my father's second wife when I was a teenager. I used to just stare at her until she freaked out, it was amazing. Then I'd get sent to my room which was where I was headed anyway.

What the cartoonist omitted: parochial and religious schools.

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2023:

the supreme court is sending us to hell in a handbasket.

From our Upside Down Department:

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2023:

Talk about cherry picking

I have heard it said that the quality of US policing was never higher than during the Great ...

HippieChick58 comments on Feb 1, 2023:

Now they hire any joe blow, and some of these folks have severe anger and personality issues. i have as little contact with police as possible.

If anybody is counting it is only 375 days until the year of the dragon so by the count the Chinese ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2023:

Apparently IKEA furniture is made in China, go figure. It's apparently Chidish or Swena. I see it is also made in India as well, talk about global.

[youtube.com] "Teach Your Children" Kathy Mattea, Alison Krauss,& Suzy Boggus 1995

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2023:

One of my favorite songs, I tried to teach my children well. I think I did good.

For those of you that are not experiencing the freeze this is what it looks like.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2023:

We've had two good snows, and that means most of the neighbors have cleared sidewalks and driveways. I wasn't going anywhere and I ignored it. My house faces south and the sun generally will take care of clearing walks/drive after a few days. I'm clear today after the snow on Sunday. My kid that moved to the Netherlands is about 700 miles north of where I am, she said daffodils are blooming already. They don't have much winter and the gulf stream keeps them warmer, though rainy rather than snowy.

Piñata posts…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2023:

Good ones!

GRATUITOUS - Adjective…1) done without good reason; unnecessary and uncalled for; with no ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 31, 2023:

The US police forces seem to be proud of their use of gratuitous violence.

If you haven't been goosed yet this year you now have been goosed.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2023:

He knows what he likes, and he's a simple bird.

Rabble-Rouse verb To stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2023:

And there are plenty of rabble rousers out there!

Nature with is own awesomeness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2023:

Beautiful!

I've been a bit under the weather, so I've been a little slow in posting.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2023:

Yeah, be born rich next time, that says it all.

Mr. Twit???

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2023:

Good ones!

Rot in hell?? Trigger warning! [youtube.com]

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2023:

Good stuff!

Monday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 30, 2023:

I heart my baby gingers.

Retcon verb To later revise an established element of a fictional story.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

New term for me.

5 Bizarre Moments from Trump’s Campaign Kickoff; From Claiming the Wall Was ‘3 Weeks’ Away, To...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

I have been over him since 1984.

Trump launched campaign…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

Spot on!

AP Confirms Diamond’s Actual Cause of Death After Silk Claimed She Died Upon Being Infected by ...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

Jeebus Christopher... I just don't understand the mindset of these people.

Sunday morning cuteness...Get ready for a hug!!!

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

Look, up in the air! It's a plane, it's a bird... it's a cat?

EXTRAMURAL.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 29, 2023:

I remember this word from my and my kids' school days.

Rangoli noun A traditional Hindu decoration on a floor or other flat surface usually made of...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

New one for me, I had to Google it.

Would you want to live to be 500 years old?

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

I don't think my money will last that long, and I surely don't want to keep working that long. Can you imagine the changes you'd have to get used to if you did live for 500 years. Just think of all the changes in the last 50 years, multiplied by more than 10. Plus the population problems we've got now with people dying at the time they do. If we lived longer, how would we all fit on the earth?

I've moved to Vancouver, BC.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

Well, with online dating, you pay your nickel and take your chances. Just be aware of the risks and try to mitigate them. Always follow your gut.

And just like that…

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

That sounds reasonable.

If You Climb Everest You May Be Met With A Pallas's Cat's Scowl.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

Poor baby, that's a rough life.

An example: To all you crybabies announcing your departure, I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

OMG!! I was ready to tear my hair out after the first sentence!!

Saturday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

S/he does not look warm and cuddly. Fierce maybe, annoyed fer sure. Approach with caution.

I’m hurting pretty bad tonight.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 28, 2023:

THIS! She hits the nail on the head! OK, now that I have watched this completely I'm in tears. I wish I had heard this 40 years ago, or even grown up with this.

Drum troll

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

Famous last words! All sorts of S--t is going to go wrong, and in a bigly way. It isn't going to be pretty.

Please put your seat belts on and your trays back in their upright positions

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

I'd fly with her/him anywhere.

Friday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

So sweet!! S/he looks like my daughter's kitty, pure black and full of mischief.

and a "news" network too it seems

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

I hope Putie is on his way out, I've been reading rumors of his illnesses and weaknesses.

My garden seeds arrived in the mail so I am getting my grow racks ready.

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

Winter is the time for dreaming and planning the perfect garden. I love it when the seed catalogs arrive.

'People have moved on': Grim number of potential 2024 Trump endorsements suggests nightmare scenario...

HippieChick58 comments on Jan 27, 2023:

I think that it is great news for the rest of us, not so much for Donnie. Hey Donnie, you're now obsolete. Please shuffle off to your cave and stagnate in obsolescence. I can dig it.