Sunday
Word of the day Sunday
Definition
The seventh day of the week in Europe and in systems using the w:ISO 8601, ISO 8601 standard, or the first day of the week in the USA, the Sabbath for most Christians; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
Today is Sunday, a day of rest. For many though, they have to work and in today’s economy they are glad to have the work.
down and out
Word of the day down and out
Definition
1. Lacking funds, resources, or prospects; destitute.
2. Incapacitated; prostrate.
A friend of mine is down and out. He lost his job, his wife died a couple of years ago, he is not thinking straight and he has made some bad personal decisions. He is staying with us for awhile while he looks for job and gets a place to live. This is what friends do for each other.
Poltroon
Word of the day Poltroon
Definition
An ignoble or arrant coward; a dastard; a craven; a mean-spirited wretch.
Don’t be a Poltroon
job
Word of the day job
Definition
To work
My oldest grandson applied for his first job yesterday. This is a big step in his life as he will be learning valuable lessons on responsibility. Even if he doesn’t get the job he will learn persistence and not taking a job for granted when he gets one.
stress
Word of the day stress
Definition
Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal
Doesn’t it seem that we have more stress in our lives now then we have had in a long time. It seems that every day it is just more bad news without any end in sight. The country is becoming more and more partisan and it divides us. This will be with us for awhile, so learn to deal with the stress.
Close Call
I am a member of a Bridge Club and I keep the records on my home computer need to make sure I don’t lose data. This morning I had a close call. There was a power outage and my computer went up and down and I lost some data. Now I back up the data to a usb drive, but that was in the computer at the time and was also corrupted. I called the people at MyPTSMail and I got a tech who walked me through getting the system up, and then he remoted in to check everything. He corrected the drive and filesystem issues and put a script on the system to backup the files to their file server. I can run this once or twice a week. I can get the files down easily. He also set it up to put a copy on my usb drive. This why I stay with them. This didn’t cost me anything as I am a member. They go above and beyond for their subscribers.
business
Word of the day business
Definition
a person’s occupation, work, or trade
I am not looking forward to today. I am going to help one of our long time business shut down. Just not enough work and the owner is past retirement age so he is going to shut it down. In a better economy he would looking for help to expand, but this is not that economy.
gadget
Word of the day gadget
a clever device designed for a specific practical use
This morning in church I see a lady with an ipad with the Mass liturgy on it. There are books in the pews with the hymns and liturgy. It is getting to point where many people are addicted to their gadgets. But using one in Church, why?
service
Word of the day service
That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed and consists of an action or work
Once again I realize why I stay with the MyPTSMail service. They have setup a back service for my home computer files. It is important to back your files up off site and it is easy to use. Having this service for free is great.
civility
Word of the day civility
politeness
Have you noticed civility has gone out the window? Watch the news. The shouting, the name calling, it is out of control. Politicians are some of the worst offenders. This is dragging the country down. Try some civility today.
