Rant in your own damn diary! I dare you to disagree with me Previous rants Current rants

The Random Text Says: ""


E-mails Proliferate Themselves & Vex Me

March 24th, 2002 - 6:58 a.m.

I'm Currently Avoiding:

You know...it really bothers me when I end up subscribed to lists/sites that I don't recall ever visiting in my life. The whole point of a lot of what I've been doing lately is designed to STOP having to read 8,000 e-mails a day to 5 different addresses. So when I get a message that says "Greetings" and is about my new subscription to something I've never heard of and didn't give my e-mail address for, it vexes me greatly. They definately need to stop doing that. And why does it take eons to unsubscribe to something that you were signed up for in less than a minute? What kind of crap is that?

parochial (adj. puh-ROH-kee-ul)

1 : of or relating to a church parish

2 : of or relating to a parish as a unit of local government

3 : confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish : limited in range or scope (as to a narrow area or region) : provincial, narrow

In the Greek New Testament, the word paroikia means temporary residence. (It's from the Greek word for stranger -- paroikos.) Early Christians used this designation for their colonies, because they considered heaven their real home. But temporary or not, these Christian colonies became more organized as time went on. Thus, in Late Latin, parochia became the designation for a group of Christians in a given area under the leadership of one pastor -- what we came to call a parish in the 14th century. Both parish and its related adjective parochial were borrowed at that time directly from Middle French terms that had been derived from the Late Latin. We didn't begin to use parochial in its extended figurative senses until the mid-19th century.

domicile (n. DAH-muh-syle or DOH-muh-syle)

: a dwelling place : place of residence : home

A domicile is home sweet home, and it has been since at least the 15th century. In the eyes of the law, a domicile can also be a legal residence, the address from which one registers to vote, licenses a car, and pays income tax. Wealthy people may have several homes in which they live at different times of the year, but only one of their homes can be their official domicile for all legal purposes. The term for both the legal and sentimental varieties of domicile traces to the Latin domus, meaning home.

stygian (adj. STIH-jee-un or STIH-jun)

1 : of or relating to the river Styx

2 : extremely dark, gloomy, or forbidding

Stygian comes from the name of the River Styx in Hades, the Greek underworld of the dead. The name Styx comes from an ancient Greek word that denotes both hatred and cold, indicating a loathing of death. In the epics of Homer, the gods swore by the River Styx as their most binding oath. The ancients believed that the water of the Styx was poisonous, and would dissolve any vessel except one made of the hoof of a horse or a donkey. Now we use stygian to describe things dim and dreary.

Exciting and interesting things happened in my life this past evening. I'd write all about it, but I'm tired now that it's nearly 8 am and I've turned off the tv, leaving a vacuum of silence in its wake. So I guess I'll just tell you about it later...or not at all.



Feeling lucky? Choose an Entry At RANDOM! Yes. Random. Randomosity is cool...come on, you know you want to... Well, if you don't subscribe to peer pressure, then just go Back or Forward with the Dragons below:

Read the Previous Entry by Clicking On This Dragon Read the Next Entry by Clicking On *This* Dragon...I promise they don't bite.

Note: This is just a temporary measure so people can still get to some of these places, until I can do something, like kill HostedScripts.

Read Older Rants / Take the Current Poll / Visit the Polls Page / Sign The *NEW* Message Board

Go to the Lost & Confused Home (there's a home? it's not lost?)
Prev | List | Random | Next Powered by RingSurf!

Join The Cavorting Revolution!

And I like it that way.


ENTER YOUR RANT OR QUESTIONS, FILL IN THE BLANKS, & PRESS SEND
This is another shameless plea for attention & feedback, yes, again.This goes someplace.  Where?  Click it and see.  I thought it was self-explanitory myself.
No idea where this tag is going to show up.Or this one.Look!  Another mystery tag!
This will take you to some directory...again, self-explanitory buttons.
Umm...again, this goes someplace.

Send a Message to Someone Other Than Me Who Has ICQ
Search Something or other hereI have no Idea where This will be.  Great Googaly Moogaly!
What?  Not another one!
This site is powered by the ICQ Web Pager Panel � 1999 ICQ Inc. All Rights Reserved.
I'm going to add some stuff before you get to the fancy stuff they put in here automatically. For anyone who chooses to page me, I will respond to your page via e-mail as soon as possible. However, for faster service, please include your ICQ, MSN Instant Messanger, or AIM number, name, or whatever is appropriate. This will guarantee you faster response, since I'm much better at responding to instant messangers than I am to e-mails. Now you can read all the other stuff that was originally here. You can ICQ-Page the owner of this web page as well as other users right from here with no additional software. Your messagewill be instantly delivered. If the user is online, the message will popup on her screen, if the user is offline it will be stored and forwarded to him/her as soon as she connects to the internet. Installing the ICQ client will enable you to know if your friends are online and communicate directly with them.
Use of the ICQ Web Pager Panel is subject to Terms of Service

More insanity...do you dare? Go on...be a voyeur someplace else Spread the rantings to others...I command it! Become subject to the Voyeuristic tendancies of others