Notices by Algot (algot@mastodon.art), page 11

Temperamental or just bad tempered?

@fructose_dealer

How about 12 inch video discs?

#WordOfTheDay

venturesome

/ˈvɛntʃəs(ə)m/
adjective
Willing to take risks or embark on difficult or unusual courses of action.

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Alex was a venturesome sort.
He happily tried every weird sport.
And if he ever came up short.
He'd still give all a full report.

Reminder, green traffic light going to yellow means slow down now.

It DOES NOT mean to speed up to get through before the red.

The "National Clearance Event" ad which I see on TV,...

...is that the recent government deportation thing I'm hearing about?

#WordOfTheDay

mollify

/ˈmɒlɪfʌɪ/
verb
mollifies, mollifying, mollified
[with object]
1 Appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
1.1 rare Reduce the severity of (something)

Origin
Late Middle English (also in the sense ‘make soft or supple’): from French mollifier or Latin mollificare, from mollis ‘soft’.

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Martin attempted to mollify Molly, a fruitless effort, considering.

Work late in the day
'Cause I've been away.
Now, home I'll stay.
So you'll get stuff on time, I hope.

#WordOfTheDay

discomfiture

/dɪsˈkʌmfɪtʃə/
noun
mass noun
A feeling of unease or embarrassment; awkwardness.

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Clive's discomfiture showed by the way he buried his hands in his pockets while his head hung low. Bob, far less concerned, just shrugged.

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Weed/Wildflower Wednesday
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Evening Primrose - Oenothera biennis
2019-08-23
Framingham, MA

Tall stem topped with clusters of bright yellow, four-petaled flowers near and at the top of the stem. Both found wild and garden-planted. Sometimes called "King's Cure-All", there's an OTC medicinal product of the plant's oil.

#plants #weeds #wildflowers #botany

#WordOfTheDay

splice

/splʌɪs/
verb
[with object]
1 Join or connect (a rope or ropes) by interweaving the strands at the ends.
1.1 Join (pieces of timber, film, or tape) at the ends.
1.2 Genetics Join or insert (a gene or gene fragment)

Origin
Early 16th century probably from Middle Dutch splissen, of unknown origin.

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Sam spliced a recording device into the phone line. Sally still avoided detection. She only used her cellphone. Sam got no recording, but the NSA did.

#WordOfTheDay

pertinacious

/ˌpəːtɪˈneɪʃəs/
adjective
formal
Holding firmly to an opinion or a course of action.

Origin
Early 17th century from Latin pertinax, pertinac- ‘holding fast’ + -ous.

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Francis is well-known for pertinacious adherence to routine and detail.

(FYI - I am not Francis.)

@rtwx

I found a good description here, but it might be more useful on the about.

[busybody mode ended]

https://nineties.cafe/terms

@rtwx

FYI, my browser view of the about page shows a pretty background image, but no details about the reason for the instance.

It does not matter to me, but I think you may want to try to grab control so you can improve what's visible there.

Again, good luck.

@rtwx

Well, I certainly wish you luck.

I did ask directly instead of looking directly at the instance in an effort to make an actual connection.

Sometimes follows don't really seem to be actual people. Fancy that!

Glad to find out you actually exist.

For myself, nostalgia goes much further back...yet I try like mad to be current.

I've nothing against nostalgia and surely hope you can attract a comfortable cluster to the instance.

High school athlete getting calls from Colgate!

(What about Crest and Sensodyne?)

Republished - corrected

Embroidery #Wordplay is a simple wordsearch #puzzle with one answer. Start with one of the letters with a gray background and move to the next letter, but only horizontal or vertical from where you start. No diagonals.

Please use DM or CW to give answers to let everyone enjoy the search!

@laraby

You found it.
Ugh. I published an incomplete image.

I'm still working on this puzzle's setup.

Thanks for your help.