Notices by Algot (algot@mastodon.art), page 24

The rotating Earth has repositioned my view of the sun.
And, although this long, beautiful day has really been fun,
It's time for me to climb up those carpeted stairs
To read and gradually fade and sleep with my teddy bears.

#Goodnight
#SmallPoems

I was told I could get a new stair lift "in a few easy steps".

(I thought steps were what the stair lift did for me...)

@tcql

Some of us will miss you if you go. Others may not notice.

Whatever you decide to do, make it a satisfying solution for yourself.

#WordOfTheDay

pediculosis

/pɪˌdɪkjʊˈləʊsɪs/
noun
mass noun Medicine
Infestation with lice.

Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin pediculus ‘louse’ + -osis.

As the day began, I was glad to see that this site was free from pediculosis. Sadly, I'm the louse who has infected the rest of you with the word. Use or steer clear, as you see fit. Depending on your decision, there will be nit picking!

#WordOfTheDay

arcuate

/ˈɑːkjʊət/
adjective
technical
Shaped like a bow; curved.

Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin arcuatus, past participle of arcuare ‘to curve’, from arcus ‘bow, curve’.

The shape of my belly in profile is arcuate. (Just trying to be honest.)

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monad

/ˈməʊnad//ˈmɒnad/
noun
technical
1 A single unit; the number one.
1.1 Philosophy (an indivisible and hence ultimately simple entity, such as a person.

Origin
Greek monas, monad- ‘unit’, from monos ‘alone’.

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Only you. You are my only one.
Only you. With you I have my fun.
Only you, and you alone
Will I call with my new cell phone.

Only you, a pretty, merry monad
Only you, with me, are never sad.
Only you, and you alone
Unless somewhere there's a clone?

dust wafts across town
spring landscape teams blow the "leaves"
CANNOT HEAR YOU TALK

#SundayHaiku
#CLMooc
#SmallPoems

@thraeryn

I don't expect friendship, necessarily, but friendly interaction, if possible.

Sometimes the chats are light-hearted, though they occasionally are deeper. I don't have time for angry ones.

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folium

/ˈfəʊlɪəm/
noun
technical
A thin leaflike structure, e.g. in some rocks or in the cerebellum of the brain.

Origin
Mid 18th century: from Latin, literally ‘leaf’.

The fossils found along several marine coastlines include an extinct oyster species *Dendostrea folium* which looks very leaflike.

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chowder

/ˈtʃaʊdə/
noun
mass noun
A rich soup typically containing fish, clams, or corn with potatoes and onions.

Origin
Mid 18th century: perhaps from French chaudière ‘stew pot’, related to Old Northern French caudron (see cauldron).

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If you visit Boston in New England and Manhattan in New York on a trip to the US, ordering clam chowder will produce two, very different soups.

#WordOfTheDay

abilitate

/əˈbɪlɪteɪt/
verb
rare
with object
To enable; to endow with ability or capacity; to make fit.

Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Preston (1587–1628), Church of England clergyman. Variant of habilitate.

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Henry's family connections smoothed his path. His own effort, while good, was not in a vacuum. A call to the dean abilitated Hank's entry into Princeton.

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sublunary

/sʌbˈluːn(ə)ri/
adjective
literary
Belonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one.

Late 16th century (‘terrestrial’): from Latin sublunaris.

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We wander below as satellites guide
The cars and trucks in which we ride.
Both they and we sublunary are.
Though "man-made" does give us pride.

"Our" Earth, with hubris we say.
With its other creatures we play
Fast and loose, careless in truth.
Celestial denizens look on in dismay.

#SmallPoems