comestible

From the Word of the Day feed in the right-hand column.

comestible \kuh-MES-tuh-buhl\,
adjective:1. Suitable to be eaten; edible.
noun:1. Something suitable to be eaten; food.

I knew this word, but can't recall that I've ever used it. I've seen it in survival books and magazines the most, I reckon.

I do know many times my comestible turns out to be combustible.

In other words, my gustatory turns fumatory.

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I just don't know what it is.

I shouldn't have napped through geography classes, y'know?

gubernatorial

gubernatorial \GOO-ber-nuh-TOR-ee-uhl\, adjective:
Of or pertaining to a governor.

That's the Word of the Day for Aug. 31 (at this writing, still the day's date on the feed)

Nothing earth-shattering, but I'm wondering if this particular word was planned in advance, or because McCain picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his vp. If it's the latter, then kudos to the website for picking a word that was sure to generate some hits. If it's the former, then it's one of those odd coincidences that make life a bit more interesting.

Every time I see the word "gubernatorial" and especially when I hear it used on TV, I always think of Jimmy Carter, our former president who was also a governor.

Not because gubernatorial means "of or pertaining to a governor", though.

No, it's because Carter raised peanuts before entering politics.

He was very goobernatorial.

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Seeing all the visits on the more "esoteric" subjects in this blog has made me wonder what people think of them, hence the change.

It's always frustrated me to want to comment in a forum and then find out there's a detailed registration process that requires a valid email addy...and which will suddenly be filled with spam as soon as you click the "enter" button to complete the process. Perhaps that's the reason folks don't want to comment in here: they don't want to go to all the trouble. (although I can't understand why anyone wouldn't want a Gmail addy and the features that go along with it, all free.)

We'll see. If people get too hateful, I'll go back to how it was. This is really just a place for my friends and family to visit, featuring this area and of course, starring ME. (I recently read a post that complained most blogs are "ego-centric". Well, duh.)

I had also considered using a template for the posts I make. I could, I suppose, use a background hosted at Photobucket, or I bet I could get one to work out of a Picassa album, just haven't tried. My pal G has even offered up some space on his own domain.

Using a simple table has crossed my simple mind.

Instead, I've decided to stay with the stark look, black and white, some shades of gray, a spash or two of color; it matches the content of this blog, why not?