sybarite

sybarite \SIB-uh-ryt\ , noun:
A person devoted to luxury and pleasure.

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I would be a sybarite if I could afford it.

Ford & Filly Friend

Ford the Mustang and his pasture mate.

Shy in the Shell

This small tortoise just wanted to be left alone.

Then and Now

Found this old postcard for sale on Ebay and thought it might be neat to contrast then and now with a Miami street scene.



I'm not for sure exactly when the above photo was taken, but I'm sure it was shortly after the beginning of the last century, probably at least 90 years ago.



As you can see, one of the buildings still standing is the one in the foreground; there's also the church in the background. (If you look closely in the "now" photo, you can make out the church spire)

laodicean

laodicean [ley-od-uh-see-uhn]

–adjective
1. lukewarm or indifferent, esp. in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.

–noun
2. a person who is lukewarm or indifferent, esp. in religion.

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Not from the Word of the Day feed in the right hand column, but this was the winning word in yesterday's finals of the National Spelling Bee.

I was one of my school's two entries in a spelling contest back when I was in the sixth grade. I won with "acne" when no one else could spell it.

I knew the word because I already had it.

My partner and I went on to the district contest where "we" were soundly trounced. I say "we" because she and I were a team and our cumulative score was what was measured against the other schools. She missed one; because I didn't study much, I missed something like six or seven and thanks to me we didn't place in the top three to advance to the next level. She said it was "OK" when I apologized to her, but I could tell it wasn't. Wonder if she's still mad at me?