i am sorry to have not been updating quite as often but i am very busy.

here are a lot of words:

gudgeon (GUJ-uhn) noun

1. A small European fresh-water fish (Gobio gobio) or any of the related fishes, often used as bait.

2. A gullible person.

3. A bait.

[From Latin gobion, variant of gobius, via Old French and Middle

English.]

gudgeon (GUJ-uhn) noun

A pivot, usually made of metal, at the end of a beam, axle, etc., on which a wheel or a similar device turns.

[From Middle English gudyon, from Old French goujon.]

"Even his (Charles Frazier) saws sound authentic. `Clenched tight as a dogwood bud in January.' `As useless by itself as the gudgeon to a door hinge with no pintle.'" Review of Books And Multimedia: Hearts And Minds to Win, The Economist (London), Jun 13, 1998.

rara avis RARE-uh-AY-vis, noun plural rara avises RARE-uh-AY-vuh-suhz or rarae avesRARE-ee-AY-veez:

A rare or unique person or thing.

He was, after all, that rara avis, a Jewish Catholic priest with a wife and children. --Jeremy Sams, "Lorenzo the magnificent," [1]Independent, May 16, 2000

"First of all," Arthur said, "Jack is that rara avis among Ivy League radicals, a birthright member of the proletariat." --Charles McCarry, Lucky Bastard

Rara avis. You'd have to go far and wide to find someone like that, especially in these times. --Andrew Holleran, In September, the Light Changes

Rara avis is Latin for "rare bird."

remora (REM-uhr-ah) noun

1. Any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae that have a

dorsal fin modified in the shape of a suction disk that they use to attach to a larger fish, sea-turtles, or ships. Also called sharksucker or suckerfish.

2. Hindrance, drag.

[From Latin, literally delay, from remorai (to linger, delay), from re- + morai (to delay), from mora (delay).]

"Demur" and "moratorium" are other words that share the same root as remora. They all involve the idea of delay. Remora got their name from the belief that they slowed ships down by attaching themselves to the hull.

Remora's suction power is so strong that, in some parts of the world, lines are attached to their tails and lowered into the water to fish for sea turtles. Remora eat scraps from the fish they attach to. But they don't just get a free ride and free food in this way. It's a truly symbiotic relationship as they, in turn, remove parasites from their bigger buddies.

Here are a few pictures:

http://www.oceanlight.com/html/manta_birostris.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues98/jul98/remora_jpg.html

"Ryder has been a remora to the Heathers but boils over and, with Slater's crucial aid, kills one kind of accidentally." Ted Mahar, High School Confidential, The Oregonian (Portland), Sep 3, 1999.

turpitude TUR-puh-tood; -tyood, noun:

1. Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; depravity.

2. A base act.

In the eyes of the far left, it [the 60s] is the era when revolution was at hand, only to be betrayed by the feebleness of the faithful and the trickery of the enemy; to the radical right, an era of subversion and moral turpitude. --Arthur Marwick, [1]The Sixties: Cultural Revolution in Britain, France, Italy, and the United States, c.1958-c.1974

They based their action on a clause in the uniform player contract which says players must "conform to standards of good citizenship and good moral character" and disallows "engaging in acts of moral turpitude." --Ira Berkow, "Go Ahead, Choke the Boss -- Only in the N.B.A.," [2]New York Times, March 5, 1998

They were not his misdeeds, his turpitudes; she accused him of nothing--that is, of but one thing, which was not a crime. --Henry James, [3]The Portrait of a Lady

Turpitude comes from Latin turpitudo, from turpis, "foul, base."

that is enough words for today.

i am very excited for the gala.

the mets are doing terrible.

mameco is great? :)

byeness