from otium to odium
Max
Quoting Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]>:
> Amusing, but free time very available for members of congress away from home
> and subject to temptations here in Wash DC. Just ask Congressman Chris Lee,
> who resigned recently when evidence of his leisurely flirting on Craigslist
> surfaced. Family values in deed!
>
> Barry
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:31:03 -0000, Patrick McManus
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >OTIUM
> >(found poem)
> >
> >
> >[classical L., leisure, ease, peace]
> >�now rare -�leisure; free time; ease
> >
> >
> >pmcmanus
> >q771
> >
> >I loved this how now rare fits :-)
> >source
> >
> >http://home.comcast.net/~wwftd/mno.htm#otium
>
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