Still rainy, cold, dreary, raw. It is almost like it is never going to be warm and sunny again, but I know that is not accurate. People in Teas are not really satisfied unless it is raining and they can driver their trucks 110 miles per hour in a 75 mile zone, and crash in to several vehicles as they are doing it. Traffic delays. Two hours to get in to the office this morning. Repeat after me; I like where I live, and I like where I work. They just don't happen to be that close to each other. Today was kind of an interesting day, leave it be that it was just one of those 'sh*t happens' kind of days, enough said. Then there were a couple meetings, some planning, some declining and some inspiring. Perfect. Now, if the sun would just come out for a while, I would shut up.Riposte -- Noun: 1. a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry. 2. a retaliatory verbal wally: retort. 3. a retaliatory maneuver or measure. Alexa's quick wit was on display as she countered her opponent's insults and jibes with clever ripostes and rejoinders.
Did You Know? In the sport of fencing, a riposte is a counterattack made after successfully fending off one's opponent. English speakers borrowed the name for this particular maneuver from French in the early 1700s, but the French had simply modified the Italian risposta, which literally means "answer." Ultimately these words come from the Latin verb respondere, meaning "to respond." It seems fitting that riposte has since come full circle to now refer to a quick and witty response performed as a form of retaliation.
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