Weather Update: I think the worst (not wurst Candy) of the storms are past us. The last time I checked the gauge, we had recorded 2.43" of rain, and it was still raining then. I don't expect the total to go more than a few-tenths of an inch higher, but that was a good rain, to say the least. I expected to be caught in the middle of the downpour (and I was), but alas, my biggest fear (hail) did not come to fruition. Allegedly there will be sunshine and blue skies throughout the rest of the week and the same for the weekend.Mouse Update: I set eight traps on Saturday. So far, MOST of the mice (except three) have figured out a way to get the bait out of the trap without being physically harmed. I am sure they are emotionally traumatized, but they are still breathing. Except three.
Embargo -- noun. 1. a legal prohibition on commerce. 2. stoppage, impediment; especially: prohibition. The government placed an embargo on the importation of absinthe.
Did You Know? Embargoes may be put in place for any number of reasons. For instance, government may place a trade embargo against another country to express its disapproval of that country's policies. But governments are not the only bodies that can place embargoes. A publisher, for example, can place an embargo on a highly anticipated book to prevent stores from selling it before its official release date. The word embargo comes to us via the Spanish embargar from the Vulgar Latin imbarricare, formed from the prefix in- and the noun barra ("bar").
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