This is archival proof that it rained in Austin today. A couple times. But it did not rain on the Edge of Nowhere. Jody said there was a little mist of something, so we are going to count it as a trace of rain, just for the record. Other than the fact that there was no rain, it was not a bad day for a Monday, the last Monday in September. It seems like this has been a long month, but very soon I expect that I will believe the month has just flown by. I was fortunate to get an extraordinary amount of work done, and I expect to get more done the rest of the week. I hope I get enough done to last a couple weeks, because this is going to be a pretty busy travel/meeting month. We are counting down to the end of the year, and the last quarter is always busy with planning for the next year. When one door closes, another door opens. I expect there will be plenty of doors opening in 2020.Modicum -- Noun. a small portion. a limited quantity. The small park provides a modicum of peace and quiet in the midst of the bustling city.
Did You Know? What does modicum have to do with a toilet? It just so happens that modicum shares the same Latin parent as commode, which is a synonym of toilet. Modicum and commode ultimately derive from the Latin noun modus, which means "measure." Modicum (which, logically enough, refers to a small measure of something) has been a part of the English language since the 15th century. It descends from the Latin modicus ("moderate"), which is itself a descendant of modus. Modus really measures up as a Latin root-it also gave us mode (originally a kind of musical measure), modal, model, modern, modify, and modulate. More distant relatives include mete, moderate, and modest.
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