I got back in to the office just a little bit after noon, and managed to get my desk essentially cleared before my 2 o'clock appointment arrived. A little more power real estate, and then headed home. I left the office about 3:30, and traffic was basically gridlocked. Today starts the second weekend of the Austin City Limits fest. Last weekend was the hottest weekend for ACL, and today is the coldest weekend for ACL. Yesterday it was 97 degrees, and today was about 40 degrees cooler. We got a little bit of rain overnight, so far about an inch-and-a-half. Not complaining, grateful for what we get. Did I spell grateful correctly? Looks weird.Omnium-Gatherum -- Noun. a miscellaneous collection (as of things or persons). An omnium-gatherum of celebrities and personalities were on hand for the legendary singer's 90th birthday celebration.
Did You Know? English abounds in Latin phrases. They roll off the learned tongue like peas off a fork. Tabula rasa; ab ovo; a posteriori; deus ex machina; ex cathedra; mea culpa (I know this one); terra firma (this one too); vox populi (kind of); ad hominen; sub rosa. Omnium-gatherum surely belongs on that list too, right? Not exactly. Omnium-gatherum sounds like Latin, and indeed omnium (the genitive plural of the Latin omnis, meaning "all") is the real thing. But gatherum is simply the English gather with -um tacked on to give it a classical ring. We're not suggesting, however, that the phrase is anything less than literate (I might be). After all, one of the first writers known to have used it was John Croke, a lawyer educated at Eton and Cambridge in the 16th century.
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