Break is Ready

Word of the day is Shindig. What animal lover are you? Favorite candy? Plus other fun facts and trivia. "If a man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat."

The word of the day is galumph. Laughs, Trivia, and things that will make you more interesting. "If you wish to enrich days, plan flowers; if you wish to enrich years, plan trees; if you wish to enrich Eternity, plan ideals in the lives of others."

The word of the day is bumptious. Balloon blowing, Clint, Brooke, and Burger Trivia. "Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."

Word of the day is furtive. Sleep Trivia, Furry Trivia and The Saltine Challenge. "I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message."

Word of the day is pugnacious. Leonardo and sports car trivia, epic relationship rejections and YouTube. "Success is not in copying others but in originality."

The word of the day is effusive. Trivia, facts, stacks, and things you should NOT try at home. "Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

Word of the day is affiance. Chicken trivia, blind taste tests and scary actors. "The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways."

The word of the day is herald. Elvis, lizard and elephant trivia. "I love to pay taxes. I know when I'm paying taxes I am making money."

Word of the day is amiable. Moth Trivia, Memories with Grammy, and music. "No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind."

The word of the day is fecund. Bee and Rock (kind of) trivia. "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

The word of the day is unbeknownst. Turtle, fish, and games trivia. "Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken."

The word of the day is moxy. Lots of listener comments, gifts, limericks, and trivia of course. "My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have cancer and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important."

The word of the day is clamor. Trivia and arts and crafts. "Somewhere inside we hear a voice, it leads us in the direction we wish to become, but it is up to us whether or not to follow."

The word of the day is bogart. Trivia and poetry. "Eat a live frog first thing in the morning, and nothing worst will happen to you the rest of the day."

The word of the day is palpable.  Taste tests and Trivia.  "You don't choose your family.  They are God's gift to you, as you are to them."

The word of the day is flabbergast.  Trivia, taste and smell challenges.  "Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music."

The word of the day is fatuous.  Scott shows some trivia prowess.  "Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few.  Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many."

The word of the day is dragoon. Tower and Twinkie Trivia. "Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."

The word of the day is congenial.  French poetry, laughs, and jokes.  "The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else.  I hate that."

The word of the day is ad hominem.  Taste tests, riddles and more to test our abilities.  "The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed."

The word of the day is proximity.  Anthems and cereal trivia.  "I wanted to be a teacher.  I love children, so I wanted to deal with children.  Then I wanted to be a veterinarian.  But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait."

The word of the day is caterwaul.  Latin trivia, a riddle, and a tale.  "Be humble, hungry, and always be the hardest worker in the room."

The word of the day is perseverate.  Scott shows a little trivia skill.  "The most sophisticated people I know, inside they are all children."

The word of the day is herky-jerky.  An interesting mix of trivia from Chris.  "Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up?  Nobody looks at the chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings.  Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes.  The whole world could pass them by and most people wouldn't notice."

The word of the day is nonplussed.  Joe sets a Break is Ready studio record.  Joe didn't follow the rules for the quote so we are not sure what to say.  Enjoy!

The word of the day is kowtow.  Scott does pushups because Joe knows nothing about Australia.  "To get down to the quick of it, respect motivates me, not success."

The word of the day is ferret.  Joe is walking thesaurus.  "Science does not know its debt to imagination."

The word of the day is skulk.  Joe doesn't know eagles very well.  "I love to be among those who are getting things done, rather than organizing or identifying problems.  My desk may be messy, but it's neat in its purpose."

Word of the day is nobby.  Joe is 'down' for trivia.  "A life is like a garden.  Perfect moments can be had but not preserved, except in memory."

Word of the day is aplomb.  Joe tests his libations vs games knowledge and tries to sing along to some classics.  "For it is in giving that we receive."

Word of the day is quixotic.  Joe has a harder time with trivia (but no pushups).  "Women, like men, should try to do the impossible.  And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others."

Word of the day is intrepid.  Trivia and Joe eats something he never thought he would.  "Science has not yet mastered prophecy.  We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10."

Word of the day is nebbish.  Joe's trivia skills come back to earth.  "When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

Word of the day is exigent.  Jukebox Era Music Trivia with Joe.  "For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?'  And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

Word of the day is bugbear.  Joe's weakness is tongue twisters, not trivia.  "Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all.  They're underused."

Word of the day is maelstrom.  State trivia that Joe thinks he knows because he lived there when he was 2.  "Leaders are made, they are not born.  They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile."

Word of the day is regale.  Joe's big brain shows off again.  "Far and away the best prize life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

Word of the day is pithy (pith·y).  Joe kills the trivia again, he knows everything.  "I would rather regret the things I have done than regret the things I haven't done."

Word of the day is fervid (fer vid).  Surprise challenge for Joe ... plus a little game trivia.  "Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion."

Word of the day is grok (grok).  Mostly Bond Trivia.  "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."