Wednesday's learn and earn...

~WORD OF THE DAY~

raconteur  \ra-kahn-TER\ ~ noun

DEFINITION: a person who excels in telling anecdotes

EXAMPLES: A bona fide raconteur, Turner can turn even mundane experiences into hilariously entertaining stories.

"The story is constructed as a light mentor piece in which Henry, a sometime college literature professor, Christmas ball collector and raconteur, takes a boarder into his crummy New York apartment." -- From an article by Dennis King in The Oklahoman, September 10, 2010

DID YOU KNOW? The story of "raconteur" is a tale of telling and counting. English speakers borrowed the word from French, where it traces back to the Old French verb "raconter," meaning "to tell." "Raconter" in turn was formed from another Old French verb, "aconter" or "acompter," meaning "to tell" or "to count," which is ultimately from Latin "computare," meaning "to count." "Computare" is also the source of our words "count" and "account." "Raconteur" has been part of the English vocabulary since at least 1828.
 
~THE REBATE~

Fall is here and its time to start cooking things "low and slow", nothing like a great Brisket for that!  From now until December 31st you can get a $5 mail-in rebate when you buy a 5 pound or larger Sadler’s Smokehouse Whole or Sliced Beef Brisket.  Just fill in the rebate form and mail it in together with a copy of the receipt and proof of purchase.  This offer is limited to one per household.
 
I hope you are all enjoying your week, I am on my way to Chicago with friends and will put up a Saturday Sojourn this month all about Chicago and where we have been and where we are going. 
 
C.Q.