11 January 2015

lassitude

[las-i-tood, -tyood]

Word

noun

1. weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor.
2.a condition of indolent indifference:
the pleasant lassitude of the warm summer afternoon.

Origin

Latin

1525-1535; < Latin lassitūdō weariness, equivalent to lass(us) weary + -i- -i- + -tūdō -tude
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Today’s aphorism

One day, you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. DO IT NOW.

– Paulo Coelho

On this day

11 January 1986 – Brisbane’s Gateway Bridge opens.

11 January 2008 – death of Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, explorer and philanthropist. Hillary and sherpa Tbeenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mt Everest.

11 January 2011 – flood-waters from the Lockyer Valley reach the Brisbane River catchment, causing the river to break its banks, flooding the CBD and other river-side suburbs, including New Farm, Fortitude Valley, West End, St Lucia, Rocklea and Graceville, inundating 20,000 homes. The Brisbane River peaked on 13 January 2013 at a height of 4.46m. The city of Ipswich was also inundated, with the Bremer River peaking on 12 January 2011. The worst affected areas included Goodna and Gailes. There were reports of bull sharks in the city centre of Goodna. A total of 35 people died as a result of the flooding in Toowoomba, the Lockyer Valley, Brisbane and Ipswich.