Let the dog in!

adjective:
1. Doing nothing or given to doing nothing; idle; lazy.
2. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

According to Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Charles II was no faineant half-wit but a conscientious and reflective king.
– David Gilmour, “The falsity of ‘true Spain’”, The Spectator, July 22, 2000

Faineant is from French, from Middle French fait, “does” + néant, “nothing.”

This is my clue to you that I might still be tarrying along here, not quite into the Action expected in a New Year.

However, today for the first time EVER a third party is coming to clean my house. Maybe seeing them take action will GUILT me into Action?

On the other hand, I have been blogging in this New Year…. Instead of faineant, I faiblogging.

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