Author: Rev. Joe Dirt

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We Happened Upon Death

My mother’s birthday was going to fall in the middle of the week, so I decided to drive down to Muskogee for the weekend to celebrate it with her. Saturday, we drove to Tulsa, and we went shopping for her a birthday present. Afterwards we had lunch a Macaroni Grill. Since it was such a nice day I decided to take the slower way back to Muskogee rather than the turnpike.

As we were nearing her house traffic on US 69, a major artery, came to a stop. After a while we began to inch forward. I could see three ambulances near the intersection; two different fire department vehicles had passed us as well as a multitude of police vehicles.
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What Religion is God

The question has been asked before, What religion is God?

Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam.  It is a once in a life time requirement of every able-bodied Muslim. The pilgrimage must take place during the second week of the Islamic month, Dhul Hijjah.  During the Hajj, there are many rituals to be observed in a short period of time. One is the Stoning of the Devil, a reenactment of the Devil tempting Abraham three times as he prepared to sacrifice his son, Isaac.
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Word of the Day – Quisling

  •  Noun: Quisling
    1. a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country
  • Synonyms:
    1. collaborator
    2. sympathizer
    3. traitor
    4. turncoat
    5. Judas
  • Usage:

“His biggest concern seems to be that after he dies, China will select a new pet Dalai Lama who may act as a quisling to help the Chinese control Tibet and to give legitimacy to their policies there.”

  • Encountered:

Nicholas Kristof column in New York Times – Dalai Lama Gets Mischievous

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Word of the Day – Malaprop / Malapropism

  • Noun:  Malaprop / malapropism
    1. the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco )..
  •  Synonyms:
    1. wrong word
    2. solecism
    3. misuse
    4. misapplication
    5. infelicity
    6. Freudian slip
    7. blunder
  • Usage:

Oh, I just love the kind of woman who can walk over a man
I mean like a god damn marching band
She says, like literally, music is the air she breathes
And the malaprops make me want to fucking scream
I wonder if she even knows what that word means
Well, it’s literally not that
~~ “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment” by Father John Misty.

  • Encountered:
    • While listening to a song on KDHX

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Word of the Day – Literally

  • Adverb:  Literally
    1. in a literal sense or manner : actually <took the remark literally> <was literally insane>
    2. used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true
  • Usage Discussion of LITERALLY from m-w.com
    • since some people take sense 2 to be the opposite of sense 1, it has been frequently criticized as a misuse. Instead, the use is pure hyperbole intended to gain emphasis, but it often appears in contexts where no additional emphasis is necessary.
  • Synonyms:
    1. exactly
    2. actually
    3. completely
    4. directly
    5. plainly
    6. precisely
    7. really
    8. simply
    9. truly
  • Usage:

Oh, I just love the kind of woman who can walk over a man
I mean like a god damn marching band
She says, like literally, music is the air she breathes
And the malaprops make me want to fucking scream
I wonder if she even knows what that word means
Well, it’s literally not that
~~ “The Night Josh Tillman Came To Our Apartment” by Father John Misty.

  • Encountered:
    • While listening to a song on KDHX

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