Author: Rev. Joe Dirt

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Word of the Day – Ignominy

  • Noun: Ignominy
    1. deep personal humiliation and disgrace
    2. disgraceful or dishonorable conduct, quality, or action
  • Synonyms:
    1. Discredit
    2. Disesteem
    3. Dishonor
    4. Disrepute
    5. Infamy
    6. Opprobrium
    7. Shame
  • Usage:
    • “Shame, blind, deep shame and ignominy overthrew his spirit and left it writhing. He stood there shrunk over himself, trying to obliterate himself.”
  • Encountered:
    • The short story The Thorn in the Flesh by D. H. Lawrence

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Vanity Plate for the Day –MOJEDI

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This one was on a Honda Civic.  Jedi… I did not realize that Yoda had sown his wild oats this far.

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Quote for the Day – Sai Baba

Sai Baba“Life is a song – sing it. Life is a game – play it. Life is a challenge – meet it. Life is a dream – realize it. Life is a sacrifice – offer it. Life is love – enjoy it.”  ~~ Sai Baba

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Word of the Day – Heliotrope

  • Noun: Heliotrope
    1. a plant of the borage family, cultivated for its fragrant purple or blue flowers, which are used in perfumeheliotrope
  • Adjective: Heliotrope
  1. a light purple color, similar to that typical of heliotrope flowers
  • Synonyms:
    1. Purple
    2. Burgundy
    3. Grape
  • Usage:
    • “Struggling with the string of a packet, she opened a white cardboard box, and there lay a white silk handkerchief packed neatly under the paper lace of the box, and her initial, worked in heliotrope, fully displayed. She smiled pleasantly, and gently put the box aside”
  • Encountered:
    • The short story The White Stocking by D. H. Lawrence

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Vanity Plate for the Day –2SCOOP

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This one was on a Mazda… I believe I prefer this to be an ice cream aficionado rather than someone advertising for Raisin Bran!

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Quote for the Day – Jimmy Carter

jimmycarter“Testing oneself is best when done alone.” ~ Jimmy Carter

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Quote for the Day – George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” ~~ George Washington Carver

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Vanity Plate for the Day – HNTELK

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This one was on an over sized 4×4 pickup… obviously an elk hunter and a Bubba.  Or if you prefer he is a recruiter for the fraternal order of the same name.

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Word of the Day – Peevish

  • Noun:  Peevish
    • querulous in temperament or mood
    • perversely obstinate
    • marked by ill temper
  • Synonyms:
    • Choleric
    • Crabby
    • Cranky
    • Grumpy
    • Snappish
  • Usage:
    • “So, her rather good-looking square face was peevish, she had that air of having been compelled all her life to serve unwillingly, and to control where she did not want to control.”
  • Encountered:
    • The short story Daughters of the Vicar by D. H. Lawrence

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Quote for the Day – Jimmy Carter

jimmycarter“You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.” ~ Jimmy Carter

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