“We do not remember days, we remember moments.“ ~~ Cesare Pavese
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Word of the Day – Alacrity
- Noun: Alacrity
- promptness in response : cheerful
- Synonyms:
- Eagerness
- Willingness
- Readiness
- Usage:
“The officer sprang out of the apartment with that alacrity which all the servants of the cardinal displayed in obeying him. “
- Encountered:
Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
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Vanity Plate for the Day – 2-CLWNS
2-CLWNS
This one was on a GMC… occupation or comment on occupants??
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Quote for the Day – Carl Sandburg
“Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.” ~~ Carl Sandburg
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Quote for the Day – George Bernard Shaw
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ~~ George Bernard Shaw
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Vanity Plate for the Day – NHRA-DR
NHRA-DR
This was on the back of an older mid-size Dodge pickup. NHRA, I am assuming is National Hot Rod Association. Then I will make the leap to DR being driver and not doctor. From the look of his vehicle all his money was going into his race car.
All of which remains me of two fellows I worked with 40 years ago. They got excited after going to a dirt track race and bought a race car. They entered a race. On the first turn of their first race a tie rod broke and the car slammed into the wall. Neither kid was mechanical, and the expense of fixing the car ended their racing career.
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Quote for the Day – Isaac Asimov
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” ~~ Isaac Asimov
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Quote for the Day – Mark Twain
“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.” ~~ Mark Twain
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Word of the Day – Habiliment
- Noun: Habiliment (archaic and usual use is plural)
- Plural: characteristic apparatus; trappings
- The dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion – usually in the plural
- Clothes – usually in the plural
- Synonyms:
- apparel
- attire
- clothes
- dress
- garb
- gown
- trappings
- Usage:
“Behind this figure glowed a vast fireplace alive with leaping flames; great logs of oak blazed and crackled on the polished brass andirons whose flicker shone upon the superb habiliments of the lonely tenant of the room, which was illumined grandly by twin candelabra rich with wax-lights.”
- Encountered:
While reading Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas
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Quote for the Day – Jimmy Carter
“It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.” ~ Jimmy Carter
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