Quote for the Day – F. Scott Fitzgerald

F._Scott_Fitzgerald,_1921“There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.”  ~~ From The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Vanity Plate for the Day – DR-MKTG

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This one was on a white Solara.  This cat really believes in the maximum that you never stop selling.

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Quote for the Day – F. Scott Fitzgerald

F._Scott_Fitzgerald,_1921“Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”  ~~ From The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Word of the Day – Didactic

  • Adjective: Didactic
    1. designed or intended to teach
    2. intended to convey instruction and information as well as pleasure and entertainment
    3. making moral observations
  • Synonyms:
    1.  Instructive
    2. Instructional
    3. Educational
    4. Educative
    5. Informative
    6. Informational
    7. Edifying
    8. Improving
    9. Perceptive
    10. Pedagogic
    11. Moralistic
  • Usage:

“I used to say this to Joey and Charlotte about my father himself when I got a little older, but they were always didactic, and said it was naughty of me.”

  • Encountered:

While reading The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler

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Vanity Plate of the Day – Bun Run

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This one was on the back of an Escalade.  I thought, is it a Bunnie running, or are they running so their buns look good?!?  Perhaps it is the charity run sponsored by Schlotzsky’s that goes by that name.

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Quote for the Day – William Goldberg

220px-William_Golding_1983“What is in a book, is not what the author thought he put into it, it is what the reader gets out of it.”  ~~ William Goldberg, author of Lord of the Flies

Word of the Day – Succubus

  • Noun: Succubus
    1. A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.
    2. Any demon or evil spirit.
    3. A strumpet or prostitute.
  • Synonyms:
    1. Beast
    2. Monster
    3. Vampire
    4. Villain
  • Usage:

“He was like a worn small rock whelmed by the successive waves of his voice. With his body he seemed to feed the voice that, succubus like, had fleshed its teeth in him.”

  • Encountered:

While reading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

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Vanity Plate for the Day – BLKDOG

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This one was on a little Toyota Venza… People do love their pets. Makes me want to get a tag BLKSHP

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Word of the Day – Punctilious

  • Adjective: Punctilious
    1. very careful about behaving properly and doing things in a correct and accurate way
  • Synonyms:
    1. Meticulous
    2. Conscientious
    3. Diligent
    4. Scrupulous
    5. Careful
    6. Painstaking
    7. Rigorous
    8. Perfectionist
    9. Methodical
    10. Particular
    11. Strict
  • Usage:

“This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness. He was never quite still; there was always a tapping foot somewhere or the impatient opening and closing of a hand.”

  • Encountered:

While reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Vanity Plate of the Day – BGENUF

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This one was on the back of a Mini Cooper.  Certainly big “enuf” for most folks daily commute.

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