Quote for the Day – Isaac Asimov

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

Mark_Twain_by_AF_Bradley“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

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  •  Noun: Habiliment (archaic and usual use is plural)
    1. Plural: characteristic apparatus; trappings
    2. The dress characteristic of an occupation or occasion – usually in the plural
    3. Clothes – usually in the plural
  • Synonyms:
    1. apparel
    2. attire
    3. clothes
    4. dress
    5. garb
    6. gown
    7. 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

jimmycarter“It’s not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.” ~ Jimmy Carter

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Vanity Plate of the Day – ILV4IT

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This one was on a Honda CRV with a Cardinal specialty plate. I like the Cards, but I do not think I Live 4 It.

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Vanity Plate for the Day – VEXED

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This was on the back of an older Ford Taurus.  Vexed, is how I frequently feel about life, vexedand obviously I am not alone.

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Quote for the Day – Joseph Heller

“It was the despair of Lieutenant Scheisskopf’s life to be chained to a woman who was incapable of looking beyond her own dirty, sexual desires to the titanic struggles for the unattainable in which noble man could become heroically engaged.

‘Why don’t you ever whip me?’ she pouted one night.

‘Because I haven’t the time,’ he snapped at her impatiently. ‘I haven’t the time. Don’t you know there’s a parade going on?’”  ~~ From Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Vanity Plate for the Day – AZUCAR

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This was on a BLUE Toyota 4-Runner.  I found this interesting as the Spanish word for sugar is azúcar.  Also the Spanish word for blue is azul.  So is it sugar or a blue car?

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Quote for the Day – Butch Hancock

220px-Butch_hancock_2011“Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things. One is that God loves you and you’re going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, dirty thing on the face of the earth and you should save it for someone you love.” ~~ Butch Hancock

 

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Vanity Plate for the Day –C4NTOR

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This one was on an Audi A7… Not so much here, but on the actual license plate the 4 looked like an “A” so I am going with cantor as music/prayer leader in a synagogue.

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