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Word of the Day – Execrable

Dreadful

  •  Adjective: Execrable
    1. deserving to be execrated :  detestable
    2. very bad :  wretched
  • Synonyms:
    1. Appalling
    2. Atrocious
    3. Lamentable
    4. Egregious
    5. Awful
    6. Dreadful
    7. Terrible
  • Usage:

“But the more common method is for a film genre to commit self-slaughter through laziness. The most recent one to throw itself upon its sword is the bromance, and the metaphorical sword in this case is the execrable new Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart comedy, Get Hard.”

  • Encountered:

While reading The once-mighty bromance is dead – and Get Hard killed it on the guardian.com

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Quote for the Day – George Bernard Shaw

George_Bernard_Shaw“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” ~~ George Bernard Shaw

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Quote for the Day – Philip K. Dick

PhilipDick“Many men talk like philosophers and live like fools.” ~ from Beyond Lies the Wub  by Philip K. Dick

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Quote for the Day – Jimmy Carter

jimmycarter“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.” ~ Jimmy Carter

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Word of the Day – Artifice

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  • Noun: Artifice
    1. clever or artful skill :  ingenuity
    2. an ingenious device or expedient
    3. an artful stratagem :  trick
    4. false or insincere behavior <social artifice>
  • Synonyms:
    1. Trickery
    2. Deceit
    3. Deception
    4. Duplicity
    5. Guile
    6. Cunning
    7. Artfulness
    8. Wiliness
    9. Chicanery
  • Usage:

“The queen, although astonished at this language, to which she was not accustomed from her courtiers, argued from it a happy omen of the zeal with which D’Artagnan would serve her in the accomplishment of her project. It was one of the Gascon’s artifices to hide his deep cunning occasionally under an appearance of rough loyalty.”

  • Encountered:

While reading Twenty Years After by Alexandre

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Vanity Plate for the Day – GRNCH

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This one was on a Hyundai of some ilk.  Block up your fireplace, hide your Christmas stockings…

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Quote for the Day – Neil Gaiman

neilgaiman“I don’t want whatever I want. Nobody does. Not really. What kind of fun would it be if I just got everything I ever wanted just like that, and it didn’t mean anything? What then?”    ~~ Neil Gaiman

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Word of the Day – Succubus

  • Noun: Succubus
    1. A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.succubus_by_d3vilusion-d7k7bbd
    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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Quote for the Day – Joseph Heller

Josephy Heller, Miami Bookfair International, 1986

“Everyone agreed that Clevinger was certain to go far in the academic world. In short, Clevinger was one of those people with lots of intelligence and no brains, and everyone knew it except those who soon found it out.”  ~~ From Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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Quote for the Day – Joseph Heller

Josephy Heller, Miami Bookfair International, 1986

“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle. ~~ From Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

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