Rev. Joe Dirt, Author at Curmudgeon Alley

1999/03/132015/03/16

Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

“I told them this story:
In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, “Look at me…I’m tall, and I’m straight, and I’m handsome. Look at you…you’re all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you.” And they grew up in that forest together. And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, “Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest.” So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day.” ” ~ Tom Waits

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1999/03/132015/03/16

Vanity Plate for the Day – 4 TRTLS

4 TRTLS

This one was on the back of a Toyota Sequoia. I can only assume a big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan. Alright, name them.

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1999/03/132022/09/19

Word of the Day – Fettle

Noun: Fettle
1. a state or condition of health, fitness, wholeness, spirit, or form —often used in the phrase in fine fettle

Synonyms:
1. shape
2. trim
3. fitness
4. physical fitness
5. health
6. state of health
Usage:

“Mr. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, told any news media outlet that called (and most did) that his boss was in fine fettle, holding meetings and attending to his duties. ” ~ New York Times article

Encountered:
- New York Times article: Putin, Said to Be ‘Perfectly Healthy,’ Is Also Nowhere to Be Seen

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1999/03/122015/03/13

Quote for the Day – Thomas Merton

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.” ~ Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu

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1999/03/122015/03/13

Vanity Plate for the Day – L8D BUG

L8D BUG

On a red VW Beetle…I just thought it cute!

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1999/03/112015/03/12

Word of the Day – Socialism

Noun: Socialism
1. any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods
2. a : a system of society or group living in which there is no private property
3. a system or condition of society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state
4. a stage of society in Marxist theory transitional between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done

Synonyms:
1. Marxism
2. communism
3. leftism
4. social democracy
5. Leninism
6. progressivism
7. syndicalism
8. labourism
9. Trotskyism
10. Fabianism
Usage:

“On hisTalking Points Memo, Bill O’Reilly said that the conflict over ObamaCare was really a primal struggle between capitalism and socialism.”

Encountered:
- Over and over that Obama is a socialist and ObamaCare is Socialism

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1999/03/112015/03/13

Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

“We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.” ~ Tom Waits

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1999/03/112015/03/12

Vanity Plate for the Day – RODEO

RODEO

Okay, this was on the back of a Honda mini-van. I don’t see too many cowboys driving mini-vans or very many soccer moms riding bulls. I suppose they could be referring to herding/hauling kids around is like a rodeo.

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