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Quote for the Day – Thomas Merton

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“The more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer, because smaller and more insignificant things begin to torture you, in proportion to your fear of being hurt. The one who does most to avoid suffering is, in the end, the one who suffers most.”~  Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“the earth is not my home, I’m just passing by”  ~ Tom Waits

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Vanity Plate for the Day – KATFVR

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This one was on the back of Chevy Sonic with a Mizzou license plate.  There is not much doubt where their allegiance is.

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Word of the Day – Coquetry

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  •  Noun: Coquetry
    1. a flirtatious act or attitude
  • Synonyms:
    1. flirting
    2. dalliance
    3. coyness
  • Usage:

“The young man felt her press his hand, and comprehended that this was a sentiment, not of coquetry, but of gratitude because of his departure.”

  • Encountered:

Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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Quote for the Day – Mark Changizi

teacher“I find that no matter how badly I teach I still learn something”. — researcher and inventor Mark Changizi quoted in BBC article The best way to win an argument

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Quote for the Day – Thomas Merton

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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”~ Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island

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Word of the Day – Rhapsody

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  •  Noun: Rhapsody
    1. an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling. “rhapsodies of praise”
    2. a free instrumental composition in one extended movement, typically one that is emotional or exuberant in character
    3. (in ancient Greece) an epic poem, or part of it, of a suitable length for recitation at one time
  • Synonyms:
    1. cloud nine
    2. elatedness
    3. elation
    4. euphoria
    5. exhilaration
    6. heaven
    7. high
    8. intoxication
    9. paradise
    10. rapture
  • Usage:

“The accountant was in a state of rhapsody as the calculator whirled adding up the long line of figures representing billable hours.”

  • Encountered:

I saw the word on a vanity plate

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Vanity Plate for the Day – RHAPSO D

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This one was on black Audi.  Perhaps driving such a vehicle left then with a feeling of rhapsody.  Or perhaps they were really into music.

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Vanity Plate for the Day – 2KNINE

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This one was on the back of one of those generic SUVs. It is amazing to me how canine crazy folks are for their dogs. I know it is sacrilege, but a dog is a dog.

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Quote for the Day – Tom Waits

Tom_Waits_3“the earth is not my home, I’m just passing by”  ~ Tom Waits

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