“If you get far enough away you’ll be on your way back home. ” ~ Tom Waits
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Vanity Plate for the Day – CHICKS
CHICKS
This one was on the back of a Volvo XC 90. Is an apostrophe needed between the K and the S? Or does it have something to do with orientation? Or is the person into fuzzy, yellow avian? A middle age woman was driving it.
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Word of the Day – Hegemony
- Noun: Hegemony
- preponderant influence or authority over others : domination <battled for hegemony in Asia>
- the social, cultural, ideological, or economic influence exerted by a dominant group
- Synonyms:
- leadership
- dominance
- dominion
- supremacy
- authority
- mastery
- control
- power
- sway
- rule
- sovereignty
- Usage:
- “Yet, in an American context, we face again a hegemony that allows us to narrate a single Jewish memory, i.e., a European one. ”
- Encountered:
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Quote for the Day – Thomas Merton
“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
“the earth is not my home, I’m just passing by” ~ Tom Waits
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Vanity Plate for the Day – KATFVR
KATFVR
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
- Noun: Coquetry
- a flirtatious act or attitude
- Synonyms:
- flirting
- dalliance
- 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
“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
“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
- Noun: Rhapsody
- an effusively enthusiastic or ecstatic expression of feeling. “rhapsodies of praise”
- a free instrumental composition in one extended movement, typically one that is emotional or exuberant in character
- (in ancient Greece) an epic poem, or part of it, of a suitable length for recitation at one time
- Synonyms:
- cloud nine
- elatedness
- elation
- euphoria
- exhilaration
- heaven
- high
- intoxication
- paradise
- 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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