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Word of the Day – Heliotrope

  • Noun: Heliotrope
    1. a plant of the borage family, cultivated for its fragrant purple or blue flowers, which are used in perfumeheliotrope
  • Adjective: Heliotrope
  1. a light purple color, similar to that typical of heliotrope flowers
  • Synonyms:
    1. Purple
    2. Burgundy
    3. Grape
  • Usage:
    • “Struggling with the string of a packet, she opened a white cardboard box, and there lay a white silk handkerchief packed neatly under the paper lace of the box, and her initial, worked in heliotrope, fully displayed. She smiled pleasantly, and gently put the box aside”
  • Encountered:
    • The short story The White Stocking by D. H. Lawrence

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Vanity Plate for the Day –2SCOOP

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This one was on a Mazda… I believe I prefer this to be an ice cream aficionado rather than someone advertising for Raisin Bran!

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Quote for the Day – Jimmy Carter

jimmycarter“Testing oneself is best when done alone.” ~ Jimmy Carter

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Quote for the Day – Aldous Huxley

aldous-huxley“A man can smile and smile and be a villain. Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain.”  ~~ from Brave New World  by Aldous Huxley.

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Vanity Plate of the Day – 6FT-SIX

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This one was on the back of a GMC Terrain. I looked at the driver expecting to see his head bumping the headliner of his roof, but such not was the case.  I suppose he had really long legs.

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Quote for the Day – George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.” ~~ George Washington Carver

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Vanity Plate for the Day – HNTELK

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This one was on an over sized 4×4 pickup… obviously an elk hunter and a Bubba.  Or if you prefer he is a recruiter for the fraternal order of the same name.

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Word of the Day – Peevish

  • Noun:  Peevish
    • querulous in temperament or mood
    • perversely obstinate
    • marked by ill temper
  • Synonyms:
    • Choleric
    • Crabby
    • Cranky
    • Grumpy
    • Snappish
  • Usage:
    • “So, her rather good-looking square face was peevish, she had that air of having been compelled all her life to serve unwillingly, and to control where she did not want to control.”
  • Encountered:
    • The short story Daughters of the Vicar by D. H. Lawrence

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Vanity Plate of the Day – FLI TYR

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This one was on the back of a red Buick Century. Besides the obvious allusion to fly tying, the bumper of the car was covered with stickers about trout fishing and fishing destinations.   It’s good to have an avocation you are passionate about.

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Quote for the Day – W. Somerset Maugham

maugham_retouched‘”But pray tell me what is the meaning of life?”

“I say, that’s rather a difficult question. Won’t you give the answer yourself?”

“No, because it’s worthless unless you yourself discover it.”

~~  in Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham

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