“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. ~~ Abraham Lincoln
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Word of the Day – Execrable
- Adjective: Execrable
- deserving to be execrated : detestable
- very bad : wretched
- Synonyms:
- Appalling
- Atrocious
- Lamentable
- Egregious
- Awful
- Dreadful
- 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
“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 of the Day — Erica Jong
“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.” — Erica Jong
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Quote for the Day – Philip K. Dick
“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
“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
- Noun: Artifice
- clever or artful skill : ingenuity
- an ingenious device or expedient
- an artful stratagem : trick
- false or insincere behavior <social artifice>
- Synonyms:
- Trickery
- Deceit
- Deception
- Duplicity
- Guile
- Cunning
- Artfulness
- Wiliness
- 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
“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
- A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.
- Any demon or evil spirit.
- A strumpet or prostitute.
- A female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.
- Synonyms:
- Beast
- Monster
- Vampire
- 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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