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Why Do I Write?

Why do I write?

Good question!  I am fond of telling folks that my blog has a dedicated readership in the low single digits.  That enumeration includes me, my girlfriend’s sporadic browsings, and couple of other folks that on rare occasions pursue my ramblings. At one point I had a fantasy that some of my articles would spark other folks to comment and generate some discussions.  Like so many of my dreams and aspirations in this life that has never really materialized.  I am okay with that at this point.

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Word of the Day – Sophism

  • Noun:  Sophism
    1. an argument apparently correct in form but actually invalid; especially :  such an argument used to deceive
  •  Synonyms:
    1. Absurdity
    2. Deception
    3. Misconception
    4. fallacious argument
  • Usage:
    1. “Conscience is the chaos of chimeras, of lusts, and of temptations; the furnace of dreams; the lair of ideas of which we are ashamed; it is the pandemonium of sophisms; it is the battlefield of the passions. .”
  • Encountered:
    1. While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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Word of the Day – Chimera

  • Noun:  Chimera
    1. (in Greek mythology) a fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
    2. any mythical animal with parts taken from various animals.
    3. an individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution
    4. a thing that is hoped or wished for but in fact is illusory or impossible to achieve.
  •  Synonyms:
    1. illusion
    2. fantasy
    3. delusion
    4. dream
    5. daydream
    6. pipe dream
    7. figment of the/one’s imagination
    8. castle in the air
    9. mirage
  • Usage:
    1. “Conscience is the chaos of chimeras, of lusts, and of temptations; the furnace of dreams; the lair of ideas of which we are ashamed; it is the pandemonium of sophisms; it is the battlefield of the passions. .”
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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