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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 9, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 9, 2020
August 9, 2020
Circadian – adj. – characterized by a 24-hour cycle
August 10, 2020
Logy – adj. – lacking physical or mental energy
August 11, 2020
Canting – adj. – affectedly or hypocritically pious or righteous.
August 12, 2020
Betwixt – adv. – between/
August 13, 2020
Didactic – adj. – designed or intended to teach people something.
August 14, 2020
Auld lang syne – n. – old times, especially times fondly remembered.
August 15, 2020
Kerflooey – adv. – go kerflooey, to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 9, 2020
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 9, 2020
August 9, 2020
The rotten apple spoils his companion.
August 10, 2020
Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it could be a great one.
August 11, 2020
Men and melons are hard to know.
August 12, 2020
A quarrelsome person has no good neighbors.
August 13, 2020
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
August 14, 2020
Genious without education is like silver in the mine.
August 15, 2020
Wing at small faults – remember, you have great ones.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 9, 2020
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 9, 2020
August 9, 2020
“The royal road to a person’s heart is to talk with them about the things they treasure most.” – MLK
August 10, 2020
“A person who has no imagination has no wings.” – Eliot
August 11, 2020
“It takes a smart person to play dumb.” – France
August 12, 2020
“No person ever got very high by pulling other people down.” – Keller
August 13, 2020
“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.” – Franklin
August 14, 2020
“For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.” – Carver
August 15, 2020
“God sleeps in the minerals, awakens in plants, walks in the animals and thinks in man.” – Aristotle
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 2, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of August 2, 2020
August 2, 2020
Paramnesia – n. – a distortion of memory in which fact and fantasy are confused.
August 3, 2020
August 4, 2020
Garrulous – adj. – someone who talks a lot especially on unimportant matters; exclusively talkative.
August 5, 2020
Frabjous – adj. – wonderful, elegant, superb
August 6, 2020
Valorous – adj. – courageous, valiant, brave.
August 7, 2020
Prattle – v. – to talk in a childish or foolish way for a long time often over the unimportant or meaningless.
August 8, 2020
Ineffable – adj. – utterly indescribably, too sacred to speak of
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 2, 2020
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of August 2, 2020
August 2, 2020
People who are wrapped up in themselves make for small packages.
August 3, 2020
If you have time don’t wait for time.
August 4, 2020
Employ your time well if you intend to gain leisure.
August 5, 2020
Do you love life? Then do not squander time for that’s the stuff life is made of.
August 6, 2020
Time is the medicine that cures all diseases.
August 7, 2020
Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, then do it today.
August 8, 2020
Teach your child to hold their tongue, they’ll learn soon enough how to speak.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 2, 2020
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of August 2, 2020
August 2, 2020
“A person’s friendships are one of the best measures of their worth.” – Buscaglia
August 3, 2020
“Behavior is what a person does, not what they think, feel or believe.” – Piaget
August 4, 2020
“Nothing can stop a person with the right mental attitude from achieving thier goals; nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude.” – Spencer
August 5, 2020
“You may be cunning for one, but not for all.” – Franklin
August 6, 2020
“One cannot discover new oceans unless they have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – McIntyre
August 7, 2020
“Anyone can be confident with a full head of hair. But a confident bald man – there’s your diamond in the rough.” – King
August 8, 2020
“A person of courage is one that does not run away, but remains at thier post and fights against the enemy.” – Dewey
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 26, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 26, 2020
July 26, 2020
Decisive – adj. – able to make choices quickly and confidently.
July 27, 2020
Jocular – adj. – humorous, playful and intending to make someone happy through jokes and humor.
July 28, 2020
Euchred – adj. – exhausted.
July 29, 2020
Diffidence – n. – the quality or state of lacking confidence in one’s ability.
July 30, 2020
Caducity – n. – frailty.
July 31, 2020
Taxonomy – n. – a classification into ordered categories.
August 1, 2020
Sturmfrei – adj. – the freeding of being alone, the ability to do what you want.
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Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of July 26, 2020
Thought(s) Of The Day – For the Week of July 26, 2020
July 26, 2020
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
July 27, 2020
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement.
July 28, 2020
If passion drives, let reason steer.
July 29, 2020
Arguing with a woman is like reading the software license agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click “I agree”.
July 30, 2020
Hear no ill of a friend nor speak any of an enemy.
July 31, 2020
A good example is the best sermon.
August 1, 2020
Well done is better than well said.
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Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of July 26, 2020
Quote(s) Of The Day – For the week of July 26, 2020
July 26, 2020
“Cloths make the person. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” – Franklin
July 27, 2020
“A wise person proportions their belief to the evidence.” – Malcolm X
July 28, 2020
“The child who is going to be a great person must not make up their mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.” – Chesterton
July 29, 2020
“Being a good person is something you do, not something you are.” – Haley
July 30, 2020
“Craft must be at charge for cloths, but truth can go naked.” – Franklin
July 31, 2020
“The best measurement of a person’s honesty isn’t their income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on their bathroom scale.” – Lewis
August 1, 2020
“Every person’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how they lived and how they died that distiguish one person from another.” – Roosevelt
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Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 19, 2020
Word(s) Of The Day – For The Week Of July 19, 2020
July 19, 2020
Modish – adj. – in the current fashion; style.
July 20, 2020
Pliable – adj. – something that is easy to mould, shape or adapt. Easily influenced or persuaded.
July 21, 2020
Balderdash – n. senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
July 22, 2020
Coddiwomple – v. – to travel purposefully toward an as yet unknown destination.
July 23, 2020
Snarf – v. – to eat quickly and voraciously.
July 24, 2020
Pragmatic – adj. – based on practical approach and experience.
July 25, 2020
Earworm – n. – a tune or part of a song that repeats in one’s mind.
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Don Rima
Don Rima is an Information Systems consultant with over 30 years experience in Information Systems. His roles of responsibility have included programming, systems management and IT department management. He's also a technical editor and writer, does regular product reviews, is a very good cook, gardener and avid reader and writer. His sports interest include: the Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Orioles, Clemson Tigers and Chelsea Football teams. The articles on this site are written to be correct, informative, laconic, provoke progressive thought, informative and sometimes make you laugh. They're not designed to be the writing of just another politically correct drone.