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Upbraid  1: to criticize severely: find fault with  2: to reproach severely: scold vehemently Upbraid derives via Middle Engl...

'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' author Robert M. Pirsig dead at 88

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Published April 25, 2017 Robert M. Pirsig, author of “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” died at his home in South Berwick, ...

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Bucolic     byoo-KAH-lik   1: of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral 2 a:relating to or typical of rural life...

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Grimalkin  Grih-MAWL-kin  A domestic cat; especially an old female cat In the opening scene of William Shakespeare's Macbe...

Interesting people

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Yep, green eggs and ham

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Interminable  Having or seeming to have no end; especially: wearisomely protracted The word was borrowed into English in the...

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Pittance  A small portion, amount, or allowance; also : a meager wage or remuneration.  Pity and pittance share etymological roots...

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Napery  NAY-puh-ree  Household linen; especially: table linen. Napery has been used as a fancy word for our household linens, e...

Dog logic: John has a new hat and sunglasses, ergo,I have a new hat and sunglasses

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Nemesis  (NEM-uh-suhs) 1. A formidable opponent or an archenemy. 2. A source of harm or ruin. 3. Retributive justice. In Greek my...

Kindness is more important than

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Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.  - Theodore Rubin, psychiatrist a...

We have art in order

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     “We have art in order not to die of the truth.”   Friedrich Nietzsche

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Widdershins  In a left-handed, wrong, or contrary direction: counterclockwise English speakers today are most likely to encount...

For a better you

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I adore word origins

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Ignoble   Of low birth or common origin: plebeian. 2: characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness.  The word noble, in addition ...

Cancer

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My brother Danny allowed me take these photos of his last months on earth at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. I told him I would never show th...