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Thursday, March 13, 2003
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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature. --Voltaire 5:29:36 PM  comment []
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I have to say this...I'm so sickened by the total lack of tolerance Americans are displaying in their words and in their actions lately. What have we become? A nation of bullies? A country of haters? When did it become anti-American to express a different view? The name-calling, the total lack of regard for individual expression, and the casual way human beings are condemned, ridiculed and threatened does nothing more than to tear this country down. Hell, it's gotten to the point that no matter where you live, what your nationality, your gender, your beliefs, your color, or the way you earn a living, everything is up for grabs. Does anyone else notice? Does anyone else care? What are we teaching our children? To slander? To mock? To point fingers and not be accountable in life? Is that not the opposite of what good parenting is? We are becoming a nation of booing, hissing crowds and it frightens me to see this metamorphosis. Ok, I'm done <sigh> 5:22:55 PM comment []
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Mad Tea PartyWhat if D. H. Lawrence had written Alice Through the Looking Glass? I know you want to know... 4:48:58 PM comment []
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A consonant walks into a bar....and sits down next to a vowel. "Hi!" he says. "Have you ever been here before?""Of cursive," she replies. "I come here, like, all the time." He can tell from her accent (which is kind acute) that she is a Vowelly Girl. (heh) There's more... 4:38:20 PM comment []
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Ribbet!There's just something creepy about this animation...yikes!4:20:56 PM comment []
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Origin of phrasesEver wonder how certain phrases orginate? Phrases such as "red letter day", "knock on wood" or "the life of Riley"? Here's an entire website devoted to the origins of everyday sayings, and some a little more obscure. There's also a page of phrases seeking origins - more than you can shake a stick at. Here's a couple of phrases I found interesting... "Beyond the pale" meaning: Unacceptable, outside agreed standards of decency origin: The "pale" derives from paling which means fence. Fences are erected to define boundaries. To be "beyond the pale" implies that one is outside of defined boundaries. Similar to fences are walls. In the days when walled cities were common in Europe people who behaved unacceptably were sometimes exiled or banished from the community and sent to live outside the walls. More particularly, the "pale" was a fence around the English controlled part of Ireland around Dublin. Beyond the Pale was how the English referred to the badlands outside English control. "Hell bent for leather" Meaning: To go all out, willing to do whatever is required to achieve ones objective. Origin: This is a combination of two separate phrases with similar meanings. "Hell bent" meaning to do everything possible to achieve a goal. And "Hell for leather" meaning to do something with vigor or (especially travel) at full speed. To have a bent is to be determined, as in bent on doing something. Hell is often used in terms associated with high speed and determination (e.g.. "go like hell", "running like hell"). "Hell bent" means to be highly or stubbornly determined. "Hell for leather" is more literal. In this case "leather" refers to the bridal and saddle on a horse. To ride very quickly is rough on the bridal, stirrups, and saddle and is literally "hell for leather". "Hell bent for leather" then is to ride very fast and very determined. 4:03:43 PM comment []
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