Quotes from some born this
week:
"They are able because
they think they are able."
Virgil (10/15/0070 -
09/21/0019 BC)
Roman writer
"Less judgment than wit
is more sail than ballast."
William Penn (10/14/1644 -
07/30/1718)
English-US Quaker leader,
colonist
"Language is not an
abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary
makers, but is something
arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys,
affections, tastes, of long
generations of humanity, and has its bases broad
and low, close to the
ground."
Noah Webster (10/16/1758 -
05/28/1843)
US writer
"I had been able to
observe that there was a sprightly sportsman behind the
counter mixing things out of
bottles and stirring them up in long glasses
that seemed to have ice in
them, and the urge came upon me to see more of
this man."
P. G. Wodehouse (10/15/1881
- 02/14/1975)
English writer
"No one can make you
feel inferior without your consent."
Eleanor Roosevelt
(10/11/1884 - 11/07/1962)
US first lady (33)
"Learning is not
compulsory, but neither is survival."
W. Edwards Deming
(10/14/1900 - 12/20/1993)
US educator
"Being powerful is like
being a lady. If you have to tell people you are,
you aren't."
Margaret Thatcher
(10/13/1925 - )
British Prime Minister (49)
"I have yet to see any
problem, however complicated, which, when you looked
at it in the right way, did
not become still more complicated."
Poul Anderson (10/17/1932 -
08/15/1994)
US writer
"The thought that life
could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts
and our brains."
Paul Simon (10/13/1941 - )
US singer songwriter
( www.born-today.com )
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This week's word:
Epistemic •
\ep-uh-STEE-mik\ • adjective
Which is correct?
a) of or relating to knowledge or knowing; cognitive
b) scrupulously and conscientiously faithful
c) requiring or devoted to medical treatment
Last week's noun was
'nexus', which means:
1 : connection, link; also :
a causal link
2 : a connected group or
series
3 : center, focus
"Nexus" is all
about connections. The word comes from
"nectere," a Latin
verb meaning "to
bind." A number of other English
words are related to
"nectere." The most obvious is "connect," but
"annex" (meaning "to attach
as an addition," or
more specifically "to incorporate into a political
domain") is related as
well. When "nexus" came into
English in the 17th
century, it meant
"connection." Eventually, it
took on the additional
meaning "connected
series" (as in "a nexus of relationships"). In the past
few decades it has taken a
third meaning: "center" (as in "the trade nexus
of the region"),
perhaps from the notion that a point in the center of an
arrangement serves to join
together the objects that surround it.
( from www.m-w.com )
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The average human scalp
contains between 120,000 and 150,000 hairs.
***
Lucy Hobbs Taylor was the
first woman in the US to become a certified
dentist in 1867.
***
The # symbols is often
referred to as a "number sign" or "pound sign." Its
actual name is an
octothorpe.
***
Celery has negative calories
- it takes more calories to eat and digest a
piece of celery than the
celery has in it initially.
***
A car's instrument panel is
called a dashboard. The term dates back to
horse-and-buggy days when
dashing horses kicked up mud, splashing the
passengers riding behind
them. The dashboard was devised to protect them.
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This week's cocktail:
Think Pink
3/4 oz Rum
3/4 oz Passoa
Fill with Sprite
Ice Cubes
Combine Rum and Passoa
(Passion Fruit Liqueur), toss in some ice and fill
with Sprite.
( from www.webtender.com )
tim
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