Monthly Archives: November 2013

Holiday Cheer or Holiday Greed?

Forming large mobs and trampling/maiming people in the name of consumer greed under the guise of “Christmas cheer” one day a year is acceptable behaviour and makes you a good American; but forming small groups to peaceably protest social injustices any day of the year makes you unpatriotic, you’re...

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Spargefaction

When in the blue hell am I EVER going to use “spargefaction” in a sentence? spargefaction Definitions from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. The act of sprinkling. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English n. The act of sprinkling. from The Century Dictionary and...

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Blessings

Wherever in the world you may be this day- home or away, with family and friends, or alone- to all Americans, Happy Thanksgiving; and, to all Jewish, a Blessed Chanukkah.

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Commensality

Ah. An appropriate and cool word to describe the day’s festivities: commensality Definitions from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. The act of eating together. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English n. Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same...

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The Wisdom of Voltaire

“Nous cherchons tous le bonheur, mais sans savoir où, comme les ivrognes qui cherchent leur maison, sachant confusément qu’ils en ont une.” – Voltaire It’s a rather profound statement and one that really makes you think about the meaning. I can’t love this enough. No, I’m not going to...

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Perspectives

I read this in my news feed this morning and thought I would share the nugget of wisdom: A professor held up a black book and said, “This book is red.” The students unanimously retorted, “No.” The professor calmly insisted, “Yes, it is.” The students again challenged and said,...

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Banned Books Awareness: “Lord of the Flies”

William Golding’s debut novel follows a group of British schoolboys whose plane crashes on the shore of an uninhabited island. As well intentioned their attempt to cope with the situation and govern themselves may have been they instead regress to primal instincts and the mentality of humanity’s earliest hunter...

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