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We are given one life, and the decision is our whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.
Omar Nelson Bradley
American Army general 1893-1981
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… pious (adjective) - 1 a: marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b: marked by conspicuous religiosity 2: sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular : religious 3: showing loyal reverence for a person or thing : dutiful 4
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… conversant (adjective) - 1: having knowledge or experience —used with with 2 archaic : having frequent or familiar association 3 archaic : concerned, occupied Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The adjectives conversant and conversational both descend from the Latin verb conversari, meaning "to associate with." Conversant dates
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… dreidel (noun) - 1: a 4-sided toy marked with Hebrew letters and spun like a top in a game of chance 2: a children's game of chance played especially at Hanukkah with a dreidel Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : If your dreidel is spinning beneath
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… multitudinous (adjective) - 1: including a multitude of individuals : populous 2: existing in a great multitude 3: existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : “I am large, I contain multitudes.” So wrote Walt Whitman in his most celebrated poem, “Song
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What Is It With the Left?
The moral is to never let the left near the levers of power, or disaster will surely follow.
Where Is the Consistency?
When the architect of the Christchurch Call appears to abandon those principles when applied to a different community, it raises fundamental questions about whether those principles were ever truly universal, or merely convenient.