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Monthly Archives: July 2017
WordPress #Daily Prompt – Shallow
A Creek Runs Through Hobbiton:
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Tagged Creek, Daily Prompt, Photograph, Second Life, Shallow, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: The Greatest Pain Is To Love In Vain
“A mighty pain to love it is, and ’tis a pain that pain to miss but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain.” – Abraham Crowley
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Tagged Abraham Crowley, English, Love, Pain, Poet, Thought For the Day, Unrequitted
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First Principles: An Increased Welfare State Ends the Republic
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.” – Benjamin Franklin That is what we have done in the United States. We have created a subset class of persons … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Compromise, Rationality, Republic, Voters, Welfare State
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Escapade Club – Grand Opening ….
One of the most awesome parts of Second Life is the wonderful people you meet there. I say that thinking for example of a really kind British guy that I met one day in the middle of having computer issues. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambiance, Club, DJ, EDM, Escapade Club, Friend, Grand Opening, Graphics, Photographs, Second Life, T-Bag Tigerpaw
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery – Joseph Lister
There is perhaps little better time to acknowledge the advancement of antiseptic procedure than the anniversary of the famous paper published by Dr. Lister on July 27, 1867. Although antisepsis was recommended as early as 1847 by the Hungarian doctor, … Continue reading
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Tagged Antiseptic, Germ Theory, Havard Classics, Joseph Lister, Medicine, Pasteur, Surgery
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WordPress #Daily Prompt – Hidden
Scary Go Round and Round
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Tagged Daily Prompt, Hidden, Horror, Merry-Go-Round, Phootograph, Second Life, Wordpress
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First Principles: Freedom Requires the Will To Fight For It
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine The series of The American Crisis essays can be read in their entirety here: http://www.ushistory.org/Paine/crisis/index.htm
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Tagged Blessings, Fight, First Principles, Freedom, Support, The American Crisis, Thomas Paine
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Thought For the Day: Courage Is A Seeming Contradiction
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” – G K Chesterton
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Tagged Contradiction, Courage, Desire, G.K. Chesterton, Readiness, Veterans
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Manifesto
Garden Wall Manifesto by Michael Romani These are the ideas that flow Growing into a personal manifesto In a progression of thought With no reliance on the store bought But in the dreams of a child completed And that spirit … Continue reading
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Tagged Dreams, Empathy, Inspiration, Manifesto, Poem, Poetry
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Imitation of Christ – Thomas à Kempis
A Christian devotional written by Thomas a Kempis, this is a handbook for spiritual life deriving from the Devotio Moderna movement. This religious classic may be the second most widely read Christian book next to The Bible. It is divided into … Continue reading
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 