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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Thought For the Day: Happy Pi Approximation Day!
“A bell cannot tell time, but it can be moved in just such a way as to say twelve o’clock – similarly, a man cannot calculate infinite numbers, but he can be moved in just such a way as to … Continue reading
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Tagged Archimedes, Calcuation, Daniel Tammet, Infinite, Numbers, Pi, Thought For the Day, Time
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Holy Willie’s Prayer – Robert Burns
The Ploughman Poet and Bard of Ayrshire, Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist who lived from January 25, 1759 to July 21, 1796. Although celebrated worldwide, Burns is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Harvard Classics, Holy Willie's Prayer, Kirk, Poetry, Robert Burns, Satire
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WordPress #Daily Prompt – Gate
Gates of Memory – Strategy Gone Wrong At the gates of memory, we remember the good times. But sometimes, we also dwell longer than we should on moments when our best laid strategies go awry. There was this time when … Continue reading
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Tagged Chess, Daily Prompt, Gate, Memory, Strategy, Wordpress
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Purpose
Purpose by Michael Romani Through our trials We earn our name Be it one that’s proud Or bring us shame In this name We find our purpose Honor or blame This is how the world knows us We beat the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blame, Honor, Name, Photographs, Poems, Poetry, Purpose, Writing
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First Principles: A Flourishing Nation Depends On Virtue
“It is certainly true that a popular government cannot flourish without virtue in the people.” – Richard Henry Lee (1786), Signer of the Declaration of Independence and President of the Continental Congress
Thought For the Day: When What You Write Is Truer Than Truth, You’re A Writer
“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Ernest Hemingway, Good Books, Thought For the Day, Truth, Writers
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Discovery of Guiana – Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned on July 19, 1603. His crime? He married a lady in waiting for Queen Elizabeth I. With that in mind, perhaps it is not so unforgiveable that under the current circumstances of the emergent situation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Discovery, El Dorado, Elizabeth I, Guiana, Harvard Classics, James I, Walter Raleigh
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan
This Christian allegory written in 1678 by John Bunyan is more fully entitled The Pilgrim’s Progress From This World To That Which Is To Come. It is often said to be the first novel written in English . Certainly, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged Allegory, Coventicle Act, English, Grace, Harvard Classics, John Bunyan, Novel, The Pilgrim's Progress
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WordPress #Daily Prompt – July 20, 2017- Lollipop
Lollipops On Parade
Posted in Photographs & Memories, Second Life
Tagged Daily Prompt, Lollipop, Mardis Gras, Photography, Second Life, Wordpress
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 