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Monthly Archives: January 2018
WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Dominate
In this work-a-day world where everyone competes It is as true as light that we’ll have victories and defeats And always someone who wants to rule and dominate Thinking that makes them the winner to compensate For darker losses that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bull, Bully, China Shop, Compensate, Competes, Daily Prompt, Defeat, Dominate, Lacking, Peace, Strife, Tested, Victory, Wordpress, Work-A Day
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Thought For the Day: Weakness Is Provocative
“Mr. Obama … came to office saying, and apparently believing, that a more deferential America would be better respected around the world. He will finish his term having disproved his own argument. The real lesson of the last four years … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Defense, Deferential, Isolationism, Lead From Behind, Obama, Provocative, Respect, Strength, Thought For the Day, Wall Street Journal, Weakness
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First Principles: Be Deliberate In Planning and Implementing Laws
“In planning, forming, and arranging laws, deliberation is always becoming, and always useful.” – James Wilson
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Tagged Constitution, Deliberation, First Principles, Forming, James Wilson, Law, Laws, Legislation, Planning, Utility
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Tardy
Funny how, isn’t it now How time passes so slowly You’d think you didn’t know me But, there it is somehow Apologies given entirely tardy Words said that tend to scar me I need to breathe to live But your … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Consequence, Daily Prompt, Funny, Jokester, Respect, Scar, Tardy, Walk Away, Wordpress, Wounds
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Thought For the Day: Fiction Can Be Useful
“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.” – Paul Theroux, novelist (b. 1941)
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Tagged Fantasy, Fiction, Life, Paul Theroux, Second Chance, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Aim Toward Your Honest Duty In Governance
“It behooves you, therefore, to think and act for yourself and your people. The great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors. The whole art of government … Continue reading
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Tagged Credit, Diligence, Discredit, Duty, First Principles, Governance, Government, Honesty, Honor, Morality, Thomas Jefferson
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Splintering Healed
Splintering Healed by Michael Romani From Peter to Paul We take in it all celebrating an Octave Of sacred Christian unity That we might have The linked arms of you and me Leading to Holy Pentecost A holy procession for … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Christ, Devotion, Hallowed, Holy, Linked Arms, Octave, Pentecost, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Schism, Unity
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Sonic Gems: Can – Tago Mago
In 1968, the core quartet of Holger Czukay, Irmin Schmidt, Michael Karoli and Jaki Liebezeit formed the German experimental rock band Can. The band drew from such diverse backgrounds as avant-garde and jazz and incorporated minimalist, and world music elements … Continue reading
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Tagged Avant Garde, Can, Experimental Music, Krautrock, Sonic Gems, Tago Mago
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Pierre Corneille – Polyeucte
Following along with this tutorial, it’s time for a further reading of Polyeucte by Pierre Corneille. Aloha Promises Forever has already discussed this play and the life and legacy of Corneille elsewhere. But, remaining faithful to the tutorial and for the … Continue reading
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Tagged French Drama, Harvard Classics, Opera, Pierre Corneille, Playwright, Polyeucte
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Candid
It was one of those candid moments that tear a hole in the sky Beating my chest like a feigned gorilla and wondering if I Could I, would I, should I ever really want to be the king Did I … Continue reading
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Tagged Candid, Daily Prompt, Divine Right, Friend, King, Legend, Sword in the Stone, Wordpress
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