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John William Tuohy lives in Washington DC

Following Fitzgerald: The Iceberg: A Story by Zelda Fitzgerald

Following Fitzgerald: The Iceberg: A Story by Zelda Fitzgerald: In 1918, Zelda Sayre, later Zelda Fitzgerald, won a prize for this story, which she published in the Sidney Lanier High School Literary...

Vivacious


Vivacious means "full of life," it can be traced back to the Latin verb "vivere," meaning "to live." The word was created around the mid-17th century using the Latin adjective "vivax," meaning "long-lived, vigorous, or high-spirited." Other descendants of "vivere" in English include "survive," "revive," and "victual"—all of which came to life during the 15th century—and "vivid" and "convivial," both of which surfaced around the same time as "vivacious." Somewhat surprisingly, the word "live" is not related; it comes to us from the Old English word "libban."

twas the night


I love this stuff

Midriff.  The "riff" in "midriff" comes from Old English "hrif" ("belly, womb"). "Hrif" is akin to Old High German "href" ("womb") and probably also to Latin "corpus" ("body").

Your success and happiness lies in you.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. Helen Keller.



 

powerful your thoughts

If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. PeacePilgrim


“Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.” Robert Lindner

Charles Dickens: On this day in history in 1859, Charles Dickens pu...

Charles Dickens: On this day in history in 1859, Charles Dickens pu...: On this day in history in 1859, Charles Dickens published the final installment of A Tale of Two Cities. “It is a far, far better thing t...

enormity

enormity \ih-NOR-muh-tee\
 noun.
 1:        great wickedness
 2:        an outrageous or immoral act or offense
 3 :       very large size
 4 :       the quality of great impact or importance



Although "enormity" has been used since the late 1700s to denote large size, this usage continues to be disparaged by various language commentators who argue that "enormity" should be reserved for senses related to "great wickedness." It is "enormousness," they insist (a hefty and considerably less common word), that should be used in reference to great size, despite the fact that, like "enormity," it too originally was used to denote wickedness or divergence from accepted moral standards. For better or worse, this proscription has been widely ignored by many English speakers, including professional writers. However one chooses to use them, "enormity" and "enormous" can both be traced back to the Latin "enormis," from the prefix "e-" ("out of") and "norma" ("rule," "pattern," or "carpenter's square").


We are what our thoughts have made us

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.  Swami Vivekananda


Distraction


Great hunters


editing, rather than of authorship

We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.  George Wald.



I have been sitting at this desk for hours

I have been sitting at this desk for hours, staring into the darkened shelves of books. I love their presence, the way they honor the wood they rest upon. Richard Brautigan.


Karma Repair Kit



1.Get enough food to eat,
and eat it.


2.Find a place to sleep where it is quiet,
and sleep there.


3.Reduce intellectual and emotional noise
until you arrive at the silence of yourself,
and listen to it.
                                                
                                                       4.



― Richard Brautigan