Happy Birthday to J.K. Rowling (and Harry Potter)!

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Spelling: Stationary or Stationery?

Brian P. Cleary

Stationary or stationery? Remember: Stationary means fixed in one place -- not moving. Think: stationary bikes are “anchored" in place, so use the letter “a.” Stationery is the paper and “envelopes” used for writing, so use “e.”

Finding or Making Happiness?

‎"Happiness comes from giving, not getting . . . to get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy we must scatter it." - John Templeton

Interesting: ANADIPLOSIS

ANADIPLOSIS is a rhetorical repetition at the beginning of a phrase of the word or words with which the previous phrase ended; for example, "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." -Yoda

 

Thank you to  Brian P. Cleary.

Paul Newman

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 

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Paul Newman in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Argument

Critical Thinking

No, I won't say that -- not too often, anyway.

Please Raise Your Hand

You Can Become Great

New Word -- for me

tawpie (from Dictionary.Com)

\ TAW-pee \  , noun;

1.

A foolish or thoughtless young person.

Quotes:  

 Do ye no hear me, tawpie ? Do ye no hear what I'm tellin' ye?

-- Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Weir of Hermiston

You are just idle tawpies.

-- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Profit and Loss

Origin:

Tawpie  comes from the Swedish word tåbe  meaning "a simpleton."