Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Monday, May 18, 2015
Travel, Time, and Technology
As I sit writing this entry, in the First Class Cabin of a
United flight from Denver to Newark, I am left to wonder at the way the world
has changed. I’ve been reading a novel set in some indeterminate period of the
past (train travel is still the big and hot thing in this book) and I marvel at
the way the world has changed in the past half century.
Monday, May 11, 2015
You Are What You Read
In an attempt to better understand the Neo-Conservative mind, I decided to read the tome that they all seem to hold so dear: “Atlas Shrugged” by Ayn Rand. I am only about a third of the way through it, but can say that it is an interesting view in to the psyche of anyone who holds this book dear.
Wednesday, May 06, 2015
Eloquence
eloquence (el•o•kwence)
noun
1. fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.
"a preacher of great power and eloquence"
synonyms: fluency, articulateness, expressiveness, silver tongue, persuasiveness,forcefulness, power, potency, effectiveness
Example:
Example:
Friday, May 01, 2015
Bread And Circuses
“Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.”
Satire #10
Juvenal
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