Observations
from my weekly wanderings, usually in Northern Virginia (NOVA), but since nova
means “new” you could also take it to mean new this week.
And
the pic is just a really sweet 64 Chevy NOVA II SS.
For
starters, Happy 35th Anniversary today, to my Beautiful Bride. Let’s
do another 35 years.
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Random
Quotation of the Week: In this world
goodness is destined to be defeated. But a man must go down fighting. That is
the victory. To do anything less is to be less than a man. ~ Binx’ Aunt
Emily, from The Moviegoer by Walker Percy
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Scripture
from this week’s reading of The One Year Chronological Bible (NIV): Blessed are
those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD.
Psalm 119: 1
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Excerpt
from my current read: The agent told him
that he would see doves and plumed quail, but during all the time he lived
there, he saw only a few large, black velvet spiders and a lizard. He grew very
fond of the lizard. ~ Narrative regarding Homer Simpson (yes…Homer Simpson.)
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Shocking
news of the week: There is a character in The Day of the Locust, published
1939, named Homer Simpson. (yes…Homer Simpson.) He’s a bit socially awkward,
and I keep imagining him exclaiming…”D’oh!!!”
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New
vocabulary from my current read:
Garrulous:
pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
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Vanity
Plate of the week: Yesterday morning it
was a tossup between MCBLUE (Virginia plate that also had the University of
Michigan logo on it), and OH2 READ. But I happened to see OH2 READ both on the
way to work, and on the way home, so it’s the winner. I don't think I need to explain.
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Other
thoughts: I don’t know, might become my weekly rant, except a notable
personality has already claimed to be the sole ranter of rants, so this may
become my weekly philippic. I’m not sure yet. I’m not a negative person, but we
all have things we don’t like right? And it can be therapeutic to vent now and
then right? So again, I don’t know, but this may become my forum for a weekly
philippic. Anyway: I thought I’d express
my dislike for – hmmm – what to call it, the propensity to shorten words to
near gibberish, ie: selfie, grats (congratulations), you so cra (you are so crazy), guac
(guacamole), dis (disrespect), vom (vomit), etc.
So,
let me just say – Ughh!!!
That’s
all. But I was wondering, if fellow bookish bloggers, whom I assume are sort of
logophiles, or word nerds, feel the same? Bit like Orwellian newspeak isn’t it?
Yeah, it’s quick, easy, efficient – ugly.
I read
a phrase last week from Toni Morrison’s Beloved that was so beautiful, I read
it about six times just to indulge myself.
Denver, a young African American girl, who had known little kindness in
her life, had a young gentleman say to her: Take
care of yourself Denver.
And
Morrison described Denver’s reaction: she
heard it as though it were what language was made for.
It IS –
what language was made for!
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But
otherwise, the stroll along Mulberry Street was rather pleasant this week.
I'm only annoyed by shortened words when they confuse me, lol. After all, I talk on the phone, put my food in the fridge, used to read poetry at an open mike night, and regularly say "Congrats!" to friends on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteI am actually commenting on your bookshelf. You and I have largely the same taste in literature. I'm glad to be able to read your reviews just from clicking on a book. I think I would like to get a shelf like that for my blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sharon, I really like the look of the bookshelf on the blog myself. You simply create your shelf on shelfari.com, then go to profile, and my shelf, and there is a widget there to put the shelf on your blog. After that you update your shelf on shelfari, and it will automatically update your blog.
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