“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”
~ Booker T. Washington
Word of the Day
virtu (vur-TOO) noun
1: love of or taste for fine objects of art. 2: Productions of art (especially fine antiques). 3: Artistic quality.
Random Fact
In 1974 People Magazine was published for the first time.
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.”
~ E. E. Cummings
Word of the Day
lexicon (LEK-suh-kon) noun
1: A book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language
with the definition of each.
Random Fact
In 2004 the United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years.
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Word of the Day
taw (TO) noun
A large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles.
Random Fact
In 1901 J.P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
Word of the Day
ascribe (uh-SKRYB) transitive verb
1: To attribute, as to a source or cause; as, “they ascribed the poor harvest to drought”. 2: To attribute, as a quality; to consider or allege to belong; as, “ascribed jealousy to the critics”.
Random Fact
On February 24, 1869 Andrew Johnson became the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He was later acquitted by the Senate.
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
~ George Washington
Word of the Day
autodidact (aw-toh-DY-dakt) noun
One who is self-taught.
In 1983 the United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
“I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
~ Martha Washington
Word of the Day
quorum (KWOR-uhm) noun
1: Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is legally competent to transact business. 2: A select group of people.
Random Fact
Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn orbits the earth three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes, becoming the first American to orbit the earth on February 20, 1962.
“The easiest thing in the world to be is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don’t let them put you in that position.”
~ Leo Buscaglia
Word of the Day
chichi (SHEE-shee) adjective
Showily or affectedly elegant or trendy; pretentious.
Random Fact
In 1674 England and the Netherlands sign the Peace of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
Word of the Day
lissom (LISS-um) adjective
1: Limber; supple; flexible. 2: Light and quick in action; nimble; agile; active.
Random Fact
Snow fell for 30 minutes in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the only recorded time in history on February 18, 1979.
With our current economic crisis and hundreds of thousands of people getting laid off across the nation, it is troubling to think where we are headed. Our nation is in a full blown depression. The fall of our economy was caused by greed and dishonest people that worked at the top of major corporations with no accountability. I refuse to buy into the political schemes of these companies that are seeking bailouts. The majority of these bailouts have not been used to recover losses or save jobs. They have been used for the wrong reasons to cover there own ass-ets. There is a way to turn this around. POSITIVE THINKING, and helping others.
I am determined to make the best of my own resources, while educating myself to find creative ways to make money and utilize every resource that is available to help everyone where ever I can. Recently I have posted a job board on my website I hope by having this job board on my site it will help those find a job that needs one. I think when ever we can help someone else, it is this kind of thinking that will turn around our economy. Here are some other tips that will help.
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“Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.”
~ Winston Churchill
Word of the Day
tmesis (TMEE-sis) noun
In grammar and rhetoric, the separation of the parts of a compound word, now generally done for humorous effect; for example, “what place soever” instead of “whatsoever place,” or “abso-bloody-lutely.”
Random Fact
Today is independence day in Kosovo. This was act of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Assembly of Kosovo, adopted on 17 February 2008 by unanimous quorum (109 members present), which declared Kosovo to be independent from Serbia.
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