I’m getting so much spam on here that I’ve had to set the controls to approve comments. If your comment is a valid one (whether I agree with it or not), it will be approved. If it’s spam, it will be deleted.
Sorry for any inconveniences.

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logomachy
noun ~ *1. a dispute over or about words; 2. a controversy marked by vebiage
*To settle our logomachy over the word “funner,” we turned to the dictionary and found that it is indeed sometimes used.

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I’m not typically a needy person. I have lived on my own for many years. I manage all of my life. I manage my school. I deal with things that need to be dealt with on my own.
Except…
Except when I’m in a relationship. All of a sudden, I become extremely needy. I need to hear [...]

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The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You’re barely waking
And I’m tangled up in you
Yeah
I’m open, you’re closed
Where I follow, you’ll go
I worry I won’t see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find
You and I collide
I’m quiet you know
You [...]

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Treat me kindly, my beloved master, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me. Do not break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between the blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me the things you would [...]

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antediluvian
adjective ~ 1. of the period before the biblical flood; *2. antiquated
*The club’s younger members have complained that its antediluvian policies need immediate revision.

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This is me, according to Google. To do this, type in your name, between quotes, with “is” behind it. For instance, I typed in “dawn is” and queried google to see who I am, exactly.
New Dawn is a journal devoted to publishing ideas and information that are dangerous, unusual and challenging. …
Dawn or [...]

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mawkish
adjective ~ 1. having an insipid often unpleasant taste; *2. sickly or puerilely sentimental
*After breaking up with his girlfriend, Jay entered a serious funk in which he wrote mawkish poems expressing how much he wanted her back in his life.

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“The man who never alters his opinions is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
– William Blake (1757-1827), British poet
I find it interesting when people ask for other people’s opinions but then either ridicule them, condescend to them, or berate them for supplying that opinion because it doesn’t match the original person’s opinion.
I’m [...]

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I have submitted a new PhotoFriday image today. I took this picture of my niece this afternoon at the library.
The one thing about PhotoFriday is that it is getting me to take more pictures and to try to follow a theme they put up.
By the way, if you take pictures, you might be interested [...]

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