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This is my personal blog. It records notes from whatever I am currently studying, words I want to remember to use correctly, records of other things I want to remember, or an opinion I want to think my way through. Sometimes I publish short stories here. As to who I am, let it suffice to know I am a grandchild (with Madeliene L’Engle) of George MacDonald, a child of the Inklings, and the one who always wonders, “What is behind that wardrobe cabinet?” And, I’m one of the proofreaders/editors for Project Gutenberg, so, yes, I might be the one to blame for missing that wrong letter inserted by our optical character recognition. On the other hand, I may have been the editor who caught all the ones you didn’t find. And, I also have a personal journal online. It holds my innermost thoughts, is occasionally highly personal and opinionated, but is never really interesting.
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Motto: Lex orandi, lex credendi
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Recently someone told me about a coworker who was so puffed up that the inevitable collision with a pin took out half the office. I told her that was Rule Number Eight. See my Rules of Life. Rule Number Eight states that the more you believe you are invincible, the more vincible you become.
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The dwarf on the spot sometimes sees things missed by the travelling giant ranging many countries. —- J.R.R. Tolkien
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Seven Shillings and a Tanner
C.S. Lewis wrote in his 1922 that he charged 7/6d for three tutorial sessions. He tutored what would be called high school students today and also undergraduates at Oxford, teaching philosophy and classics (Greek and Latin). He considered 7/6d for … Continue reading
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The accent is on the third syllable (or, perhaps the second if you speak with a British lilt), but never on the first syllable.
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Two New Words
I discovered two new words today. Actually, one new word and the etymology of the other. gobbet: a textual extract to be translated and commented upon during an examination. débâcle: comes from the sudden breaking up and flow of ice … Continue reading
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