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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
Category Archives: Words
Gambit, Gamut, Gantlet, Gauntlet
An opening move involving sacrifice in any game is a gambit. Any gambit is an opening more; not all opening moves are gambits. A gamut is a contiguous series like a scale of notes. One does not run a gamut. … Continue reading
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A Sop to Cerberus
The three-headed hound guarding Hades from those who might try to escape (and sometimes taking a snap at those arriving) was to be tossed a honey-cake by arrivals in the hope of distracting it from its vigilance. So, a sop … Continue reading
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Gild the Lily
Shakespeare wrote, “To gild refined gold, to paint the lily” (King John), meaning to overdo something.
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