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Saturday Word: recant(verb) [rih-kahnt]~ 1. to formally and publicly withdraw a statement. 2. to make an open confession of error.
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Sorry - can't recant. Too much of a pedant. *Laugh*
Second Street is the most common street name in the U.S.
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It may be the most common, but it's not first.
I would guess "Last Street" is the least common and I' doubtful there is a "Second to the Last Street" at all.
How common is the street name 'Sesame Street'?
Thursday Quote: :If you can't forgive and forget, pick one."
~Robert Brault

For the Nano crowd: "Writing to me is simply thinking through my fingers." Isaac Asimov.
All the poop generated aboard the U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier the Gerald K. Ford, will be vapourized by plasma lasers.
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🌕 HuntersMoon Author Icon - yes, literally! *Rolling*
At last - an acceptable use for military lasers!
🌕 HuntersMoon Author Icon - Or even the "hot" variety.
This year's Silver Cross mother lost two military sons to PTSD.
An earthquake on December 16th 1811 caused parts of the Mississippi River to flow backward.
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That same event also led to the creation of Reelfoot Lake.
The average office desk has 400x more bacteria than a toilet.
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I am sitting at a desk currently and just got the ick, lol.
Immune system boosting! I "float" all over the city, using everyone else's desks, computers, etc. My immune system is in tip top fighting condition, LOL (That doesn't mean I won't get sick, but I have been amazingly resistant considering I work around sick people all the time).
Computer virus from a desk?
Sunday Word: agrafe(n) [uh-grahf] A fastening comprised of a metal hook and loop.
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So, those little things on a bra that used to drive me crazy when I was a teen actually had a name other than ohmygodyourdad'scoming? *Rolling*
🌕 HuntersMoon Author Icon - Trying to do undo them causes agraffation *Laugh*
Saturday Word~ erudite(adj.) [eyr-uh-dahyt]
Possessing knowledge gained by studying.
Salvador Dali was afraid of grasshoppers due to childhood bullying.
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Maybe that's why the face hair....to scare grasshoppers
"Try not to become a person of success, but rather a person of value."
~Albert Eintstein
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Medieval women beermakers wore pointy hats to stand out;made their beer in cauldrons and used broomsticks like signposts.
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No wonder beer is sometimes called a 'Witches Brew' back in the day.🤔
A Chicago car thief tried to steal a car with a manual transmission and was quickly caught.
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Bren & I both love watching shows like "America's Dumbest Criminals" and reading books of the same type.
30% of all calories collectively consumed by humanity are from rice.
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The other 70% from black beans??
60% of the world's population is Asian. I would have thought the number was higher. So much for stereotypes. *Laugh*
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Sunday Word: Orenda(n.)~ a mystic force present in all people that empowers them to affect the world or change their own fate or destiny.
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what a lovely word
I love it!
Seems like a cool name for a fantasy character.
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