February 2010
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt (via bnguyeeen) (via quote-book)
I’m the girl who prefers one rose instead of a...
I’d like to find the guy that makes me want to be that girl.
“Humor is also a way of saying something serious.”
– T. S. Eliot (via the100rabh) (via quote-book)
“A woman is as young as her knees.”
– Mary Quant (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
I’m 183!!! :(
“Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to...”
– Bill Russell (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
MULCT
mulct \MULKT, noun:
1. A fine or penalty.
transitive verb: 1. To punish for an offense or misdemeanor by imposing a fine or demanding a forfeiture. 2. To obtain by fraud or deception. 3. To defraud; to swindle.
Officials repaid such loans by mulcting the public in a variety of legal and extra-legal ways. — William H. McNeill, A World History
The fact that major corporations...
Sharks are immune to all known diseases.
That’s why they’re perfect.
ohyeahfacts:
DUN DUN DUN DUNNNNNN
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“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving...”
– Albert Einstein (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“When people walk away from you, let them go. Your destiny is never tied to...”
– Tony McCollum (via bitchville)
AD HOMINEM
ad hominem
PRONUNCIATION:
(ad HO-mi-nuhm, HOM-uh-nuhm))
MEANING:
adverb, adjective:
Appealing to one’s prejudices, emotions, or other personal considerations rather than to intellect or reason.
Attacking an opponent personally instead of answering the argument.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin, literally “to the person”.
USAGE:
“The New Israel Fund backers unleashed ad...
longlivethequeen:
carpios:
A Man/Me/Then Jim -...
ARCANUM
arcanum \ar-KAY-nuhm, noun; plural arcana -nuh\:
1. A secret; a mystery. 2. Specialized or mysterious knowledge, language, or information that is not accessible to the average person (generally used in the plural).
Through the years, Usenet evolved into an international forum on thousands of topics, called Usenet news groups, from the arcana of programming languages to European travel...
“Make plans with your other hand. Dream without concession.”
– Emily Haines, Telethon (via arrowsandaccolades) (via fuckyeahemilyhaines)
“Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.”
– Dorothy Parker (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“When we don’t know who to hate, we hate ourselves.”
– Chuck Palahniuk (via brokenmachine)
Coincidence or Fate?
I just bought my one way ticket to London for the price of my birthday this year, 503.10.
“No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...”
– Samuel Johnson (via libraryland) (via quote-book)
