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Our Daily Thread 5-29-14

Good Morning!

On this day in 1765 Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia’s House of Burgesses. 

In 1827 the first nautical school opened in Nantucket, MA, under the name Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin’s Lancasterian School. 

In 1849 a patent for lifting vessels was granted to Abraham Lincoln. 

In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.  

And in 1978 postage stamps were raised from 13 cents to 15 cents. 

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Quote of the Day

“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

Patrick Henry

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Today is Danny Elfman’s birthday.

And it’s Mark Lee’s. From K-Love

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Anyone have a QoD?

33 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 5-29-14”

  1. Morning all. Almost Friday here. 12 days of school left and I can tell that my class and I are both ready for a break. Praying that I finish well.

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  2. Oh, it didn’t say there were any comments, so I thought I’d be first. Hi, Jo! (FYI, I had a typo for a second, and had Hi, Ho. So I guess it’s off to work we go.)

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  5. This is Chas.
    I can post as anonymous, But my password doesn’t work. WordPress is more difficult than my bank in dealing with passwords.

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  6. Batman music to start the day! That deserves a cup of coffee.

    Love the Patrick Henry quote.

    What are those sweet white flowers? Paperwhites came to mind, but somehow I don’t think that is right.

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  8. It will have to be a trio, Jo has already bugged out on us.
    Wordpress is the most difficult password requirement I have. And the least important. If someone were to come on trying to pass himself off as me, I’ll bet most of you could tell immediately.
    Elvera says I’m “unique”. Her word for “oddball”.
    😆

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  9. Good morning! It’s our busy day today — lot’s to do! We are meeting other homeschoolers from our neighborhood at the park this morning around ten. It will be the first time we’ve met in person –someone started a Facebook group for homeschooler’s in Gleannloch a couple of months ago–and I’m so hoping there are girls close to Becca’s age. There are about twenty members on the Facebook site, so I’m hoping for a good turnout.

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  10. Chas- We’ll know you better if you type your name in the space below. That is why sometimes I have an avatar and sometimes it’s a quilt block.

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  14. Good Morning everyone…what a glorious Spring we are finally having around here! Green green everywhere…and pollen 🙂
    Kare I was wondering if the humming of the transformer lulled that silly bear right to sleep…kind of like a fan having that same effect upon my grandsons…they cannot sleep without a fan blowing on them at night.
    Beautiful flowers on the header this morning…wonder if they grow around here? I have tried several “back east” type of flowers…it was a no go…lily of the valley will not grow around here…nor have I had success with hostas at this elevation…I’m heading over the the greenhouse to hopefully find some new plants to put in the garden…
    Ann I hope Becca finds special homeschooling friends this morning…won’t that make for a fun summer for her?! 🙂

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  15. Nancyjill- Sometimes flowers from other areas just need to be in an indoor planter, like the gardenia my coworker has, or a cactus in New York. I remember an anecdote about Hugh Downs. He had a thriving cactus plant in his New York office (or apartment, I forget which). Someone asked him how he could grow a cactus in New York. He said it was easy. He checked the weather report for Phoenix every day. If it rained there, he watered his cactus. Otherwise he left it alone.

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  16. Husband is having. his physical today. We are getting to visit various floors of this building. We are back in the waiting room shared by radiology and Emory student counseling where they have the free condoms dispenser. I am not sure what the connection is between radiology and student counseling, but to someone who arranges office spaces they put the two together. Puzzling thought for today.
    🙄

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  17. Chas is funny this morning. Glad you and your password reconnected. I hate passwords. Annms, that sounds like a fun day ahead for you. And hang in there, Jo, you’re almost there to summer vacation (or whatever it’s called where you are?).

    I’m going to soldier back to work today, I do feel better though am still having a residual cough with loose congestion hanging around in my chest. Oh well. It could take a while before all that’s cleared out. We’ll see how I do today.

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  18. I think passwords are important when appropriate. But some have to be too “secure”. I used an example to a computer guru once. I said, “I use a complicated and secure password for my bank and other such activities, but simple ones for Amazon, iTunes and Shutterfly, etc. she said, “I could do lots of damage with your Amazon account.” I said, “Not for long. they send me an e-mail confirming every purchase.”
    It’s possible to overdo a thing.

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  19. Chance to be creative! Husband and I saw a limousine hauling a used wheelbarrow in its partly closed trunk. Not the typical thing you expect to see in a limo. Any ideas about that?
    Celebrity landscaper?

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  20. I was reading a book on my Kindle at the doc’s office. Just now I picked up a soft cover book to read. When I got to the end of the page I touched it to make the page turn. 🙂 Didn’t work for me like the Kindle. How quickly we can get into new habits! I had to turn the page the old fashioned way. 🙂

    And the technology gurus smiled.

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  24. I would likely turn the book upside down and never figure out the problem.
    Until I took it to the book guru, who would turn it rightside up for me and charge me $60.00, but never tell me what I did wrong.

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  28. I saw it and thought it was cute. 🙂 So did 3rd and 4th Arrows.

    There’s a free-for-Kindle book at Amazon today that may interest some of you here who travel to or live in other countries that are not English-speaking, or who enjoy learning other languages, or have need to wherever you are. I’m no authority on languages, but, if it interests you, this is the Amazon blurb for the book:

    “If you’ve ever wanted to experience a massive boost in your language learning efforts and see an improvement of 100% … 200% … 300% (or more) sooner than you ever imagined possible, then this book may be the most important language learning book you’ll ever read.

    In “The Ultimate Language Learning Secret,” you’ll discover:

    * How to escape from the prison of your mother tongue so that you can enjoy the benefits of fluency, including better understanding, communication and advanced experiences in travel for pleasure, business and personal development.

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    * A precise method for using travel magazines to boost your fluency (and whet your appetite for travel so that you get your butt in the plane and enjoy the amazing benefits of traveling in and through the language you’re learning to speak.)

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    None of the language learning techniques in this book require rocket surgery or brain science.

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    It may be free for only the next few hours, or maybe longer.

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=the%20ultimate%20language%20learning%20secret%20for%20kindle

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  30. None of the language learning techniques in this book require rocket surgery or brain science.

    Is that an intentional mix-up of idiomatic expressions?

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  32. LOL (Peter @ 10:26)! I just copied and pasted, and didn’t catch the mix-up, so I’m not sure. 🙂

    Yay with being done! (10:32)

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