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Word For The Day, Thursday, August 16, 2012 - aliquant
dictionaries ad nauseam | 16 August 2012 | Thursday's sub

Posted on 08/16/2012 4:20:43 AM PDT by secret garden

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To: xsmommy

You leave me little choice. ;-)


41 posted on 08/16/2012 8:16:33 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: tioga
Here is a nice story of a kid who worked his way into his scholarship.
42 posted on 08/16/2012 8:16:34 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden
And here's the video where they awarded him his scholarship. It's nice to see his teammates cheer for him.
43 posted on 08/16/2012 8:21:39 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: left that other site
Democrats are a tiny aliquant of America. Why is it that they win?

Easy. The aliquant component of the equation is voter fraud.

44 posted on 08/16/2012 8:29:21 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic (ABO)
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To: SoothingDave

i see you wrestling with yourself at times over whether you should let that PEDANT out or not.


45 posted on 08/16/2012 8:30:49 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Indeed.


46 posted on 08/16/2012 9:03:52 AM PDT by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: xsmommy

He has to let his freak flag fly.


47 posted on 08/16/2012 9:08:32 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

david crosby. see i know some things ; )


48 posted on 08/16/2012 9:16:03 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
...psst...it's actually from Jimothy...
49 posted on 08/16/2012 9:18:23 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Just heard it yesterday, Almost Cut my Hair. it was bumper music on John Gibson’s radio show.


50 posted on 08/16/2012 9:20:06 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden
Another heartwarming story. John Cotten [they misspelled his name in the article] is a friend and a Gonzaga hockey dad. His son Marquis played with xsboy on the championship team. He does great stuff in his community.
51 posted on 08/16/2012 9:23:03 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

We need more of those stories to be published. Unfortunately, TSU is not a good school and is always in trouble for being unable to maintain strong academic programs. BTW, trivia fact, that’s where Reese Witherspoon’s mom teaches. It’s 99% black.


52 posted on 08/16/2012 9:33:44 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

Doubtful someone from his environment could have gotten in anywhere else, so it’s good for him and being there is far better than being in his neighborhood here. That is interesting about Reese Witherspoon’s mom. xsteen loves her.


53 posted on 08/16/2012 9:38:00 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: secret garden

just got notice from xsbaby’s HS about their first week of school teambuilding BS that they do. it involves a 3 hour drive to Harrisonburg, VA, for an overnight trip. She is going to bow out of that one yet again. I will not insist that she do something that i would never in a million years want to do and for which i see ZERO value. so her first week of school will be abbreviated.


54 posted on 08/16/2012 9:41:39 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Agreed, any schooling is better than hanging out. I’m glad xsbaby is opting out and not just following the crowd. I see no reason for teambuilding nonsense either. It’s a small enough school where they probably all know each other anyway. It would make more sense for a really big school to break kids into smaller groups and make them feel like they belong, the way big churches do.


55 posted on 08/16/2012 9:46:34 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

exactly, this will be the fourth consecutive year of her not going, and precisely because, as you said, they all know each other anyway. it’s an expensive boondoggle, which we are paying for in the exorbitant tuition, whether she goes or not. There will be a senior trip which i am fairly certain that she will want to do, late in the year. Most of the private schools down here do this teambuilding horsecrap and i just do not see the need for it.


56 posted on 08/16/2012 10:01:30 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

Every year? That’s ludicrous. As “freshman orientation” it’s bad enough. I didn’t go when I started college. It cost extra and I saw no need for it.

Some workshops we have even today try to do some “icebreaking” team building nonsense.


57 posted on 08/16/2012 10:17:11 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: xsmommy

I doubled my money on the Powerball last night.

Spent $2. Won $4. Woo hoo!


58 posted on 08/16/2012 10:27:07 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave

teambuilding is crap. period. if i had to go anywhere with this group i work with and do that kind of thing, i’d open my veins.


59 posted on 08/16/2012 10:34:32 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: SoothingDave

isn’t megamillions up next? i know NOTHING about playing the lottery but heard about this on the radio on the way in.


60 posted on 08/16/2012 10:35:32 AM PDT by xsmommy
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