Quotes from the World for Tuesday 10/09/MMXII

… excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey (b. 1954), African American television personality and actress. As quoted in I Dream a World, by Brian Lanker (1989).

Born in Mississippi, she became the first African American woman to host a nationally syndicated weekday television talk show and the first to found her own television and film production company. She was also among the few to be nominated for an Academy Award (for Best Supporting Actress in The Color Purple [1985]).

Ludicrous Expensive

Good Morning & Happy Tuesday,

Apparently the Neiman Marcus Big Book is coming out this weekend.

Today is Tuesday 10/09/V3.3 & it is going to be a GREAT day.

Apparently the book is $15, so I can’t even look in it to see what Ludicrous Expensive item you won’t buy me. So if you happen to get a copy of the book, let me know so I can take a peek. I’m 27 minutes into my day, I’ve got the rice cooking. I’m going to eat breakfast & make lunch.

I have a busy day ahead, working II of my III jobs & going to a meeting or two.

The word of the day isĀ catachresis misuse or strained use of words in error or for rhetorical effect.

We got to go to the hockey game yesterday & I was glad I went.

Yeah, we is actually a term for more than one person. Which is a good thing.

I got to hang out with Cassandra & actually see the hockey game, haven’t done one of those in awhile. Thank Goodness for that. So we move on from there now & do our thing.

Well I need to be gone in about 1/2 hour, so that means no more blogging & actually doing something else THAT’S important.

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