Year: 2015
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Bozonaut
Bozonaut [Boh-zoh-not] Noun Bozonaut, plural bozonauts1. An erratic, rude or obnoxious driver Word Origin American Slang Bozo (see below) + Greek nautÄ“s “sailor” Bozo noun:1. a fellow, especially a big, strong, stupid fellow.2. a rude, obnoxious, or annoying personDictionary.com Word origin and history for bozo n. “muscular low-I.Q. male,” c.1910, perhaps from Spanish bozal, used in the slave trade…
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Saucers
In the traditional basic place setting there are 5 pieces: Dinner Plates; Dessert Plates; Tea Plates; Bowls; Cups and Saucers. If I consider our kitchen service — the one we use every day — the most frequently used pieces are the dinner and dessert plates. Not that we have a lot of dessert, but it’s…
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What is Art For …
I recently read What is Art For by Ellen Dissanayake. The book was originally published in 1987. It was interesting to me because it asked the question from a Darwinian perspective; how did art contribute to our evolutionary success. In her review, the author also considers the question in terms of literate and preliterate societies.…
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Importing Video … again
Eight years ago I transferred my library of home videos to disk. Unfortunately the external, low-cost, you-get-what-you-pay-for Costco-Western-Digital drive subsequently failed, and unrecoverable, all was lost. Well, I still had the tapes. After filling a shelf of my bookcase with several of these failed devices (yes, hope springs eternal) I took my sledge hammer from the basement, smashed…