I'll guess we'll just have to adjust

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Sat, 18 May 2013 21:23:40 -0500

Word #194 — May 18, 2013

Bedizen — (v.) To decorate tastelessly; to dress gaudily or garishly.

In a sentence — Though he wasn’t prone to bedizen his living space, a second (and trusted) opinion would prove helpful to avoid such pitfalls.

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sigh...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:26:00 -0500

sigh...:

advancedlamb:

proofrok:

advancedlamb:

proofrok:

Have you ever heard of the Fermi Paradox? It is a very simple, two-pointed statement about life in the universe: 1) It is hard to get life started, and develop basic life into intelligent life. 2) Intelligent life destroys itself in short order.

As sad and sadistic as this all sounds for Earth…

That isn’t what the Fermi Paradox deals with at all, it’s very clear you’re attempting to corrupt a serious postulation about extraterrestrial life with your own idiotic nihilism. What more to expect from Tumblr?

Yikes… Well, from the article I read and limited research into it, that’s pretty clearly what was meant.

Idiotic nihilism? That’s quite a statement. I think the Fermi Paradox is fairly straightforward. It’s not open to expostulation? Aren’t theories out there to be expounded upon?

And bashing Tumblr too? Geez.

Well you were wrong, you should put more research into a subject before you talk about it. If you had just read the first paragraph on wikipedia you would’ve learned more than you know about it right now.

It is straightforward, but you didn’t show knowledge of what it was, but instead were giving possible explanations for why the fermi paradox is true.

Where did I err? Are the two major themes incorrect?

If they are accurate, I think my extrapolation is completely viable.

For the record, I actually did read the Wikipedia page (all of it!) and a few other pages in brief.

As a vantage point, this came from a conservationist-based site’s article. The author used it to discuss our prospects on earth.

Still unsure where the issue is. Again, if those two major themes are incorrect, correct me.

wow

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:52:00 -0500

wow:

advancedlamb:

proofrok:

Have you ever heard of the Fermi Paradox? It is a very simple, two-pointed statement about life in the universe: 1) It is hard to get life started, and develop basic life into intelligent life. 2) Intelligent life destroys itself in short order.

As sad and sadistic as this all sounds for Earth…

That isn’t what the Fermi Paradox deals with at all, it’s very clear you’re attempting to corrupt a serious postulation about extraterrestrial life with your own idiotic nihilism. What more to expect from Tumblr?

Yikes… Well, from the article I read and limited research into it, that’s pretty clearly what was meant.

Idiotic nihilism? That’s quite a statement. I think the Fermi Paradox is fairly straightforward. It’s not open to expostulation? Aren’t theories out there to be expounded upon?

And bashing Tumblr too? Geez

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Fri, 17 May 2013 23:00:00 -0500

Word #193 — May 17, 2013

Erratum — (n.) A list of errors sent to a publisher regarding a text; an error in printed text.

In a sentence — A career-long editor, few things were less enjoyable than receiving a correspondence with that telling subject line: erratum—particularly when the errors were made long before his tenure began.

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Nude Beach — Walkin’ Down My Street Postmodern Joe...

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:16:05 -0500

Nude Beach — Walkin’ Down My Street

Postmodern Joe Jackson?

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Thu, 16 May 2013 22:07:00 -0500

Word #192 — May 16, 2013

Marmoreal — (adj.) Of or relating to the characteristics of marble particularly in coldness; resembling marble in smoothness or hardness.

In a sentence — It was the her smooth, marmoreal lips that drew his mind away time and again, often inopportunely—though he truly never minded quick remembrances of it, and could hardly stand having to wait any longer to experience them once again.

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Haast’s eagle.

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:54:49 -0500

Haast’s eagle.

"Like a bowtied kangaroo, You’ll be one, and I’ll be one, too."

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:52:13 -0500

“Like a bowtied kangaroo,
You’ll be one, and I’ll be one, too.”

- Devendra Banhart

"It is fortunate, perhaps, that no matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:10:01 -0500

“It is fortunate, perhaps, that no matter how intently one studies the hundred little dramas of the woods and meadows, one can never learn all of the salient facts about any one of them.”

- Aldo Leopold (Sky Dance)

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Wed, 15 May 2013 19:20:05 -0500

Word #191 — May 15, 2013

Coruscant — (adj.) Glinting; flashing brilliantly but briefly; shining.

In a sentence — Every time their lips met, be it after months apart or only moments, a coruscant moment dashed before them.

"When the last tree is cut down, the last river is dammed, the last fish is caught—will we..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:32:30 -0500

“When the last tree is cut down, the last river is dammed, the last fish is caught—will we realize then that we can’t eat money?”

- Unknown

"I love you and it’s getting worse."

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:38:30 -0500

“I love you and it’s getting worse.”

- Joseph E. Morris (via libavius)

amazingatheist: huade: Despite its name, the maned wolf is...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:18:51 -0500

amazingatheist:

huade:

Despite its name, the maned wolf is not a wolf at all, nor is it a fox, coyote, or dog. It is the only member of the Chrysocyon genus, making it a truly unique animal, not closely related to any other living canid. One hypothesis for this is that the maned wolf is the last surviving species of the Pleistocene Extinction, which wiped out all other large canids from the continent.

oh my gosh

Cool.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 14:39:00 -0500

Word #190 — May 14, 2013

Captious — (adj.) Tending to find trivial faults via an effort to do so; tending to raise petty objections; impossible to please; designed to confuse in an argument.

In a sentence — He was apt to get on well with most variants of the species, but the captious ones were just impossible to be around, as that sort was always the first to carp about any happening, regardless of utility.

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Mon, 13 May 2013 20:17:12 -0500

Word #189 — May 13, 2013

Jeremiad — (n.) A long, drawn-out lamentation or complaint; a list of wrongs or ills or troubles.

In a sentence — Each morning started, seemingly, with yet another jeremiad from his coworker—Mondays being the longest and most intense, with a fitting attenuation as the week marched toward its end.

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iPhone dictionary…nice examples…

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:36:56 -0500

iPhone dictionary…nice examples…

Not sure what’s funnier: just getting any mail addressed...

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:45:26 -0500

Not sure what’s funnier: just getting any mail addressed like this, or the fact that it was sent to my parents and they had to awkwardly ask if it was for me.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 22:36:42 -0500

Word #188 — May 12, 2013

Perfidious — (adj.) The quality of being faithless, underhanded, or deceitful; deliberately treacherous; unable to be trusted; having a tendency to betray or be disloyal.

In a sentence — A trusting man by nature, the perfidious side of some—which seemed to emerge at the worst of times—always came as a blow to his dwindling faith in his fellow man and woman.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 22:28:38 -0500

Term #27 — May 12, 2013

Sprezzatura — (Italian) The appearance of an air of nonchalance that an artist has regarding his work; a studied carelessness; perfect performance or achievement of an art without (apparent) effort.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 22:13:46 -0500

Phrase #27 — May 12, 2013

Tempus edax rerum — (Latin) Time devours all things.

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