Recently, an acquaintance of mine, invited me to join Wordsmith.Org -- : the magic of words. By subscribing to this site, you receive a "word" along with its pronunciation, meaning, etymology, usage and thought for the day.

Example:-

WORD: lepidopterology

PRONUNCIATION:

(lep-i-dop-tuh-ROL-uh-jee)

MEANING:

noun: The study of butterflies and moths.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Greek lepido- (scale) + pteron (wing, feather), ultimately from the Indo-European root pet- (to rush or fly) that also gave us feather, petition, compete, and perpetual.

USAGE:

"Mr. Sokolenko's exhibition comes at a time when Nabokov's reputation is on an upswing in the rarefied world of lepidopterology. During his lifetime some lepidopterists, perhaps jealous of his literary fame, carped about his lack of formal training."

Alexander Osipovich; St. Petersburg Exhibition Shows Nabokov Under (and Behind) a Microscope; The New York Times; Jul 26, 2006.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand. -Stanislaw J. Lec, poet and aphorist (1909-1966)

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Worked up -- missing sleep -- commands in my dreamz -- working on weekend -- no time to update/read blogs....

I realize....I need a long vacation...! Don't know, when!


Anybody else in the same state???


PS: I haven't been able to read all the blog updates. I shall do it soon. :)

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Weekends are the only days when lazy people like me realize lot of household cleaning has to be done. In the process of cleaning, I do discover some old unused stuffs which I have retained for years and never had a thought of getting rid of them. Few books with missing pages, hand-made greeting cards received as a gift, fevicyrl paints almost dried, chocolate cartons, fountain pens bought more a decade ago especially for writing exams :) Well, these are the stuff I don't want to discard though they're of no use right now.

This morning, while browsing through old newspaper cuttings which I have turned yellow, I found this inspiring article published on July 14th, 2004, page 5, on Deccan Herald. When I re-read the article, I couldn't stop myself from clicking this and posting it here. :)

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It hurts to see few people who end their lives because they couldn't succeed getting a medical or an engineering seat on merit, while they fail to discover better alternative opportunities.

A few years ago, my maids son used to deliver milk packets and newspapers at doorsteps early morning supporting his family and studying in a evening college in the day; her daughter used to sell the flowers in the evening while she studied a government school in the day; thus working part-time fulfilling their dreams with struggle. An acquaintance of mine, took tuitions and taught little kids; thus sponsoring her under graduation studies when her family couldn't afford the fee.

These are the few inspiring stories which motivate us to shape our future with the opportunities rather than giving up the struggle. Remember, when a precious stone is given an appropriate cutting, the result is a shining diamond. How we shape, is left to us. :)

So.. never lose hope!

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In continuation with earlier post...






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Wishes to a friend on her first wedding anniversary who always cribbed after wedding.


"Congrats dear..! You survived one year of your marriage."

"Thanks, dear.. Hoping to survive one more year."


Listening to this, her husband nearly faints!

PS: Couldn't think of a title better than this. Suggestions for a better title in the comments are most invited.

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Origami paper work: Look what I did from paper, yesterday!

PS: I am not a poet :)

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This pic reminds me of Alice in Wonderland when somebody compliment the same. Inspired by this, I completed reading Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, which brought the memories of Doordarshan, cartoons, sundays, topsy turvy land, Alice's sister reading a book without any pictures, rabbit moving around with a tiny watch, you grow up 10 feet tall tall gulping some solution and turn into 10" tall by eating a cake. :)

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