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Word of the Every So Often​
unexpurgated: (adj.) (pronounced: un-ex-pur-gated... like it looks) not expurgated. When speaking of a literary text, it’s the uncensored original, without any of the potentially offensive or objectionable parts removed. And, of course, “expurgated” is when all that potential nastiness has been removed. For instance, if Mein Kampf were expurgated, there wouldn’t be anything left, which is a pretty good argument for censorship.
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The Almost Daily
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It’s Drive Your Triumph Day. Specifically, we’re talking about the cars, and not the motorcycles. But, hey! We don’t care. Granted, it’s a bit chilly to be out on either in the middle of February, especially if your Spitfire doesn’t have a top that works. But that’s not going to stop me from dusting off the old jalopy and talking it for a spin.
Cartoon of the Week
"How long do we have to live here before they stop calling us European Starlings?"
STUFF
Starlings
Wouldn’t it be great
to murmurate?
Hundreds or thousands or even more,
to move together as one?
Some say it’s a way to survive, or
maybe they do it for fun.
Only a few species of birds murmurate.
Grackles and blackbirds and a sandpiper or two.
But it’s the lowly starling –
Sturnus vulgaris –
that does it so well.
To rise
to fall
to be one
to be all
To fall
to rise
to soar
to glide
to become the wind
If I were to come back as a bird,
if that is to be my fate,
then I’d want to be a starling,
so I could murmurate.
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