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dig deeper…

August 30, 2009

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So much is like life, so much is metaphor if we decide to apply it as such. You know me, I can’t seem to help myself when I run across a situation that feels as though it applies to a broader truth, I have to post it. It’s my inner exhibitionist getting it’s say. I’d […]

how did we get here?

August 20, 2009

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I’m reminded of a Talking Heads song today thinking about the conversations I’ve had and read about and heard about from friends around Healthcare Reform in this country. I can’t remember the last time discussions involved this much fear and misinformation…oh, yes I do…the election. At the end of the day where the election was […]

yeah, riiiiiiiiiight…

August 11, 2009

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Today I’m moved to write about the practice of sarcasm. It’s come to me for a lot of reasons, frankly most of them have to do with Facebook “status updates” from friends of mine with whom I disagree on a political level. I suppose I’m as guilty as anyone using FB updates as my own […]

bosom friend…

August 2, 2009

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Anne tipped the vase of apple blossoms near enough to bestow a soft kiss on a pink-cupped bud, and then studied diligently for some moments longer. “Marilla,” she demanded presently, “do you think that I shall ever have a bosom friend in Avonlea?’ “A–what kind of friend?” “A bosom friend–an intimate friend, you know–a really […]

mrs metaphor

metaphor

from the Latin. metaphora,
from Gk. metaphora "a transfer," especially of the sense of one word to a different word,
lit. "a carrying over," from metapherein "transfer, carry over," from meta- "over, across" (see meta-) + pherein "to carry, bear" (see infer).

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