CAPTURED :: Damn It Feels Good to Be A Gangster

WORD :: Encoutering Life's Endings.

Plato said, "If you wish to live well, practice dying."

Tune in to understand why ...

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"All that lives is transitory, and will depart this life."

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Louis Silverstein is a transcendental/holistic philosopher and practitioner, and multi-cultural and interdisciplinary educator. Currently a Distinguished Professor of Liberal Education at Columbia College Chicago, he teaches courses in Peace Studies, Dying & Death, Education, Culture & Society, and Social Problems In American Society. Louis has presented on a variety of topics at meetings of professional associations, including: the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education, the American Council on Education, the Association for Humanistic Sociology, the American Association of Higher education, the American Educational Research Association, the National Adult Education Association, the Third World Studies Association, the Alliance-Association for External Degree Programs for Adults, the National Social science Association, the International Society for Exploring Teaching Alternatives, the Creative Management in Higher Education Association, the Popular Culture Association, the Coalition To Increase Minority Degrees, the Midwest Philosophy of Education Society, the American Society On Aging, the Humanities Education & Research Association and the World Forum On Education. Topics presented by Louis include: "Teaching A Culture of Peace & Justice," "Breaking The Silence: Drugs, Culture & Truth," "Sex As Curse & Blessing," "Aging Stories," "Emotional Intelligence," "Death & Dying," and "Embodied/Experiential Spirituality." In addition, he is the author Of "An Oral History of Columbia College, Vols. I-V," "Deep Spirit & Great Heart: Living In Marijuana Consciousness" and "Encountering Life's Endings." Louis is also co-founder and co-director of the Life Arts Society, dedicated to the healing and uplifting of mind, body and spirit. His studies, theoretical and experiential, of transformative consciousness and alternative realities have been of long duration, encompassing four decades-1960's to the present, and have taken him to settings throughout the U.S., and to Jamaica, Costa Rica, Canada and numerous European countries. 

Fees like me, don't grow on trees.

WORD :: Thou Shalt.

Learn the rules

so you know how to
break them properly

(Dalai Lama via my homegirl Sophia)

WORD :: A Cold Feeling.

There is something about a cold winter night, spent solo at home, that can take a feeling of loneliness to new heights.

WORD :: What Makes A Man?

QUESTION :: WHAT MAKES A MAN?

Answer :: A woman.

Ask a, mentally and financially stable, mentally and physically fully-mature, heterosexual or homosexual, husband and/or father the question, "What makes a man?" and he will answer, "a woman."

WORD :: Sleepless.

I can't remember the last time I had a comletely satisfying, full, night of deep sleep.

WORD :: Stay or Go?

Should I stay or should I go nowww?

If I go, there could be trouble.

If I stay, there could be double.

Soooo, c'mon and let me knowww

Should I stay or should I go?

LISTEN & LEARN :: What Are You Waiting For?

 

 

PENDULUM :: THE ISLAND (PRIME RMX) 
 

You arrive

In the rising sun
The hidden passenger
That I've been taking
Close your eyes
Let's forget again
As you drag me down
I will take you in

What are you waiting for?
Just surrender here tonight
What are you waiting for?
As we go towards the light

When everything is said and done
Still looking for answers if only one
Turn my back the urge has gone
Left with no reason we come undone

I am caught
In your slow release
Seems like your traveller's
Eager to move me
My reflection
Will slowly fade
To another time
Until my head escapes

What are you waiting for?
Just surrender here tonight
What are you waiting for?
As we go towards the light

When everything is said and done
Still looking for answers if only one
Turn my back the urge has gone
Left with no reason we come undone

Source: Lyrics Mode & YouTube

WORD :: Get Over It Girl.

The world seemed to come alive

When you were by my side


And even though
I may never know 
that feeling again

You are gone

And I'm already moving on...

WORD :: The Writing On the Wall Says It All.

WORD :: Reality Check.

WORD :: Expanding My Vocab One Word At A Time.

SOCKDOLAGER

[sok-DOL-uh-jer]

DEFINITION:

-noun 

1. A decisive reply, argument. 
2. Something unusually large, heavy, etc.
3. A heavy, finishing blow.

EXAMPLES: 

1. WHACK! - bum! bum! bumble-umble-um-bum-bum-bum-bum - and the thunder would go rumbling and grumbling away, and quit - and then RIP comes another flash and another sockdolager.  - Mark Twain, The Adventures if Huckleberry Finn
2. "Your first day awake with us was some sockdolager," Andy said. "You handled them sharps slick as grease."  - Darryl Brock, If I Never Get Back

Source: Dictionary.com
Image: Comic Coverage

WORD :: Get Your Scrabble On.

 

If you know me, then you know that I have a serious obsession with words, word games, the dictionary and thesaurus, writing...I could go on, but I will spare you the babble. Anyway, the reason I decided to post this, is because everyone has experienced that feeling of panic when you realize - while in the middle of playing an intense game of Scrabble, or maybe a game of Literati against some freakishly skillful online word game wizard, or maybe while trying to figure out that one crossword clue from your Sunday morning crossword puzzle that has you stumped and on the verge pulling your hair out - that you need some help, and quick! 
 

• Scrabble Words: Q Without U :: For many casual Scrabble players, drawing a Q is more likely to inspire fear rather than joy. But the 10-point letter should be seen as a source of high-scoring plays. Learning the words which use a Q but not a U can go a long way toward improving your results. 
• Scrabble Words: No Vowels :: Sometimes, even the best Scrabble players get stuck with a rack full of consonants. The good news is that more than 120 legal Scrabble words can be spelled without a vowel. The bad news is that most of them require you to have a Y (or two). 
• Scrabble Words: Two Letters :: There are more than 100 two-letter words which can be played in Scrabble. Although they generally won't bring you a lot of points, knowing them can get you out of some tough spots. 
• Scrabble Words: Three-Letter X Words :: Like the Q, the J and the Z, many casual Scrabble players would rather not draw an X tile. Taking some time to learn these three-letter X words can significantly improve your game.
•  Scrabble Words: Four-Letter X Words :: When you draw an X tile in Scrabble, do you regret it? Learning these four-letter X words can help improve your Scrabble scores.

Content :: About.com
Image: Online USA News

WORD :: Expanding My Vocab One Word At A Time.

KATZENJAMMER

[KAT-suhn-jam-er] 

DEFINITION:
 

-noun

1. The discomfort and illness experienced as the aftereffects of excessive drinking; hangover. 
2. Uneasiness; anguish; distress.

-noun

1. Uproar; clamor. 

EXAMPLES: 

1. So the asceticism and self-denial of the ancient anchorite and saint was merely a form of katzenjammer?   - Nietzsche, Thoughts Out Of Season  
2. Ninety to a hundred days at sea, with dysentery, beri-beri, crabs, lice, rabies, yellow jaundice, malaria, katzenjammer and other oceangoing delights.  - Miller, Nexus

WORD :: Questioning Culture and Race.

Can culture exclusively belong to one race?

WORD :: I Tried to Freestyle.

Blazed freestylin' sesh with DJ Appel...

Monkeys bustin' bananas

Bitches bustin' nuts

Womp wompin' to heady bass

All up in the cut

If I leaned every day
And took blunts to the dome 

Like Wayne...
I'd probably be as good a rapper as he is

Tooooooo funny. Had to share :)

WORD :: We Prey in Different Ways.

She's a cat and I'm a cougar.


A + J

WORD :: Acceptance Can Be Powerful.

I have to stop hating my surroundings and instead, learn to embrace them; for what they are and the positive ways in which they can be utilized. 

Acceptance can be powerful, mind expanding and advantageous.

WORD :: Sexual.

Sex hair.
No Pants on.

- Kit Kat