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October 10, 2015

Rubik's Cube Trivia

A Rubik's cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 (43 quintillion) possible configurations.






jejune



jejune adjective [ji-joon]

1. without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel.
2. juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior.
3. lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house.


That pretty much describes me OR this blog.

Oct. 14, 2015 EDIT TO ADD:  I was watching the latest The Blacklist last night and Reddington used the word in a sentence.  Cool.

October 8, 2015

parvenu



parvenu noun [pahr-vuh-noo, pahr-vuh-noo,-nyoo]

a person who has recently or suddenly acquired wealth, importance, position, or the like, but has not yet developed the conventionally appropriate manners, dress, surroundings, etc.


I wanna be a parvenu; that's why I play the lottery.

Future Teamster

Learning the union way at an early age.

October 7, 2015

Davis Family Wheat Farm

Great Texas Country Reporter segment about a family and their farm near Perryton, Texas. The kids say "Sir" and seem to have a good work ethic instilled in them.  The adults speak of honor and being caretakers of the land, but....

I did a quick search at the EWG Farm Subsidy Database and found out Davis Farms received payments totaling $2,103,526 from 1995 through 2012.