Thought for the Day
“To know when to go away and when to come closer
is the key to any lasting relationship.”
~ Domenico Cieri
(1954-)
Domenico Cieri Estrada (born 18 April 1954) is a Mexican writer and author of many books. He is best known perhaps for his aphorisms. Source
Contents
afterthoughts
Word for the Day: abstemious
[ab-stee-mee-uhs] adjective
- moderate or sparing, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol
- characterized by abstinence
- sparing
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Example sentence:
- Most monks live life abstemiously.
- To loose weight, Tina has adopted an abstemious diet.
Birthdays Today;
- 1846 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and inventor (d. 1914)
- 1895 – Caroline Gordon, American writer and critic (d. 1981)
- 1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
- 1905 – Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player (d. 1998)
- 1917 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (d. 1977)
- 1920 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (d. 2005)
- 1959 – Walter Ray Williams Jr., US bowler & horseshoes champion
- 1982 – Meiyang Ch?ng, Indian actor, singer, anchor and dancer
- 1986 – Tereza Kerndlová, Czech singer
History Today October 6th;
By the AssociatedPress
True Love;
In France, an 82 year old man had to be hospitalized leaving behind his cat. The cat traveled across fields and highways till it came to the hospital, and found his owners room, where he promptly curled up to him and went to sleep.
Today is the 279th day of the year, 86 days remain.
