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The true orbits of the planets. We tend to forget that as we move about the sun, the sun is orbiting the center of the Milky Way. That motion means we're not just going around in circles.

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Words that Shakespeare invented

Turns out Billy Shakes wasn't just a brilliant playwright. When he wasn't writing immortal plays or sonnets he was coining new words. Here's a partial list of words coined by Shakespeare. Click the link for better info & references.

academe

accused

addiction

advertising

amazement

arouse

assassination

backing

bandit

barefaced

beached

bedroom

besmirch

bet

birthplace

blanket

bloodstained

blushing

bump

buzzer

caked

cater

champion

circumstantial

cold-blooded

compromise

countless

courtship

critic

dauntless

dawn

deafening

discontent

dishearten

drugged

dwindle

elbow

epileptic

equivocal

excitement

exposure

eyeball

fashionable

fixture

flawed

frugal

generous

gloomy

gnarled

gossip

green-eyed

grovel

gust

hint

hobnob

hurried

impartial

impede

invulnerable

jaded

label

lackluster

laughable

lonely

lower

luggage

lustrous

madcap

majestic

marketable

metamorphize

mimic

monumental

moonbeam

mountaineer

negotiate

noiseless

obscene

obsequiously

ode

olympian

outbreak

panders

pedant

premeditated

puking

radiance

rant

remorseless

savagery

scuffle

secure

skim milk

submerge

summit

swagger

torture

tranquil

undress

unreal

varied

vaulting

worthless

zany

 
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The Bard coined a bunch of phrases too. Some that are very common in everyday English. Literally household words.

All's well that ends well

Be all and end all

Et tu, Brute?

Give the Devil his due

Hoist by your own petard

Household words

Milk of human kindness

Love is blind

In a pickle

Much Ado about Nothing

Night owl

LINK

I went through a Shakespeare kick after college. Read about 15 of his plays. I mostly read the modern English versions though. I just couldn't hang with the old English language of the original versions.

 
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Checked my hometown news for the first time since I've been in CO. Here are the top stories:

- Man arrested for meth distribution

- Woman arrested for meth delivery

- Man to face trial for church burlaries

- Man gets heavy sentence for stabbing

- Police concerned about recent pedestrian-vehicle accidents

:huh:

 
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Question:

I have roughly 950+ business cards that are no longer useful. Any suggestions on what to do with them?

 
Cross out old phone number, put in your cell phone number. Hand out to women at bars, and hope they call or text you :dunno

 
ADS said:
Cross out old phone number, put in your cell phone number. Hand out to women at bars, and hope they call or text you :dunno
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I like this, but would it be appropriate to "make it rain" business cards on said women? :lol:

 
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The true orbits of the planets. We tend to forget that as we move about the sun, the sun is orbiting the center of the Milky Way. That motion means we're not just going around in circles.

trueorbits.gif
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This confuses me. The biggest rock should be closer to the Sun than Saturn, right?

 
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