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To laugh is to risk appearing the fool,
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental,
To reach out for another is to risk involvement,
To expose feelings is to risk exposing our true self,
To place your ideas, your dreams, before the crowd is to risk loss,
To love is to risk not being loved in return,
To live is to risk dying,
To hope is to risk despair,
To try at all is to risk failure,
But risk we must,
Because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing,
The person who risks nothing,
Does nothing,
Has nothing,
Is nothing.
~ Author James S. Hewett
from 'Illustrations unlimited'
Printed in 'Stories for a Teen's heart' Book 2.
A large company, feeling it was time for a shakeup, hired a new CEO. The new boss was determined to rid the company of all slackers.
On a tour of the facilities, the CEO noticed a guy leaning on a wall. The room was full of workers and he wanted to let them know that he meant business.
He walked up to the guy leaning against the wall and asked, "How much money do you make a week?"
A little surprised, the young man looked at him and replied, "I make $400 a week. Why?"
The new CEO then handed the guy $1,600 in cash and screamed, "Here's four weeks pay, now GET OUT and don't come back!"
Feeling pretty good about himself, the CEO looked around the room and asked, "Does anyone want to tell me what that goof-ball did here?"
From across the room came a voice, "Pizza delivery guy."
Have you ever considered what the literal definition of amuse is? Let us dissect the word in question:
"a"-- negative/not (as in "atheist"-- not a theist)"muse" -- to think or consider
Therefore, the literal definition is that to be amused is to not think.
The archaic denotation is 'to delude or deceive'.
Here is a link to a good article on this topic
Ambiguous
-adjective
1. open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
2. Linguistics. (of an expression) exhibiting constructional homonymity; having two or more structural descriptions, as the sequence Flying planes can be dangerous.
3. of doubtful or uncertain nature; difficult to comprehend, distinguish, or classify: a person of ambiguous character.
The word ambiguous is derived from the Latin ambiguus "having double meaning, shifting, doubtful," which in turn comes from ambigere "to dispute about," literally "to wander" from ambi- "about" and agere "drive, lead".
Sir Thomas More seems to have first used it in English in 1528, but ambiguity (from Latin ambiguitatem) is first recorded circa 1400.
The post title of doppeldeutig is not ambiguous. Well, actually it is. That is the German word for ambiguous. And there is no ambiguity surrounding that fact.
With the new school year starting on Monday, I thought it would be interesting to find out what everyone is doing in the way of study or work this year.
I will continue with homeschooling; physics, calculus, and English will constitute my main focus, while I will also study other subjects like history and geography, with perhaps the odd Correspondence School course thrown in. I am also looking for a way to earn money, and will probably take on a part time job. And of course my 'outdoor education' will forge ahead and I am hoping to assimilate some new skills this year.
Please oblige me by taking the time to respond to this post.
