Word of the Day
Profligate (adj., PROF-lih-get)
Recklessly extravagant and wasting resources or reckless with self-control. A spendthrift or a libertine.
Gif of the Day
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Link of the Day
Seamus Heaney - Scaffolding
A quick, delightful poem by Irish legend Seamus Heaney to chew on:
Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;
Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.
And yet all this comes down when the job’s done
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.
So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me
Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.
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