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Thank You Claude - Click & Relax
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Quirky Quips by David Cummings |
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From Whence That Word?
THE WORD HOODLUM
Was originally used to describe a misbehaved child, a loafer, or a rowdy street kid, but more recently, it came to refer to a small-time criminal, thug, or gangster. The shortened form hood is first recorded about 1880, though it wasn't in common use until the late 1920s.
The most plausible theory was suggested in 1935 by Dr. J. T. Krumpelmann. Explaining that the Germans constituted the largest foreign-language group in San Francisco, he derives hoodlum from the German (Bavarian) dialectal term Hudellump, Hodalump, meaning 'ragamuffin, good-for-nothing'.
But according to Charles Earle Funk (and other sources), hoodlum was the accidental coinage of a newspaper reporter. In a story about a gang of ruffians led by a fellow named Muldoon, the reporter spelled the name as Noodlum to avoid reprisals. The newspaper's compositor misinterpreted the name as Hoodlum.
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Pictures from The Klondike Gold Rush
The Klondike Gold Rush
Photographs from 1896-98
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How Slowly We Learn
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled.
Public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled.
The assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt.
People must again learn to work instead of living on public assistance.
Cicero , 55 BC
Ahead of his time?
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Book Review: "Start With Why" by Simon Sinek
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Simon Sinek - Start With Why
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Why do we exist?
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