Benjamin Goods http://www.benjamingoods.com this exists for one reason: lack of a better idea Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Show Me Your Crocs http://www.benjamingoods.com/show-me-your-crocs/ http://www.benjamingoods.com/show-me-your-crocs/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:38 +0000 Benjamin Goods http://www.benjamingoods.com/?p=394

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Grown flawed

No cure

For the clawed

Peace drawn

Without depression

Many gone

Yearning impression

Creative embark

Captive soul

Belated remark

Captured goal

Many tears

Left unsaid

Many years

Left unread

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]]> http://www.benjamingoods.com/steve-nash-vitamin-water-ad/feed/ 0 Pulse of Cognition http://www.benjamingoods.com/pulse-of-cognition/ http://www.benjamingoods.com/pulse-of-cognition/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:44:18 +0000 Benjamin Goods http://www.benjamingoods.com/?p=348 I AM THE MIDDLE FINGER
on the pulse of cognition
except I don’t think
and I rarely feel.
For now I just release
what it is I once felt
as if it is a glimpse
into important thoughts.
Most men quickly realize
that introspection most often
halts success these days
for the next man is always
willing to disregard emotion.

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parvenu

\PAR-vuh-noo; -nyoo\ , noun;

1.
One that has recently or suddenly risen to a higher social or economic class but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class; an upstart.

adjective:

1.
Being a parvenu; also, like or having the characteristics of a parvenu.
Quotes:
However, the Creoles, French, Spanish, and Acadians who preceded the American parvenus were deeply entrenched and incredibly snobbish and clannish in relation to outsiders.
– Laurence Bergreen, Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life
Origin:
Parvenu is from the French, from the past participle of parvenir, from Latin pervenire, “to come through to, to arrive at, to reach, hence to succeed,” from per, “through” + venire, “to come.”
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chimera

\ky-MIR-uh\ , noun;

1.
(Capitalized) A fire-breathing she-monster represented as having a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
2.
Any imaginary monster made up of grotesquely incongruous parts.
3.
An illusion or mental fabrication; a grotesque product of the imagination.
4.
An individual, organ, or part consisting of tissues of diverse genetic constitution, produced as a result of organ transplant, grafting, or genetic engineering.
Quotes:
Asa Whitney, with no previous experience and having nothing but his faith and self-assurance to tell him he was not pursuing a chimera, began to outline how he would get a railroad across the vast, uninhabited middle of the American continent to the Pacific shores, where the lure of Asia beckoned, within reach.
– David Haward Bain, Empire Express
Origin:
Chimera comes from Latin chimaera, from Greek chimaira “she-goat, chimera.”
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I am writing to contest the speeding violation that I received on July 23rd, 2007.  I assure you that I was not speeding at this time.  Furthermore, I was driving within the flow of traffic.  I have not received a speeding violation for years as I learned my lesson long ago.  I take driver safety very seriously.  I ALWAYS make every effort to be a model driver and I ALWAYS drive very defensively.

When I asked the officer if the radar had detected this speed that I was being ticketed for he replied, “I did not actually see you, I just received the information.”

This was very reassuring to me, as I knew that there must of been a mistake made.  He went on to tell me that there could have been a mistake made, but that I would need to take it up with the court at this point.  So, now I find myself writing to you.  I hope that this infraction can be removed from my record as I ASSURE you that my ticketing was an honest mistake somewhere along the line.  I take my driving record very seriously and I do not drive carelessly enough to be actually going 80mph or anywhere near that speed.  I would NOT jeopardize this.

Thank you kindly for your time, understanding and consideration.  Please take my explanation with sincerity for that is precisely what it is, sincere.

Yours in debt,

Benjamin Goods

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