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December 2020 Countdown – December 16!
“If you don’t make time to work on creating the life you want, you’re eventually going to be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.”
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December 2020 Countdown – December 15!
“Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose in life is to enjoy it.”
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December 2020 Countdown – December 14!
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December 2020 Countdown – December 13!
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
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Word of the Week – December 12, 2020
Absquatulate
Verb
American English, 1830s
To flee. To take off with somebody or something.
Example: As 2020 comes to an end, I only want to absquatulate with my books and writings.
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Video of the Week – December 12, 2020
ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos smacks down claims by U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) over alleged voter fraud lies.
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Tweets of the Week – December 12, 2020
My home state of Texas has become a central figure in Donald Trump’s ongoing and losing battle to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Once again, Texas has made a fool of itself, courtesy of Attorney General Ken Paxton who – by the way – has plenty of his own legal troubles.
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Photos of the Week – December 12, 2020
This week COVID-19 vaccinations began in Great Britain. Margaret Keenan, 90, became the first person to receive the new vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech at Guy’s Hospital in London. These are just a handful of photos taken during this unprecedented event.
The first man to receive a vaccine in the UK was an Englishman named William Shakespeare.
A woman with the first of two COVID-19 vaccine shots administered at Guy’s Hospital in London. Victoria Jones/Pool via AP
The deputy charge nurse Katie McIntosh waiting to administer the first of two vaccine shots to workers at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Tuesday. Andrew Milligan – Pool / Getty Images
Syringes in a tray at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh containing the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Andrew Milligan – Pool / Getty Images
Nurse Katie McIntosh administering an injection of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to the clinical nurse manager Fiona Churchill at the Western General Hospital. Andrew Milligan/Pool via AP
A box of vials of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine concentrate being transported from storage ready for use at Guy’s Hospital in London. Victoria Jones/Pool via Reuters
Josephine Faleye, 80, with senior nurse Dilhani Somaweera at the Royal Free Hospital in London. Jack Hill – Pool / Getty Images
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Funniest Quote of the Week – December 12, 2020
“The Unidentified Flying Objects have asked not to publish that they are here, humanity is not ready yet.”
– Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space directorate, in an interview about extraterrestrials
The interview in Hebrew gained traction after parts were published in English by the Jerusalem Post on December 8.
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