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Hong Kong Protest 2019 Explained

Posted on August 26, 2019 by timlyg

Good one by Geography Now:

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Vocab: Peripatetic

Posted on August 26, 2019 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week Weekly Brain Food brought to you by our VP of HR peripatetic Pronunciation:per-uh-puh-tet-ik Definition:traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods As used in a sentence:The … Continue reading →

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Vocab: 大失妇德

Posted on August 21, 2019 by timlyg

Loosing feminine virtue

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Visual Studio: Code changes sometimes don't take effect

Posted on August 16, 2019 by timlyg

Solution (Thanks to tuxedo25 ) It sometimes happens that some files "are being used by another process". Close your solution and delete all "bin" and "obj" subfolders of all your projects that are included in the solution. Then open your … Continue reading →

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Theological thought of the day: Praising God via Social Media

Posted on August 10, 2019 by timlyg

Looking back at people of the churches that I know, now that I finally have some time to sit down and ponder, God's sovereignty is clear. It is not how well you can preach and they welcome your message, in … Continue reading →

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Vocab: Acrimony

Posted on August 5, 2019 by timlyg

Kathy’s Word of the Week 2019-08-05 acrimony Pronunciation:ak-ruh-moh-nee Definition:anger or bitterness; harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings As used in a sentence:The dispute continued with increased acrimony.

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Fell off from scooter

Posted on August 1, 2019 by timlyg

Last Saturday, after buying some sweet corns (mmm...they are sweet indeed) from the farm near our house, Willy (that chicken) decided to go take the inner neighborhood route home instead of the shorter, better, bigger Brodentown Ave road. So in … Continue reading →

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Fending off Eastern Lighting Christian Cults on FaceBook

Posted on July 31, 2019 by timlyg

So I finally found a way to make a statement...in the form of a question, to fend off the annoying friend request from Chinese 全能神 （东方闪电）cults. They appear to be all living in Italy, for reason unknown to me. And … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Word Javascript Add-in API

Posted on July 30, 2019 by timlyg

Learning this in order to replace the old 32 bit VBA macro template add-in for my company's letterheard wizard. Now I learn that the JS API doesn't import contents from a local file, but it could read from OoXML, which … Continue reading →

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Abbott and Costello

Posted on July 22, 2019 by timlyg

Some of my older friends who grew up in the states like this comedy duo, I thought I could follow, but I just don't get how their jokes are #1 funny. Sure, they are cleaner than today's comedians, but once … Continue reading →

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