BARREL OF MONKEYS: "GENESIS" in Reverse


I consider myself a Democrat. Been called a Socialist. Definitely a bleeding heart liberal.


As a child from a traditional southern family, playing Barrel of Monkeys on the floor, church every Sunday, doing well in public school, learning a trade; in every sense privileged .........


Comfortable in middle age, an avid news reader, on learning the tragic story of a full grown chimpanzee destroying the face of a woman who offered a toy, only trying to help it's owner coax her surrogate child back into his cage......


Today being confrontational, ribald, offensive, restless, rebellious.......


How did I get here from there?


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Monday, November 29, 2010

Impetrate | Define Impetrate at Dictionary.com

Impetrate Define Impetrate at Dictionary.com: "im·pe·trate   /ˈɪmpɪˌtreɪt/ Show Spelled
[im-pi-treyt] Show IPA

–verb (used with object), -trat·ed, -trat·ing.
1. to obtain by entreaty.
2. to entreat; ask for.
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Origin:
1525–35; < L impetrātus ptp. of impetrāre to obtain by asking, equiv. to im- im-1 + -petrā ( re ), comb. form of patrāre to bring to completion, accomplish, deriv. of pater father + -tus ptp. suffix

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im·pe·tra·tion, noun
im·pe·tra·tive, im·pe·tra·to·ry  /ˈɪmpɪtrəˌtɔri, -ˌtoʊri/ Show Spelled
[im-pi-truh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Show IPA
, adjective
im·pe·tra·tor, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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