Mike Rowe, from Dirty Jobs on TLC , is staring in a cool little application. I ran into it on YouTube.
Mike Rowe, from Dirty Jobs on TLC , is staring in a cool little application. I ran into it on YouTube.
I just can’t help connect different word ocassionally… So, here it goes.
ad hom·i·nem
(hŏm’ə-něm’, -nəm) Pronunciation Key
adj. Appealing to personal considerations rather than to logic or reason: Debaters should avoid ad hominem arguments that question their opponents’ motives.
And then…
hom·i·ly
(hŏm’ə-lē) Pronunciation Key
- A sermon, especially one intended to edify a congregation on a practical matter and not intended to be a theological discourse.
- A tedious moralizing lecture or admonition.
- An inspirational saying or platitude.
So, as I listen to political debate of the day, I hear these constant moralizing lectures that are attacks on a person rather than on the subject at hand. And then there are the non-debates, where people just spout slogans that don’t have any meaning…
Every time I see one, it reminds me of one of those hospital gowns that your butt hangs out of. Three sides are fine, but that fourth side just isn’t making it. What am I talking about? Three sides brick homes.
I like brick. My house is brick… all four sides. But three sides brick is just something I don’t get. One of the great things about brick is