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I call it "day" for a reason
Written by: Grand Master Rocktamer, First Among the Hosts
Date: Wednesday, August 18th, 2004
Addressed to: Everyone
Many have felt the need to bring to my attention that while I call it
the Warrior's Thought of the Day, such thoughts tend to be posted on a
monthly, not a daily basis. To my critics I submit to you the following:
1) If you notice, I capitalize all the words except "of the." This hints
that the term is, in fact, a proper noun. A proper noun is, of course, a
title or name or means of identification. What this means is that the
name does not have to be a literal description of the object it
describes.
For example, my name is Rocktamer. Now, do I really tame rocks? NO. I,
in fact, climbed them as a tween (dwarven for ages 20-29, since that's
when dwarves reach the stage that Humans refer to as their teens.)
Rocktamer is a proper noun, which is why it is capitalized, and is not
subject to literal accuracy.
2) I have posted twice in one month, and not at all in others. The WTOTD
is meant to be words of wisdom to reflect on for some time. That thought
is given to you on a particular day, and I don't want to be subject to
being forced to post at regular intervals. Which leads me to ....
3) "Day" is not meant literally, but is rather meant as an indication
that the warrior's thoughts will be posted somewhat regularly. Like when
you say "and the next minute he was doing this" well, it wasn't
necessarily the next minute, but rather a later increment of time.
4) While meditating High Above the Clouds one day, I saw a vision. I
believed I saw my soul. I lived in the plane of existance where my soul
exists for some period of time. Perhaps it was an instant here, or an
hour, or a day, I could not remember. But what I did remember is that my
soul seemed to see the concept of a day differently. It saw minutes fly
by in the blink of an eye, days in a not overly substantial length of
time. It saw months as days. I cannot explain this, but after this deep
meditation, I started posting my thoughts.
5) Warrior's Thought of the Month doesn't have a very good ring to it.
- RT
Penned by my hand on the 20th of Daedalan, in the year 371 AF.
I call it "day" for a reason
Written by: Grand Master Rocktamer, First Among the Hosts
Date: Wednesday, August 18th, 2004
Addressed to: Everyone
Many have felt the need to bring to my attention that while I call it
the Warrior's Thought of the Day, such thoughts tend to be posted on a
monthly, not a daily basis. To my critics I submit to you the following:
1) If you notice, I capitalize all the words except "of the." This hints
that the term is, in fact, a proper noun. A proper noun is, of course, a
title or name or means of identification. What this means is that the
name does not have to be a literal description of the object it
describes.
For example, my name is Rocktamer. Now, do I really tame rocks? NO. I,
in fact, climbed them as a tween (dwarven for ages 20-29, since that's
when dwarves reach the stage that Humans refer to as their teens.)
Rocktamer is a proper noun, which is why it is capitalized, and is not
subject to literal accuracy.
2) I have posted twice in one month, and not at all in others. The WTOTD
is meant to be words of wisdom to reflect on for some time. That thought
is given to you on a particular day, and I don't want to be subject to
being forced to post at regular intervals. Which leads me to ....
3) "Day" is not meant literally, but is rather meant as an indication
that the warrior's thoughts will be posted somewhat regularly. Like when
you say "and the next minute he was doing this" well, it wasn't
necessarily the next minute, but rather a later increment of time.
4) While meditating High Above the Clouds one day, I saw a vision. I
believed I saw my soul. I lived in the plane of existance where my soul
exists for some period of time. Perhaps it was an instant here, or an
hour, or a day, I could not remember. But what I did remember is that my
soul seemed to see the concept of a day differently. It saw minutes fly
by in the blink of an eye, days in a not overly substantial length of
time. It saw months as days. I cannot explain this, but after this deep
meditation, I started posting my thoughts.
5) Warrior's Thought of the Month doesn't have a very good ring to it.
- RT
Penned by my hand on the 20th of Daedalan, in the year 371 AF.