Darrell Pursiful
@djpursiful.bsky.social
I write fun, smart, and uplifting fantasy fiction served with a slice of cornbread and a big glass of sweet tea.
http://pursiful.com
http://pursiful.com
I used to wonder if I were the father of modern linguistic structuralism. Now I’m not Saussure.
Language Log » Happy World Linguistics Day
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November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I used to wonder if I were the father of modern linguistic structuralism. Now I’m not Saussure.
Sunday Inspiration: Be the Reason
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness of people.—Roy T. Bennet
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness of people.—Roy T. Bennet
Sunday Inspiration: Be the Reason
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness of people.—Roy T. Bennet
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November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Sunday Inspiration: Be the Reason
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness of people.—Roy T. Bennet
Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness of people.—Roy T. Bennet
Sunday Inspiration: You Shall Know the Truth
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.—Flannery O’Connor
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.—Flannery O’Connor
Sunday Inspiration: You Shall Know the Truth
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.—Flannery O’Connor
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November 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sunday Inspiration: You Shall Know the Truth
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.—Flannery O’Connor
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.—Flannery O’Connor
Sunday Inspiration: Reading
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.—Beverly Cleary
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.—Beverly Cleary
Sunday Inspiration: Reading
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.—Beverly Cleary
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November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sunday Inspiration: Reading
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.—Beverly Cleary
Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.—Beverly Cleary
I need to watch the first episode yesterday, please.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I need to watch the first episode yesterday, please.
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. Hard 'g' pronunciation like "girl" or "grass"
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. Hard 'g' pronunciation like "girl" or "grass"
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. Hard 'g' pronunciation like "girl" or "grass"
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically. Hard 'g' pronunciation like "girl" or "grass"
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Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.
Sunday Inspiration: Stand Up for Others
Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave—and it is often hard to be brave—be kind.—Sarah Kendzior
Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave—and it is often hard to be brave—be kind.—Sarah Kendzior
Sunday Inspiration: Stand Up for Others
Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave—and it is often hard to be brave—be kind.—Sarah Kendzior
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November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Sunday Inspiration: Stand Up for Others
Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave—and it is often hard to be brave—be kind.—Sarah Kendzior
Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave—and it is often hard to be brave—be kind.—Sarah Kendzior
Sunday Inspiration: Hope
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.—Pliny the Elder
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.—Pliny the Elder
Sunday Inspiration: Hope
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.—Pliny the Elder
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October 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Sunday Inspiration: Hope
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.—Pliny the Elder
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.—Pliny the Elder
Sunday Inspiration: The Truth
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.—Flannery O’Connor
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.—Flannery O’Connor
Sunday Inspiration: The Truth
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.—Flannery O’Connor
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October 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Sunday Inspiration: The Truth
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.—Flannery O’Connor
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.—Flannery O’Connor
Sunday Inspiration: Lighthouses
Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.—Anne Lamott
Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.—Anne Lamott
Sunday Inspiration: Lighthouses
Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.—Anne Lamott
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October 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Sunday Inspiration: Lighthouses
Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.—Anne Lamott
Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.—Anne Lamott
Sunday Inspiration: Being Human Together
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.—Desmond Tutu
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.—Desmond Tutu
Sunday Inspiration: Being Human Together
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.—Desmond Tutu
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October 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Sunday Inspiration: Being Human Together
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.—Desmond Tutu
My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.—Desmond Tutu
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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Recently I learned that civil servants have the First Amendment-protected right to speak out on matters of public concern.
Thurgood Marshall, in an 8-1 SCOTUS decision, noted that government employees know how the gov’t works, and the public has a special interest in hearing from them.
Thurgood Marshall, in an 8-1 SCOTUS decision, noted that government employees know how the gov’t works, and the public has a special interest in hearing from them.
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Recently I learned that civil servants have the First Amendment-protected right to speak out on matters of public concern.
Thurgood Marshall, in an 8-1 SCOTUS decision, noted that government employees know how the gov’t works, and the public has a special interest in hearing from them.
Thurgood Marshall, in an 8-1 SCOTUS decision, noted that government employees know how the gov’t works, and the public has a special interest in hearing from them.
Sunday Inspiration: Chains
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.—Voltaire
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.—Voltaire
Sunday Inspiration: Chains
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.—Voltaire
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September 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Sunday Inspiration: Chains
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.—Voltaire
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.—Voltaire
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I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
September 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I know antifa isn't a real organization because I don't get 40 texts a week from them asking for donations.
Sunday Inspiration: Worry
Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of strength.—Corrie ten Boom
Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of strength.—Corrie ten Boom
Sunday Inspiration: Worry
Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of strength.—Corrie ten Boom
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September 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Sunday Inspiration: Worry
Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of strength.—Corrie ten Boom
Worry does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of strength.—Corrie ten Boom
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I think we should give some credit to CVS here.
Assuming CDC formally adopts ACIP's recommendations, CVS tells me it will provide Covid vaccines without a prescription in all 50 states and won't require even self-attestation of a qualifying condition — "it’s up to the individual patient."
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
No confirmation from Walgreens or Walmart yet.
I have reached out to CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to ask how they will apply these recommendations to people seeking vaccines at their pharmacies. I cannot provide any info on how this will affect your ability to get a vaccine right now, because I don't know yet.
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I think we should give some credit to CVS here.
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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Sunday Inspiration: The Greatest Mistake
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.—Edmund Burke
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.—Edmund Burke
Sunday Inspiration: The Greatest Mistake
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.—Edmund Burke
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September 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Sunday Inspiration: The Greatest Mistake
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.—Edmund Burke
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.—Edmund Burke
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I owe an apology to every author and screenwriter I ever doubted when I said, “come on, no one would actually do that!” Because apparently, people do. Regularly. Constantly. Spectacularly.
September 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I owe an apology to every author and screenwriter I ever doubted when I said, “come on, no one would actually do that!” Because apparently, people do. Regularly. Constantly. Spectacularly.
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And beware of false flags and planted evidence with this FBI in charge. Skepticism is in order.
September 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
And beware of false flags and planted evidence with this FBI in charge. Skepticism is in order.
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Makes sense to me!
September 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Makes sense to me!