...what's in a name?; Heather's battle with uber-illness; several fun Quilled Scripts features...

STEPHEN

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Meaning: Crowned One
Origin: Greek
Pronounced: STEEV-en, STEF-en

From the Greek name Stephanos which means "crown". Saint Stephen was an early Christian martyr who was stoned to death, as told in Acts in the New Testament. Another Saint Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary, the first Christian king of that country (10th century). As well, this was the name of kings of England, Serbia, and Poland and ten popes. More recently it is borne by the British physicist Stephen Hawking and the American author Stephen King.

(I just thought that was really cool. Yet another reason “King Of Quill” is so very appropriate.)

Heather is finally over her sickness. This wasn’t just a ordinary cold, flu, or even a combination of both. This was the one illness to rule them all. Check this out – Heather was sick for TWO MONTHS; from January to March. It just kept getting worse and worse, too. She tried every single over-the-counter medicine for this thing and none of them helped. The doctor finally gave her some uber-antibiotics. Now, normally it wouldn’t be that bad, but you have to also consider that she was going to work the ENTIRE time. She never missed a day. And it’s not like her job is sitting around answering phones or doing secretarial stuff; she had to corral some of the most ill-behaved kids at SCOPE. Plus, several of the other teachers called off sick a lot during this time, and Heather was handed THEIR workload to do on top of everything else. Talk about going the distance in spades! (I should mention that she also hated me for the fact that I didn’t catch it; fortunately for me, I have a strong resistance to illnesses. Hehe.)

@Heather: If it wasn't such a dorky thing to do, I would follow you around playing the theme from "Rocky". I love you, sexy.

There are now several regular features on Quilled Scripts; tunes, quote, literary quote, word, 'on this day in history', and occasionally a joke. Don’t forget to scroll all the way to the bottom of this blog for the BONUS daily quote!

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Quilled Tunes: “The Beautiful People” – Marilyn Manson

Quote of the Blog: “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” – Bill Gates

Literary Quote of the Blog: “The pitifulest thing out is a mob; that's what an army is--a mob; they don't fight with courage that's born in them, but with courage that's borrowed from their mass, and from their officers. But a mob without any MAN at the head of it is BENEATH pitifulness.” – Mark Twain, ‘The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn’

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Word of the Blog: indigenous

indigenous \in-DIJ-uh-nuss\ adjective

*1 : having originated in and being produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment
2 : innate, inborn

Example sentence:
Most people know that kangaroos are indigenous to Australia, but some species are also found on the island of New Guinea.

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And now, the return of the TRUTH:

Bush’s Social Security Mess

Discharged & Dishonored: Shortchanging Our Veterans

First Blogger Gets White House Access, Here's How It Went

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On This Day In History – March 8th:

1702: King William III of England dies and is succeeded by his sister-in-law, Queen Anne.

1862: The Confederate ironclad warship Virginia (formerly the Merrimack) sinks the Union Cumberland and Congress at Hampton Roads, Virginia.

1894: The first dog license law is enacted by the state of New York.

1917: The first revolt of the Russian Revolution (called the February Revolution) begins.

1948: The Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violates the Constitution.

1999: Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio dies.

The Digital Daily

On this date in 1913 the United States Internal Revenue Service began to levy and collect income taxes; this official site offers a variety of tax information for individuals and businesses.

Born On This Day

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., jurist and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1841)

Kenneth Grahame, English author (1859)

Otto Hahn, German physical chemist and Nobel laureate (1879)

Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (1858)