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What is WYSIWYG

If you know WYSIWYG, What You See Is What You Get, you’ll remember that it promised to put the same thing on paper that you saw on the screen. That is, whatever your text looked like on the computer’s LCD, that’s what it’d look like on paper.

You may know these adages.

• It’s what you do, not what you say.
• Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• Seek and ye shall find.
• Actions speak louder than words.
• Practice makes perfect.
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
• A thing begun is half done.
• Beggars can’t be choosers.
• Better to wear out than to rust out.

Fiction writers have a similar one.

Several decades ago, my employer moved us and several other families from Memphis to Phoenix.

Polarization

With today’s “social media,” opinions and frustrations pull some people together while pushing others away. The net effect is a greater polarization of society, not less.

Somebody, somewhere must’ve said, “Life is Growth.”

While we’re alive, we experience change and we learn from it. In the beginning, we start small and grow bigger, learn how to walk, say “Mama,” and run without hitting walls.

The Fifth Estate includes social media, blogs, the internet in general, and all of us.

Found this at auction for $15. No name plate and nothing to that effect inside.