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rain, church, bravado, and cats
2002-9-14 � 2:07 p.m.

hello

i think it might rain. we will wait until it starts to rain until the window will be closed. that is too bad there is a bbq tonight. maybe it will hold off. tommorrow i am going to church. it will cool i hope. so uhh yeah. ummm oh here is a word with some humorous examples:

bravado bruh-VAH-doh, noun

plural bravados or bravadoes bruh-VAH-dohz

A real or pretended show of courage or boldness.

While the popular mood in Belgrade remains defiant, unease beneath the bravado is growing. --"No end in sight," The Economist, April 15, 1999

His guerrilla operations, near Kabul, were known for their bravado and a level of organization unusual among the rather haphazard mujahedeen. --Lisa Schiffren, "Remembering Abdul Haq: The Taliban executes an Afghan patriot," The Weekly Standard, November 12, 2001

The company's culture of swashbuckling bravado encouraged risk taking without accountability. --Ram Charan and Jerry Useem, "Why Companies Fail," Fortune, May 27, 2002

His mom was a nurse, incredulous at his bravado. "Why would anybody want to go to war?" she asked. --Mark Bowden, Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War

The students often compared public schools to prisons, with fear in their voices mixing with bravado. --Alissa Quart, "Classroom Consciousness," The Nation, June 10, 2002

there is a cat on my back. well a picture of a cat with safety pins complements of lauren p-dog who is great. ok i gotta go.

byeness

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