The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
Charles Darwin, (1809 - 1882) English biologist

Dr. Bob Sweeney
Associate Professor
Researcher - USACFITS
School of Computing
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688

Office: Faculty Court West 12
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Cliché of the day for Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

A cliché is not just something that lots of people say; it's something that lots of people say and it conveys some sort of idea or message. A cliché is, in other words, a metaphor characterized by its overuse. S. Morgan Freeman

Cliché is actually an old French word for clamp. During the early days of the printing press, commonly-used phrases were kept clamped together so that the printer did not have to waste time putting all the letters of that particular phrase into a clamp before printing could commence.

Today's cliché is: the hands of time

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