Author: Dell Deaton

“hyperfocal distance”

  • the distance between a camera lens and the closest object which is in focus when the lens is focused at infinity.

— Oxford Dictionary of English

“hyperlocal”

  • relating to or focusing on matters concerning a small community or geographical area:
    an app which provides hyperlocal weather forecasts;
    Chicago’s leading hyperlocal news source;
    consumers demand content that is highly personalized and hyperlocal.

— Oxford Dictionary of English

Quoting Vince Lombardi, on action

It is time for us all to stand and cheer for the doer — the achiever the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.

Job 36:17, on justice

… you are obsessed with whether the godless will be judged.

Don’t worry, judgment and justice will be upheld.

New Living Translation

“troglodyte”

: (especially in prehistoric times) a person who lived in a cave.

  • a hermit.
  • a person who is regarded as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned

— Oxford Dictionary of English

Quoting “Star Trek: Generations,” on risk

Captain James T Kirk (William Shatner):

Risk is part of the game. You want to sit in that chair?

— Rick Berman

Isaiah 1:12-13, on meaningless ceremony

When you came to worship me, who asked you to parade through my courts with all your ceremony?

… I want no more of your pious meetings.

— New Living Translation

“recollect”

transitive verb

  1. to bring back to the level of conscious awareness : [remember] trying to recollect the name
  2. to remind (oneself) of something temporarily forgotten

intransitive verb

  • to call something to mind

— Merriam-Webster

1 Kings 18:17-18, on identifying actual troublemakers

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, ‘Is this you, you troubler of Israel?’

He said, ‘I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the Lord ….’

New American Standard Bible

Quoting Jolene Blalock, on drama in relationships

Question posed:

Who would you like to aim a loaded phaser at?

Answer, Jolene Blalock, well-known for playing the role of T’Pol on Star Trek: Enterprise, as interviewed for Maxim:

People who require drama like it’s their lifeblood. Even if nothing is wrong, there’s got to be something wrong.