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Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment

Aspiration towards elusive apotheosis of enlightenment... analogous to where the fountainhead of knowledge gushes forth unstoppable as a result after Atlas shrugged his head and shoulders loosing bits of esoteric material (and hairs - i.e. fluff as the spouse would say caught up in the shower drain) handy dandy blue's clues deemed more valuable then fine spun gold retrieved with tweezers filaments randomly stitched into indestructible raiment and remaining threads woven into tapestry, where weft and warp webbing traded on eBay to the highest bidder, whereat a veritable warehouse of timeless tomes erected like a walled fortress to keep out neighbors that tend to be a bit frosty. Linkedin and synonymous with stretching intellect (to the breaking point) ecstasy doth arise buzzfeeding sixty plus shades of gray matter constituting soul asylum analogous to a junkie desperately hankering to get a fix knowledge my drug of choice impossible mission to get enough cause the more I learn the greater the appetite for cerebral consumption. Ever since becoming an emerging adult (approximately my half-life ago) drenching cerebral tissue courtesy reading material galore stoked hot spots of noggin deliverance videre licet I did exult some may hashtag me as being haughty being quick to insult a run of the mill logophile truth be told born into a learned bookish environment I eschewed bourgeoisie and voluntarily naturally gravitated toward chattering class comfortably mixing with hoi polloi but prudent not to downplay midcult. Yours truly doth not seek to impress nor necessarily exclude anyone from the prospect of befriending her/him nevertheless, I make at least one exception to the above declaration and countenance sparring with profoundly literate and eloquent people adroit with a clever punishing turns of phrases, thus specific pleasure derived from reading not linkedin to bragging rights, but strictly associated with expanding my vocabulary and becoming knowledgeable about various and sundry subjects that piqued curiosity of mine. Ofttimes the penchant to while away hours engrossed with reading a well crafted story (although I do enjoy perusing biographies couched within historical fiction and gleaning historical context about the era of the respective author), but whether fiction or factual the might English words themselves exhibit entrances me, a veritable logophile, who could even find pleasure plodding thru a dictionary with absolute zero ennui, and learning the etymology constituting designation governing how we interpret the webbed wide world and remembrance of things past within the realm of being human.

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