The famous Viking explorer credited with the discovery and settlement of Greenland. 935-1001 AD
Eric Thorvaldsson was born in Jeoderen, Norway and settled in Iceland with his family. He then became a Norse Chieftain. He was well know for his volitile temperament which earned him the nickname of "Eric the Red" and he ended up being exiled from Iceland for three years for murder. He and his wife, Thorhild, had four children, Freydis, Leif, Thorvald, and Thorsteinn. During his banishment, Eric the red decided to sail west, and he found a huge island; he named the island Greenland in order to make it sound pleasant and to encourage settlers to come there, which they did.
Eric Thorvaldsson was born in Jeoderen, Norway and settled in Iceland with his family. He then became a Norse Chieftain. He was well know for his volitile temperament which earned him the nickname of "Eric the Red" and he ended up being exiled from Iceland for three years for murder. He and his wife, Thorhild, had four children, Freydis, Leif, Thorvald, and Thorsteinn. During his banishment, Eric the red decided to sail west, and he found a huge island; he named the island Greenland in order to make it sound pleasant and to encourage settlers to come there, which they did.
Eric the Red is the father of Leif Eriksson who went on to become one of the first Europeans to sail to North America.
by OneBadAsp November 03, 2006
Get the Eric the Red mug.1. A profound mental anguish that one feels when one loses a loved one. Often accompanied with feelings of sorrow, regret, anger, guilt, and feeling very lonely.
2. An annoyance, frustration or difficulty.
2. An annoyance, frustration or difficulty.
"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."
1. In his state of grief over losing the love of his life, Hank turned to liquor to ease his sorrows.
2."I swear, you give me nothing but grief over the way I clean the house!" Lucy said to her mother-in-law.
1. In his state of grief over losing the love of his life, Hank turned to liquor to ease his sorrows.
2."I swear, you give me nothing but grief over the way I clean the house!" Lucy said to her mother-in-law.
by OneBadAsp November 04, 2006
Get the Grief mug.The personification of Time and the more friendly version of the Grim Reaper. Typically pictured as an old man with a white beard doning a cloak and oft times carrying a scythe and hourglass. In ancient times he was known as Chronus or Saturn.
Father Time is married to Mother Earth; just as the Grim Reaper, the personification of Death, is married to Life who pictured as a young lady in artwork.
He symbolizes the flow of time and its effects. His old body is a reminder that time is the devourer of all things and that, like the sand in the hourglass he often carries, his life will run out, as all good things come to an end.
Father Time is married to Mother Earth; just as the Grim Reaper, the personification of Death, is married to Life who pictured as a young lady in artwork.
He symbolizes the flow of time and its effects. His old body is a reminder that time is the devourer of all things and that, like the sand in the hourglass he often carries, his life will run out, as all good things come to an end.
He turns the seasons around
And so she changes her gown
But they always look in their prime
They go on dancing their dance
Of every lasting romance
Mother Earth and Father Time
The summer larks return to sing
Oh what a gift they give
Then autumn days grow short and cold
Oh what a joy to live
How very special are we
For just a moment to be
Part of life’s eternal rhyme
How very special are we
To have on our family tree
Mother Earth and Father Time
And so she changes her gown
But they always look in their prime
They go on dancing their dance
Of every lasting romance
Mother Earth and Father Time
The summer larks return to sing
Oh what a gift they give
Then autumn days grow short and cold
Oh what a joy to live
How very special are we
For just a moment to be
Part of life’s eternal rhyme
How very special are we
To have on our family tree
Mother Earth and Father Time
by OneBadAsp October 28, 2006
Get the Father Time mug.Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior and/or speech. Trickery, two facedness, purposeful deception.
by OneBadAsp November 02, 2006
Get the Duplicitous mug.by OneBadAsp October 26, 2006
Get the Lickety Split mug.A scumbag and a traitor. First used during the reconstruction era South for White Southerners who supported the Carpet Baggers.
by OneBadAsp October 21, 2006
Get the Scalawag mug.The largest retailer in the world, the second largest corporation in the world and now the largest grocery and toy retailer in the USA. When Wal-Mart moves into an area it creates traffic problems and environmental problems. Is known for its bad public relations, slave wages and benefits that match, predatory pricing, use of cheap foreign labor to produce it’s goods in countries such as China, Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, and often employing illegal immigrants for dirt cheap wages here in the USA…all the while advertising it’s phony patriotism.
Known for its large box like appearance and super massive parking lots with no trees. Walmart is crowded with people who do not have the best hygiene and are often overweight due to the excessive junk food they purchase at Walmart. Perhaps one of the worst things Walmart does is to move into an area, drive out all other businesses and then close down, leaving the area decimated.
Known for its large box like appearance and super massive parking lots with no trees. Walmart is crowded with people who do not have the best hygiene and are often overweight due to the excessive junk food they purchase at Walmart. Perhaps one of the worst things Walmart does is to move into an area, drive out all other businesses and then close down, leaving the area decimated.
Walmart is the single largest importer of foreign produced good in the USA. So I guess that’s what they mean when they say in their commercials “Bringing it home to the USA”?
by OneBadAsp October 28, 2006
Get the Walmart mug.