I was reading an article on the Mental Floss site – 12 Lonely Negative Words. It’s a fascinating discussion of why we can be “disgruntled,” for example, but we can never be “gruntled.” If you read the article, please read the comments. They are a wonderful discussion of the curiosities of the English language. The un – […]
I have been fascinated with Twitter since it first became popular. I am in awe of people who can say very little, but have a huge impact. It’s the power of a few well chosen words, moving mountains, which makes me totally envious. I am just about to ramp up my presence on Twitter, since
I was going to my car in the parking lot today, when I heard someone behind me ask another person how to pay for parking. The gentleman, who was not that “old,” said that there was a vestibule at the side of the lot, with a machine that would accept cash or credit cards. Now,
In winter, very occasionally, we get some very pretty days here in the city. There are lots of pretty days in the country, where it seems to snow more and where the snow lies undisturbed for weeks. In the city, however, there are few vast expanses of snow. Roads must be cleared. People must get
….Charles Schulz. Today, November 26 was Charles Schulz’s birthday. I have always had a fascination with the comic strip, “Peanuts.” Not only does its ironic humour reflect my view of life, the slight sophistication in many of the pieces, sets it apart from most of the other strips. However, although it has this cerebral side,
The line from Mary Poppins was, “Feed the birds and what do you get? Fat Birds.” Well maybe not. Maybe you get a lot of information that is important to the planet, which you can share with others. Plus you can watch every feeder that has installed a webcam. I am describing briefly an article
Some mornings are better than others. The best mornings are Saturday and Sunday, if you work Monday to Friday for someone else, or even yourself. Monday to Friday mornings require discipline, you have to get up and out by a certain time. You have an agenda. This must be done; that must be undone; you
November can be a really down month. There’s no real celebration, in Canada anyway, to create a focus. The US has Thanksgiving, however, we had ours in October, which also has Hallowe’en. For a long time November’s only focus was Remembrance Day – not exactly an up day!! Then along came some clever marketers!!! Hurray! what
I thought that my husband must have brought in the wrong newspaper this morning, because it looked, well, normal. There were a few headlines about government spending and a side column about some new medical study, you know the usual stuff. What amazed me was there was nothing in the paper about the latest assault
Someone posted to my FB wall another post from Buzzfeed.com. It’s about 13 skills that are fading from our world. The post is entitled 13 skills your grandparents had that you don’t. I know that you have tons of skills that your grandparents didn’t have and you could easily replace these 13 with at least 13,
