I felt that I just had to explore this idea of parlour games more thoroughly – you’ll notice that I didn’t use the word exhaustively, though many of these sound exhausting, if not downright dangerous!! A quick google search brought me to this site which is btw another great source of insane blog topics. Anyway,
2013 has been declared the anniversary year of the T-shirt. Apparently in 1913 the US navy issued T-shirts, as undergarments, to its sailors and well things just evolved from there. An article in the Toronto Star this morning on the evolution of the T-Shirt describes how it has gone from white undergarment to celebrated overgarment
This term was new to me until I read an article on a variation of it called Beerkour. Parkour apparently is a discipline in which participants, traceurs, interact very sportily with their landscape. That is they jump over fences, balance on walls and crawl under things. Obviously for the young of muscle and joint, if
…well maybe it’s not actually the name that one gives to an uncle, as I’m sure that he has one already and it’s rarely “Bob.” I’ve written about that name before. No, I was curious as to the origin of the word “uncle.” It seems like one of those strange words that seep into English
Now that’s airing not erring. Every morning I am reminded of Italy and other countries that hang their laundry from lines below their windows. Roman Laundry My son has decided to hang his jeans and sometimes the “odd” T-shirt from a bar that we had put across the doorway to his room. It’s not what
…..try writing any of these great works!! Mental floss posted an article today about 10 pieces that were really hard to write. They really are quite a fascinating study in the difficulties and/or challenges that some writers face. Here they are with comments. 1. Gadsby by Ernest Vincent Wright. This author created a challenge for
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I took a break yesterday and worked on a cryptic crossword puzzle. It was actually quite manageable, except for the clue, “Missing some exercise for boxers” I did my best to work it out, given that it was the last unsolved clue. Finally, I resorted to the internet. I tried to “flush” out some more ideas
The other piece of trivia that surfaced while researching the name George was The Society for the Prevention of Calling Sleeping Car Porters “George”. It was started in 1914 as a joke by lumber baron George W. Dulany. The practice was apparently a carry over from before the abolition of slavery, when slaves were often
