Yesterday, I keyed in the word “today” in my MAC’s title bar. It was quite amazing what turned up. At the top of the list was the site “todayIfoundout.com.” Here I found links to some fascinating articles, including: Jane Elliot and the blue-eyed children experiment. This is a serious article and very enlightening, however, there were […]
My usual coffee at The Second Cup is a small Paradiso to go. I don’t like artificially flavoured coffees and I haven’t taken the time to try some of their other blends. However, I do have their holiday blend when it’s available – usually in December. Well, Caro Ness posted in a blogging group that
……..or how the government entices us to drink more than we probably should!!! I live in Ontario (Canada), where 99% of all alcohol sales (except “run of the mill” beer sales) are controlled by the provincial government under the governing body known as The Liquor Control Board of Ontario or the LCBO. The LCBO has
I like the website Mental Floss. Actually I used to subscribe to their magazine. It is somehow linked to Mensa – the organization for people with IQs over 150 – not me! They actually have some pretty cool T-Shirts. So when a friend of mine posted an article from their site I couldn’t help but
Horticulturists know a lot about “branding.” Somehow a plant called Aurinia Saxatilis doesn’t have the same “fly off the shelf” quality as Basket of Gold does. Nor does “madwort,” an earlier name, which was fortunately changed. Even though the plant was believed to cure forms of mental illness, it deserved a better name. Basket of
We are all familiar with the positive adjectives that Real Estate people use to make homes appealing. “Cozy” bungalow means small and cramped. “Original” architect’s concept means needs a lot of work and “unique” features means that there are some weird configurations in the home, that may have to be changed to make it suit
Names are really personal, unless you are 1 of 5 Jennifers, 3 Katherines, 4 Jasons and few Nicks in a group. Maybe this is why parents try to give their kids distinctive names. I know there are some parents who give their children really ridiculous names. Either they are set on going against the grain,
I love this pun. The original expression “may the force be with you,” is powerful. I don’t think that it is diminished in anyway by the humour of the wordplay. In fact I think that the pun adds another dimension to the phrase. We actually have a day dedicated to the wish that everyone will
I obviously woke up “brain dead” this morning because I didn’t have an idea for a post. So I went back to my “word of the day” site to try and trigger a synapse or two in that lobe of the brain assigned to writing and other verbal creativity. The word for April 28 on
I decided to do a little more research on the Abacus. The device is ancient and is found in cultures from Asia to Africa and parts of Europe, with a similar idea, found in South America, using string The abacus is a testament to a) the cleverness of the human mind, b) the inventiveness of
