…..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
This post has nothing to do with the new Royal or Waldo, but it has everything to do with money!! In yesterday’s post I mentioned a site that tracks US money. I mistakenly thought that it should have been named “Where’s Sam?” from the dollar sign $ which is considered a variant of the initials
….the name that is. The Royals have named their new born son and possibly future king – George!! Well, there was really only one King George (III) who was mad and King George VI was well liked – better I think than his brother George V who abdicated to marry a twice divorced American woman.
……….would still be Rex or maybe Roy after the French Roi. Somehow I feel that I should be betting on George, since that seems to be the bookies’ favourite and they should know, their livelihood rests on picking a winner!! So now a soppier part of the world will discuss what they will call “Baby
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
Walked for well over half an hour yesterday, day-two of my challenge – just another 28 to go and if it’s to become a habit, then it has to go waaaaay beyond a mere 28 days. I’ll keep you posted. In the meantime, I have been working through some of the links in highexistence.com. The
I broke the 30 challenges for 30 days into 3 separate blogs because as with anything – too much information is just that – too much!! For those just tuning in the site highexistence.com has suggested that it requires 30 days of repeatedly doing something to make it a habit and they have suggested a
