blogging

Twinkle…Twinkle

I use Blogger for my posts. I am not always happy with their quirky twists and turns; but I am also not prepared to move seven years of blogs over to another platform. I can’t believe that I have had this weblog since 2006. OK some years I just posted a few pieces, however, this […]

unicorns

Handshakes, Spoken & Electronic

My Fit Bit is pushing me that extra “bit.” First you have to know that it’s -11ยบ C in Toronto, but I managed to do my 5,500 steps around the cemetery today, albeit bundled to the nines and virtually alone, except for a few stalwart souls, who were braving the cold or who had to

reality, unicorns

Battling Bats

Yesterday I posted about embarrassing situations that we all have faced from time to time. One of these is telling the same story over and over again. I mentioned, however, that I never minded telling my Bat Story, ad infinitum. So here it is again. It was in May about thirty years ago. It was

travel, words

Tchotchke

My husband has holidays to use up and since his company is not going to pay him, if he works through the time, he is obliged to take that time off or lose it. He actually has the equivalent of almost 8 weeks of vacation time, so we have been looking at the possibility of

poetry, reality

Pushing Doors Marked Pull…

Mental Floss posted on FB a short essay on 6 embarrassing things we do and why we do them. Well, I just had to read the list, which goes like this: 1. Pushing doors marked Pull – Actually both words look very similar and in a rush, who looks to see what the word is

words

Perfumes – Love Them or Leave Them

I was reading and article by Mental Floss on the names of perfumes launched in the ’80s. The article suggested that the perfumes of this decadent decade supported, through their names and over the edge advertising, the hedonism of a “me” generation. Here’s a link to the article. http://mentalfloss.com/article/53918/11-iconic-perfumes-80s Often a name can either make

unicorns

Party on….

I often feel sorry for people who have birthdays on Christmas, because, if you celebrate Christmas, your birthday gets lost in all the hoopla of the day. In fact I have to feel sorry for anyone who has a birthday in December at all. December is one of those “loaded months.” That is, there is

hiking

Fit Bit

Yesterday I bought a Fit Bit to keep a bit fit ๐Ÿ™‚ I opted for the wrist band style, which is actually waterproof and can be worn in the shower, so in fact, you just have to take the band off to recharge the battery every five days or so. When I bought the band,

blogging, words

Did you write your Hillary or Branson today?

I was tossing around an idea in my last post about the word “blog.” I hated the sound of it because it was synonymous with very mundane terms such as, Fred Bloggs. I was hoping to find a more elevated name for the diaries or daily posts of millions of people. I suggested that the

blogging, words

Fred Bloggs

Yesterday, I posted about my favourite word, so I felt that I needed to post about my least favourite word. Even though I post almost daily to my weblog, I hate the word “blog.” It has overtones of Joe Bloggs, Fred Bloggs, Joe Schmoe etc. Wikipedia has an interesting explanation of the use of these

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